Research Seminars and Events
UK and overseas speakers are invited to the School to share their experiences and findings with staff, doctoral students and the members of the public. Previous seminars can be found here, 2012, 2011 and 2010
For further information please contact the Research Office
If you would like to see is a date for a specific event please see the University Calendar
If you are a member of staff and wish to organise an event or seminar please visit the Seminar Fund webpage (staff only page) or contact the Research Office.
Forthcoming events:
September 2013:
19-20 September
Workshop: Strategizing open innovation: foundations for new approaches
Invited Speakers: Joel West, Richard Whittington, Teppo Felin, Letizia Mortara
Location: 8West Building
Strategic and International Management (SIM) Group.
Contact: Research Office
Past events:
July 2013:
5th July, 2013
Event: The impact of work design on job attitude, employee engagement and loyalty in consulting firms: an integrative conceptual model
Speaker: Dr Frederic Pensignon, University of Exeter Business School
Location: 8West 1.29. 11.00am
Information, Decisions & Operations Group (IDO)
For further information please contact the Research Office
June 2013:
5th June, 2013
Event: Modes of Service Innovation: an Empirical Analysis
Speaker: Professor Xiande Zhao, China Europe International Business School, China
Location: 8West 4.23. 2.30pm
Information, Decisions & Operations Group (IDO)
For further information please contact the Research Office
14th June, 2013
Event: Publishing high quality papers
Speaker: Professor Beverley Tyler, North Carolina State University, USA
Location: 8West 3.14. Time to be confirmed
Information, Decisions & Operations Group (IDO)
For further information please contact the Research Office
May 2013:
21st May, 2013
Event: Convergent Creativity and Management Control Systems: Managing Stylistic Innovation in Fashion Companies
Speaker: Angelo Ditillo, IESE Business School, Barcelona
Location: 8West 4.23. 10.00am
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
8th May, 2013
Event: Extraordinary Aquirers
Speaker: Professor Alfred Yawson, University of Adelaide Business School
Location: 8West 1.32. 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
1st May, 2013
Event: Control in where we add value: A case study of finance business partnering in a public sector organization
Speaker: Dr Philip Cooper, School of Management, University of Bath
Location: 8West 1.32. 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
April 2013:
24th April, 2013
Event: Re-assessing pension fund performance
Speaker: Dr Anastasia Petraki
Location: 8West 1.32. 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
17th April, 2013
Event: To be confirmed
Speaker: Dr Julie Salaber, School of Management, University of Bath
Location: 8West 1.32. 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
10th April, 2013
Event: Does Financial Experience Help Banks during Credit Crises?
Speaker: Professor Nuno Fernandes, IMD Business School, Switzerland
Location: 8West 1.32. 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
March 2013:
20th March, 2013
Event: Boards, CEO Entrenchment and the Cost of Capital
Speaker: Professor James Dow, London Business School
Location: 8West 1.32. 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
13th March, 2013
Event: To be confirmed
Speaker: Karan Puri, School of Management, University of Bath
Location: 8West 1.32. 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
6th March, 2013
Event: To be confirmed
Speaker: Stefano Miraglia, Imperial College, London
Location: 8West 1.32. 11.30am
Information, Decisions & Operations Group (IDO)
For further information please contact the Research Office
6th March, 2013
Event: Post-retirement benefit plans, leverage and real investment
Speaker: Professor Sonke Bartram, University of Warwick, Business School
Location: 8West 1.32. 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
February 2013:
27th February, 2013
Event: Entrepreneur-venture capitalist negotiations and performance: the effect of over-confidence
Speaker: Yang Yao, School of Management, University of Bath
Location: 8West 1.32. 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
20th February, 2013
Event: Commodity Futures Markets
Speaker: Associate Professor George Skiadopoulos, University of Piraeus, Athens
Location: 8West 1.32. 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
13th February, 2013
Event: A Development Banks Choice of private equity partner: A behaqvioural game-theoretic approach
Speaker: Dr Richard Fairchild, School of Management, University of Bath
Location: 8West 1.32. 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
13th February, 2013
Event: A Development Banks Choice of private equity partner: A behaqvioural game-theoretic approach
Speaker: Dr Richard Fairchild, School of Management, University of Bath
Location: 8West 1.32. 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
6th February, 2013
Event: Comparison of Efficiency Characteristics between the banking sectors of US and UK during the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2011
Speaker: Dr Ranadeva Jayasekera, University of Southampton, Management School
Location: 8West 1.32. 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
January 2013:
30th January, 2013
Event: Things Fall Apart: The Dynamics of Brand Dissipation
Speaker: Professor Eileen Fischer, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronota
Location: 8West 3.22 11.00am
Centre for Research in Advertising & Consumption (CRiAC)
For further information please contact the Research Office
22nd January, 2013
Event: Confronting and constructing institutional complexity in Professional Services: Insights from Global Legal Practice
Speaker: Dr Michael Smets, Aston Business School
Location: 8West 1.29 12noon
Organisation Studies (OS)
For further information please contact the Research Office
16th January, 2013
Event: Temporary Organizations and the Business of Delivery Models
Speaker: Professor Andrew Davies, University College, London & Sam MacAulay, Imperial College, London
Location: 8West 4.23 11.00am
Information, Decisions & Operations (IDO)
For further information please contact the Research Office
8th January, 2013
Event: After sales service: simple theory-informed management solutions.
Speaker: Professor Aris Syntetos,Cardiff Business School
Location: 8West 4.23 11.00am
Information, Decisions & Operations (IDO)
For further information please contact the Research Office
December 2012:
5 December, 2012
Event: Is the rise of secondary buyouts good news for investors?
Speaker: Dr Ludovic Phalippou, Said Business School, University of Oxford
Location: 8West 1.32 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (A&F)
For further information please contact the Research Office
12 December, 2012
Event: Competition policy as a tool for the macroprudential regulation of the Banking sector
Speaker: Massimo Molinari, University of Trento, Italy
Location: 8West 1.32 1.00pm
Accounting & Finance Group (A&F)
For further information please contact the Research Office
13 December, 2012
Event: Legitimating Contentious Decisions in MNCs
Speaker: Professor Julia Balogun,The Professor Sir Roland Smith Chair in Strategic Management,
Lancaster University Management School
Location: 6West 1.2 12.30pm (Lunch available in 8West Foyer from 12noon, please confirm to Research Office your attendance)
Strategic & International Management (SIM)
For further information please contact the Research Office
13 December, 2012
Event: Global production networks: Structure, plant roles and site competences
Speaker: Professor Jan Olhager, Lund University, Sweden
Location: 8West 1.32 11.30am
Information, Decision & Operations Group (IDO)
For further information please contact the Research Office
November 2012:
7 November, 2012
Event: Forecasting with temporal aggregation
Speaker: Professor Kostas Nikolopoulos, Bangor University
Location: 8West 1.32 11.30am
Information, Decision & Operations (IDO)
For further information please contact the Research Office
Seminar Poster 
7 November, 2012
Event: White Knights and Firms in Distress: How CEO Backgrounds Matter in Corporate Turnarounds
Speaker: Professor Rajesh Chandy, London Business School
Location: 8West 4.23 1.00pm
Strategic & International Management (SIM)
For further information please contact the Research Office
Seminar Poster
7 November, 2012
Event: ‘Directors' trading following earnings announcements: Implication to the post earnings announcement drift (PEAD) anomaly’
Speaker: Fanis Tsoligkas, School of Management, University of Bath
Location: 8West 1.32 3.00pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
Seminar Poster
14 November, 2012
Event: The Unsinkable Brand: Titanic Lessons for Captains on Industry
Speaker: Professor Stephen Brown, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
Location: 8West 3.22 2.30pm
Centre for Research in Advertising & Consumption (CRiAC)
For further information please contact the Research Office
Seminar Poster
14 November, 2012
Event: The implementation of network models for systemic risk in India: an impact case
Speaker: Dr Simone Giansante, School of Management, University of Bath
Location: 8West 1.32 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
Seminar Poster
21 November, 2012
Event: 'Time-varying interest rate risk of banks and it's underlying driving force'
Speaker: Henry Zhao, School of Management, University of Bath
Location: 8West 1.32 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
28 November, 2012
Event: tbc
Speaker: Dr Simona Botti, London Business School
Location: tbc
Centre for Research in Adbertising & Consumption (CRiAC)
For further information please contact the Research Office
28 November, 2012
Event: The Interface between External and Internal Audit in the Australian Public Sector
Speaker: Professor David Gilchrist, Curtin University Business School, Perth, Western Australia
Location: 8West 1.32 12noon
Accounting & Finance Group (A&F)
For further information please contact the Research Office
October 2012:
24 October, 2012
Event: The Impact of China Share-split share reform on market reactions
Speaker: Dr Yan Zeng, Accounting & Finance Group, School of Management, University of Bath
Location: 8West 1.32 2.30 pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
30 October, 2012
Event: tbc
Speaker: Dr Christoph Bode, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Location: 8West 1.29 10.00am
Information, Decision & Operations (IDO)
For further information please contact the Research Office
31 October, 2012
Event: Management models and priorities: is credit unions' community involvement crowded out?
Speaker: Professor John Forker, School of Management, University of Bath
Location: 8West 1.32 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
