University of Bath School of Management University of Bath School of Management

Subject Groups

Accounting and Finance

Business, Society and Business Economics

Information, Decision and Operations

Marketing

Organisation Studies

Strategy and International Management

Accounting and Finance Area of research
Professor Ian Tonks Professor Ian Tonks (Head of Group) Pensions, Directors Trading
Professor Ania Zalewska Professor Ania Zalewska Emerging markets, Regulation, Pension reforms, Corporate governance
Dr David Bence Dr David Bence Equity Valuation, Financial Reporting Theory
Dr XiaoHua Chen Dr XiaoHua Chen Asset Pricing.  Financial market, Investment strategy.  Applied Econometrics.
Dr Philip Cooper Dr Philip Cooper Accounting, Sustainability, Education
Dr Richard Fairchild Dr Richard Fairchild Behavioural Corporate Finance; Venture Capital Contracting and Performance; Applications of Game-theoretic tools to Corporate Finance Decision-Making; the effects of agency problems and asymmetric information on corporate capital structure.
Dr Simone Giansante Dr Simone Giansante  
Margaret Greenwood Dr Margaret Greenwood Accounting, financial management and governance in the NHS
Dr Andreas Krause Dr Andreas Krause Market microstructure, Agent-based computational economics, Market design, Network formation
Dr Julie Salaber Dr Julie Salaber Empirical asset pricing, sin stocks, behavioural finance, socially responsible investment. 
Yan Zeng Dr Yan Zeng Market performance and reactions in emerging markets
Mr Anthony Birts Mr Anthony Birts Accounting and Finance 
Mr Ian Crawford Mr Ian Crawford Accounting and Finance
Fanis Tsoligkas Mr Fanis Tsoligkas Insider trading, financial reporting discretion
Mr Michael Willis Mr Michael Willis Working Capital management, Corporate Growth and Economic value creation within organisations
Henry Zhao Dr Gang Zhao Finance

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Business, Society and Business Economics Area of research
Professor Andrew Millington Professor Andrew Millington (Head of Group) Business and Society, Corporate Community Involvement
Ethical Supply Chain Management, Managing in China
Professor Michael B Adams Professor Michael Adams Risk management & strategic finance Corporate governance & risk Accounting issues in Insurance Historical development of insurance markets Economic efficiency & market structure in insurance markets.
Professor Stephen Pavelin Professor Stephen Pavelin Corporate social responsibility, Corporate reputation, stakeholder management, business economics
Dr Krista Bondy Dr Krista Bondy Corporate Social Responsibility 
Dr Rob Branston Dr Rob Branston Utility companies, Strategic Decision-making, Governance, Stakeholders
Dr Chris Dawson Dr Chris Dawson Labour Economics; Behavioural Economics; Entrepreneurship; Self-Employment; Temporary Employment; Job Satisfaction; Incentive Pay; Optimism
Dr Johanne Grosvold Dr Johanne Grosvold Business Society and Business Economics
Mr Stefan Hoejmose Dr Stefan Hoejmose Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Environmental Management in SMEs, The relationship between CSR and Strategy
Dr Eleanor Morgan Dr Eleanor Morgan EU competition policy; mergers; cartels; small firms
Dr Lynda Porter Dr Lynda Porter Corporate social performance
Dr Bruce Rayton Dr Bruce Rayton Strategic Human Resource Management; Employee Commitment; Incentive Pay; Corporate Governance
Dr Phil Tomlinson Dr Phil Tomlinson Globalisation, Governance, Development, Clusters
Dr Gareth Veal Dr Gareth Veal Sustainability
Philippa Lynch Philippa Lynch  
Elena Veprauskaite Elena Veprauskaite Financial Management and Accounting Issues in Insurance; Strategic Risk Management and Reinsurance; Corporate Governance and Corporate Finance
Ms Janet Wilson-Ward Ms Janet Wilson-Ward Commercial and company law, and Employment law. Focus on International Trade Law, corporate liability, and compensation culture.

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Information, Decision and Operations Area of research
Professor Mike Lewis Professor Mike Lewis (Head of Group) Strategic benefits of operational and supply competence, Dis-benefits of operational and supply failure
Professor Andrew Graves Professor Andrew Graves Manufacturing & Engineering in the Aerospace, Automotive and Construction industries
Professor Paul Goodwin Professor Paul Goodwin Forecasting, Decision Support, The role of management judgment in forecasting and decision making
Professor Christine Harland Professor Christine Harland Supply strategy and policy in complex systems, Public procurement, International practice in public procurement.
Dr Steve Conway Dr Steve Conway Information, Decision and Operations
Dr Emmanuel Fragniere Dr Emmanuel Fragniere Auditing, Data Analysis, Statistics, Technology Planning/Policy
Dr Richard Kamm Dr Richard Kamm Information, Decision and Operations
Dr Melanie Kreye Dr Melanie Kreye Uncertainty Management
Dr Sheik Meeran Dr Sheik Meeran Production Process re-engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Productivity Improvement, Job-shop Scheduling, Use of Intelligent tools in Management.
Dr Niki Panteli Dr Niki Panteli Virtuality, Virtual Teams, Computer-mediated Communication, IS implementation
Dr Niki Panteli Dr Dimitris Paraskevopoulos Metaheuristics, Mathematical programming, Network design, Scheduling, Vehicle routing
Dr Jens Roehrich Dr Jens Roehrich Governance of inter-organisational relationships, Procuring complex performance, Public procurement, Innovation management
Professor Brian Squire Professor Brian Squire Supply Chain Risk Management, Behavioural Operations, Sustainable Supply Chains, Open Innovation
Dr Baris Yalabik Dr Baris Yalabik Corporate Environmental Responsibility, Economic Modelling
Christopher Archer-Brown Christopher Archer-Brown  
Jie Chen Dr Jie Chen supply chain risks, supply chain relationships, service innovation

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Marketing Area of research
Professor Avi Shankar Professor Avi Shankar (Head of Group) Consumer research; Consumer Culture Theory
Professor Richard Elliott Professor Richard Elliott Symbolic meaning of brands, consumer culture and identity, and the dynamics of brand ecology.
Professor Eric Arnould Professor Eric Arnould Sustainability, consumer culture theory, base-of-pyramid markets, services.
Professor Michael Beverland Professor Michael Beverland Authenticity, Branding, Consumer Culture, Design, Innovation, Sustainability
Dr Iain Davies Dr Iain Davies Marketing 
Dr Judith de Groot Dr Judith de Groot Sustainable (consumption) behaviour; behaviour change; values; social norms; personal norms; social networks; interventions; policy acceptability and acceptance; message framing; (green) consumerism.
Dr Haiming Hang Dr Haiming Hang Consumer behaviour, advertising, international retailing
Dr Robert Heath Dr Robert Heath Advertising, Emotion, Attention, Communication Psychology
Dr Zoe Lee Dr Zoe Lee Social Desirability Bias, Rebranding, Charity Mergers, Brand Identity
Dr Gordon Liu Dr Gordon Liu Strategic Marketing; Cause-Related Marketing; Strategic Management; Entrepreneurship; Knowledge and Capabilities; Corporate Social Responsibility
Dr Rajani Naidoo Dr Rajani Naidoo Public sector markets, consumer culture, branding, higher education
Dr Peter Nuttall Dr Peter Nuttall Consumer research, adolescents, identity, symbolic consumption
Dr Melea Press Dr Melea Press sustainable strategies for business management, energy use and agriculture; identification; transformation
Dr Carolyn Strong Dr Carolyn Strong Marketing to young people and families
Dr Michael Redwood Mr Michael Redwood The development of business networks over time. 

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Organisation Studies Area of research
Professor Juani Swart Professor Juani Swart (Head of Group) Managing Knowledge and Knowledge workers, Professional service firms, Intellectual capital, Knowledge mapping
Professor Rob Briner Professor Rob Briner Organisational Studies
Professor Andrew Brown Professor Andrew Brown Narrative, Sensemaking, Identity, Change
Professor Yiannis Gabriel Professor Yiannis Gabriel Leader-follower relations, leader pedagogy and leadership dysfunctions - Storytelling, narrative and folklore as means of studying organizational symbolism ...
Dr Nick Kinnie Professor Nick Kinnie Managing People and Managing Knowledge in Professional Service Firms, Links between HR and Performance and Managing HRM in Outsourced Telephone Call Centres.
Professor Russ Vince Professor Russ Vince Organizational Learning, Leadership and Change
Professor Geoff Whitty Professor Geoff Whitty

Education, Public Sector Policy and Management

Dr Mehdi Boussebaa Dr Mehdi Boussebaa Globalisation and its impact on organisations, particularly professional service firms; Comparative management
Dr Ian Colville Dr Ian Colville Behavioral, Social Studies, Services
Dr Katharina Chudzikowski Dr Katharina Chudzikowski Careers, employment relations, cross-cultural perspectives on careers, representation of knowledge workers
Dr Simon Barend de Jong Dr Simon Barend de Jong Power and Dependence, Leadership, Top Management Teams
Dr Jonathan Raelin Dr Jonathan Raelin Resistance to change, stakeholder management theory, emotions in organizations
Dr Gregory Schwartz Dr Gregory Schwartz Sociology of work/organisation; antagonism; power; authority; community; collectivity; subjectivity; ethics; ethnography; discourse analysis; critical social theory.
Dr Svenja Tams Dr Svenja Tams Careers, Learning, Leadership, Social Change
Dr Zeynep Yalabik Dr Zeynep Yalabik Organizational Commitment; Employee Engagement; Turnover; Satisfaction with HRM practices; Organizational Socialization; Mergers
Beatriz Rodriguez Yvonne van Rossenberg Multiple foci of commitment and creativity
Beatriz Rodriguez Beatriz Rodriguez  

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Strategy and International Management Area of research
Dr Rekha Rao Professor Veronica Hope Hailey (Head of Group) Strategic Change, HR Strategy, Trust and Trust Repair, Employee Engagement, the Employment Realetionship.
Professor Dimo Dimov Professor Dimo Dimov Entrepreneurship, Innovation
Professor Michael Mayer Professor Michael Mayer Strategy, Institutions, Organizations, Comparative and International Business Organization and Management.
Professor Edmund Thompson Professor Edmund Thompson International competitiveness and strategy, international political economy and socio-psychological environments 
Dr Alan Butt Philip Dr Alan Butt Philip Business/Economics Planning/Policy, European Economic Integration, Industry
Dr Felicia Fai Dr Felicia Fai Innovation Technology R&D, Asia Intellectual Property
Dr Uta Morgenstern Dr Uta Morgenstern Strategic Management, Cognition, Strategy Practices, Resource-Based View of the Firm, Dynamic Capabilities, Cognitive Mapping
Dr Rekha Rao Dr Rekha Nicholson (Rao) Economics and Management of Innovation, Strategies and performance of SMEs, Culture and IB, India
Dr Anthony S Roath Dr Anthony S Roath International Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Dynamic Capabilities, Strategy
Dr Zafeira Kastrinaki Dr Zafeira Kastrinaki Industrial Economics, Corporate Finance and Applied Econometrics
Dr Monia Mtar Dr Monia Mtar  
Mr Bruno Oliveira Mr Bruno Oliveira Entrepreneurship, Cognitions, Emotions, Strategic Management, Strategy-as-Practice, Strategy Tools

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