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. Forthcoming and 2010 as well as (2009 2008 and 2007), seminars and research related events are listed below:
Forthcoming events:
► November 2011:
23 November, 2011
Event: The case for of smoke: the potential for price cap regulation of tobacco to raise £500m per year in the UK
Dr Rob Branston, School of Management
Location: 8West1.32 1.15-2.00pm
Centre for Governance and Regulation (CGR)
For further information please contact the Research Office
23 November, 2011
Event: Decentralized investment management: evidence from the pension fund industry
Speaker: Professor Ian Tonks, School of Management
Location: 8West 1.32 2.30-4.00pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
30 November, 2011
Event: tbc
Speaker: Dr Jing Chen, Swansea University
Location 8West 1.32 2.30pm – 4.00pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
30 November, 2011
Event: Guest Lecture by Sir Brian Souter
Details: Sir Brian Souter, co-founder of Stagecoach, will give a guest lecture at the University of Bath School of Management at 2.15pm, in 8W1.1
► December 2011:
5 December, 2011
Event: Why Matter Matters: Warm Dark Matter and Homo-Phroneticus
Speaker: Professor Elena Antonocopoulou, University of Liverpool
Location: 8West 4.23 11.30 – 12.30pm
Organisation Studies (OS)
For further information please contact the Research Office
7 December, 2011
Event: Workshops & Presentations
Speaker: Associate Professor Markus Giesler, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto & Dr Robin Canniford, University of Melbourne
Location: 8West 3.14 11.30 – 4.00pm
Centre for Research in Advertising and Consumption CRiAC
For further information please contact the Research Office
7 December, 2011
Event: to be confirmed
Speaker: Anastasia Petraki, School of Management
Location: 8West 1.32 2.30 – 4.00pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
14 December, 2011
Event: Credit Unions
Speaker: Professor Ian Tonks, School of Management
Location: 8West 1.32 1.15 – 2.00pm
Centre for Governance and Regulation (CGR)
For further information please contact the Research Office
14 December, 2011
Event: tbc
Speaker: Zamzuaila Zakaria, CIMA, Bath
Location: 8West1.32 2.30 – 4.00pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
21 December, 2011
Event: tbc
Speaker: Dr Richard Fairchild, School of Management
Location: 8West 1.32 2.30 – 4.00pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
For further information please contact the Research Office
► January 2012:
11 January, 2012
Event: tbc
Speaker: Professor Eugene Sadler-Smith, University of Surrey
Location: 8West 4.23 1.00pm
Organisation Studies (OS)
For further information please contact the Research Office
► February 2012:
16 February, 2012
Event: tbc
Speaker: Professor Jonathan Gosling, University of Exeter
Location: 8West 2.4 1.15pm
Organisation Studies (OS)
For further information please contact the Research Office
► March 2012:
29 March, 2012
Event: tbc
Speaker: Professor Joe Raelin, Northeastern University
Location: 8West1.29 1.00pm
Organisation Studies (OS)
For further information please contact the Research Office
30 March, 2012
Event:PhD Seminar
Speaker: Professor Joe Raelin, Northeastern University
Location: 8West 1.29 10.30am – 12.30
Organisation Studies (OS)
For further information please contact the Research Office
► May 2012:
16 May, 2012
Event: tbc
Speaker: Professor Mustafa Ozbilgin, Brunel University
Location: 8West 1.29 1.00pm
Organisation Studies (OS)
For further information please contact the Research Office
Past events:
► May 2011:
4 May, 2011
Topic: tbc
Speaker: Gianmario Verona, 2011 Bocconi University Editorial Board Member SMJ, published e.g. in AMR, ICC, SMR, JPIM, LRP, CMR
For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management Room TBC 1.00pm
Centre for Strategic and International Management (SIM)
► April 2011:
20 April, 2011
Topic: tbc
Speaker: Björn Amboss, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Editorial Board Member SMJ, GSJ, and MIR, published e.g. in SMJ, RP, LRP
For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management Room TBC 1.15pm
Centre for Strategic and International Management (SIM)
6 April, 2011
Topic: tbc
Speaker: Julian Birkinshaw, London Business School Editorial Board Member SMJ, GSJ, JMS, and JIBS, published e.g. in AMR, SMJ, OS, JIBS, HBR, SMR, SEJ
For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management Room TBC 4.00pm
Centre for Strategic and International Management (SIM)
► March 2011:
9 March, 2011
Topic: tbc
Speaker: Veronique Ambrosini,Birmingham Business School Associate editor BJM, Editorial Board Member JMS, published e.g. in AMR, JMS, BJM, Human Relations
For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management Room TBC
Centre for Strategic and International Management (SIM)
► February 2011:
23 February, 2011
Topic: Financial Contracting between Developing Banks,Private Equity firms and Enrepreneurs: The Triple-sided Moral Hazard Problem
Speaker: Dr Richard Fairchild, School of Management, University of Bath
Further details: Seminar Poster 
please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8W1.28 2.30pm – 4.00pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
23 February, 2011
Topic: Ownership Identity and Concentration: A Study of Their Joint Impact on Corporate Diversification
Speaker: Professor Michael Mayer, School of Management, University of Bath
Further details: Seminar Poster please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8W1.28 1.15pm – 2.00pm
Centre for Governance and Regulation (CGR)
16 February, 2011
Speaker: Professor Hugo Letiche, University of Humanistics, Urtrecht
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8W2.20 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Organisation Studies (OS)
16 February, 2011
Topic: Testing rational expectations in the presence of structural breaks and Bayesian learning.
Speaker: Professor George Bukley, University of Bristol
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8W1.28 2.30pm – 4.00pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
► December 2010:
7 December, 2010
Topic: tbc
Speaker: Associate Professor Michael Mol, Warwick Business School
For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West 2.6, 2.15pm – 4.05pm
Centre for Strategic and International Management (SIM)
1 December, 2010
Topic: Too Internconnected to Fail: Financial Contagion and Systemic Risk in Network Models of CDS and other Credit Enhancement Obligations of the US
Speaker: Dr Simone Giansante, from the School of Management, University of Bath
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West 1.28, 1.15pm - 2.00pm.
Centre for Governance and Regulation (CGR)
1 December, 2010
Topic: Do News Announcements Affect Volatility Spillovers? Evidence from Implied Volatilities
Speaker: Dr Eirini Konstantinidi, from the University of Exeter Business School
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West 1.28, 2.30pm - 4.00pm.
Accounting and Finance Group (AFG)
► November 2010:
30 November, 2010
Topic: Ambiguity in Organizations: Scapegoat, Quicksand or Pathway to Communication
Speaker: Liv Starheim, visiting Research Scholar from Roskilde University, Denmark
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management in 8W1.29, 2.30pm
Organisation Studies (OS)
19 November, 2010
Topic: tbc
Speaker: Dr Paul Baines, Cranfield University
For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West 3.14, 11.00am – 1.00pm
Centre for Research in Advertising and Consumption (CRiAC)
17 November, 2010
Topic: 'From High Frequency Finance to a Dynamic Theory of Economics'
Speaker: Dr. Richard Olsen
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Dr XiaoHua Chen
Location: Room 2E 3.1 - 5.15 - 6.30pm
Academic Guest Talk Invitation
10 November, 2010
Topic: Business, Children and Other Stakeholder Identities: Corporate Responsibilities for What and To Who?
Speaker: Professor Andrew Crane, York University, Toronto
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: 3 East 2.2, 4.00pm – 6.00pm
Centre for Business, Society and Business Economics (CBOS) and Centre for Research In Advertising and Consumption (CRiAC)
10 November, 2010
Topic: OFSMOKE: the case for price regulation in the tobacco market
Speaker: Dr Anna Gilmore/Dr Rob Branston, University of Bath
For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8W1.28 1.15pm – 2.00pm
Centre for Governance & Regulation (CGR)
10 November, 2010
Topic: tbc
Speaker: Dr Julie Salaber, School of Management, University of Bath
For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8W1.28 2.30pm – 4.00pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
3 November, 2010
Topic: Immigrant Remittances and the Venture Investment Environment in Developing Countries
Speaker: Professor Paul Vaaler, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West 4.23, 2.15pm – 4.15pm
Centre for Strategic and International Management (SIM)
3 November, 2010
Topic: The impact of litigation news on the performance of tobacco companies
Speaker: Dr Julie Salaber, School of Management, University of Bath
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8West 1.28 1.15pm – 2pm
Centre for Governance & Regulation
3 November, 2010
Topic: "Gain or Pain": What motivates consumer activity in Markets
Speaker: Dr Tina Chang, School of Management, University of Bath
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8West 1.28 2.30pm – 4.00pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
► October 2010:
29 October, 2010
Topic: Explaining Influence Rents: The Case for an Institutions-Based View of Strategy
Speaker: Professor Gautam Ahuja, Ross School of Business, Michigan
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West 2.11 – 1.00pm - 3.00pm & 8W 2.30 3.15 – 5.00pm
Centre for Strategic and International Management (SIM)
27 October, 2010
Topic: tbc
Speaker: Professor Ania Zalewska, School of Management, University of Bath
For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management, 8West 1.28, 1.15pm – 2.00pm
Centre for Governance and Regulation (CGR)
27 October, 2010
Topic: The Perspective on Minsky Moments: The core of the Financial Instability in light of the subprime crisis
Speaker: Professor Alessandro Vercelli, University of Siena
Further details: For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management, 8West 1.28, 3.00pm – 5.00pm
Accounting and Finance Group (AFG)
20 October, 2010
Topic: Regulation and Soundness of Insurance firms: Internal evidence
Speaker: Dr Fotios Pasiouras, Technical University of Crete
Further details: For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management, 8 West 1.28, 2.30pm – 4.00pm
Accounting and Finance Group (AFG)
20 October, 2010
Topic: tbc
Speaker: Dr Aija Leiponen, Imperial College, London
For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: 3 West 4.7, 1.15pm – 3.05pm
Centre for Strategic and International Management (SIM)
20 October, 2010
Topic: tbc
Speaker: Dr Stefania Borghini, Bocconi University
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: 3 East 2.2, 2.15pm – 4.05pm
Centre for Research in Advertising and Consumption (CRiAC)
15 October, 2010
Topic: Diversity in Supply Chain Structure & Strategy
Speaker: Professor Eugene Schneller, Arizona State University
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West 2.23, 10am - 12pm
Centre for Information, Decision and Operations (IDO)
7 October, 2010
Topic:'I Smell Ethics'
Speaker: Dr Agnes Nairn
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West 3.14, 6pm
Centre for Business, Operations and Society (CBOS)
► June 2010:
14 June, 2010
Topic: Unexpected Benefits Arising from Improving the Service Levels of Frontline Employees: A Field Experiment in the Healthcare Industry
Speakers: Tracey S Dagger, Monash University, Australia & Peter J Danaher, Melbourne Business School, Australia
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W3.14 - 2.15pm - 4pm
Centre for Research in Advertising and Consumption (CRiAC)
16 June, 2010
Topic: Privately Optimal Securitization and Publicly Suboptimal Risk Sharing
Speakers: Professor Gilles Chemla, Imperial College Business School
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8 West, 8W3.14 – 2.30pm – 4.00pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG) & Centre for Governance & Regulation (CGR)
29 June, 2010
Topic: Starpower: Fetishizing Possessions in the Pursuit of Dreams
Speakers: Dr Karen V Fernandez, University of Auckland
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W3.22 - 2pm - 4pm
Centre for Research in Advertising and Consumption (CRiAC)
► May 2010:
5 May, 2010
Topic: UK Evidence on Limited Attention and the Accrual Anomaly
Speakers: Nikola Petrovic, University of Bristol
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W2.13 - 2.30pm - 4pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
5 May, 2010
Topic: TBA
Speakers: Dr Mick Blowfield, The Smith School of Enterprise, Oxford University
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W3.14 - 6pm
Centre for Business, Organisation & Society (CBOS)
7 May, 2010
Topic: Is there a business case for safety? An exploration of operational ‘best’ practices and worker safety outcomes”
Speakers: Associate Professor Mark Pagell Schulich School of Business York University, Canada
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W3.13 - 11.30pm - 1pm
Information, Decisions and Operations (IDO)
11 May, 2010
Topic: How to Publish and not Perish,
Speakers: Dr Rajan Nataraajan, Torchmark Professor, Auburn University
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8West 3.14 10.15am – 12noon
Centre for Research in Advertising and Consumption (CRiAC)
12 May, 2010
Topic: Getting away from it all: Exploring Freedom in Tourism,
Speakers: Dr Robert Caruana, Manchester Business School
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8West 3.14, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Centre for Research in Advertising and Consumption (CRiAC)
16 May, 2010
Topic: TBA,
Speakers: Prof. Gilles Chemla, Imperial Business School
Further details:For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W3.14 - 2.30pm - 4pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG) & Centre for Governance & Regulation (CGR)
► April 2010:
14 April, 2010
Topic: The Impact of Voluntary Audit on Credit Ratings: Evidence from UK Private Firms
Speakers: Dr Elisabeth Dedman, School of Management, University of Bath
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W1.28 - 2.30pm - 4pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
14 April, 2010
Topic: Balancing financial and non-financial incentives in performance measurement systems: an investigation of not for profit hospitals
Speakers: Margaret Greenwood, University of Bath, School of Management
Further details:For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W2.4 - 1.15pm - 2pm
Centre for Governance & Regulation (CGR)
15 April, 2010
Topic: "Public Private Partnerships"
Speaker: Dr Rekha Rao, University of Bath, School of Management
Further details: For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8West, 8W1.28 2.15pm - 3.45pm
Research Network for International Business and Emerging Economies (RNIBEE)
14 April, 2010
Topic: Balancing financial and non-financial incentives in performance measurement systems: an investigation of not for profit hospitals
Speakers: Margaret Greenwood, University of Bath, School of Management
Further details: For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W2.4 - 1.15pm - 2pm
Centre for Governance & Regulation (CGR)
21 April, 2010
Topic: Stock Repurchases and Executive Compensation Contract Design: The Role of Earnings Per Share Performance Conditions
Speakers: Prof. Steve Young, Lancaster University Management School
Further details: For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W1.28 - 2.30pm - 4pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG) & Centre for Governance & Regulation (CGR)
21 April, 2010
Topic: "Absorptive capacity, alliance and competitive advantage in biopharmaceutical firms"
Speaker: Dr Helen Xia, University of Bath, School of Management
Further details: For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management, 8West, 8W4.23 2.15pm - 3.35pm
Research Network for International Business and Emerging Economies (RNIBEE)
23 April, 2010
Topic: Social Information in Computer-Mediated Communication
Speaker: Dr Alastair J Gill, University of Surrey
Further details: Seminar Poster For further details please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8West 8.1.28 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Centre for Information Management (CIM)
28 April, 2010
Topic: TBA,
Speakers: Prof. Andy Stark, Manchester Business School
Further details: For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W1.28 - 2.30pm - 4pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG) & Centre for Governance & Regulation (CGR)
► March 2010:
17 March, 2010
Topic: Evaluation of accounting-based firm valuation models using portfolio analysis in the UK context
Speakers: Yun Shen, School of Management, University of Bath
Further details: For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W1.28 - 2.30pm - 4pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
17 March, 2010
Topic: “The Impact of Market Signals and Dynamic Capabilities on Resource Search and Leverage"
Speaker: Dr Christian Stadler, School of Management, University of Bath
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8West, 8W4.23 - 2.15pm - 3.45pm
Research Network for International Business and Emerging Economies (RNIBEE)
17 March, 2010
Topic: Co-operative ties and the impact of external factors upon innovation in an industrial district: some insights from the North Staffordshire Table and Giftware sector
Speakers: Dr. Phil Tomlinson, School of Management
Further details: For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W1.32 - 1.15pm - 2pm
Centre for Governance & Regulation (CGR)
24 March, 2010
Topic: TBC
Speakers: Dr Tina Chang, School of Management, University of Bath
Further details: For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W2.13 - 2.30pm - 4pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
24 March, 2010
Topic: Evidence, knowledge, expertise in governance
Speakers: Dr. Emma Carmel, Dep. of Social & Policy Sciences
Further details: For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W1.32 - 1.15pm - 2pm
Centre for Governance & Regulation (CGR)
10 March, 2010
Topic: User Perspectives on Corporate Social; and Environmental Reporting Assurance
Speakers: Renfred Wong, School of Management, University of Bath
Further details: For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W1.28 - 2.30pm - 4pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG)
10 March, 2010
Topic: TBA
Speakers: Dr. Ajit Mishra, Dep. of Economics & International Development
Further details: For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W1.32 - 1.15pm - 2pm
Centre for Governance & Regulation (CGR)
► February 2010:
24 February, 2010
Topic: Information and Efficiency: Goal Arrival in Soccer Betting
Speakers: Dr. James Reade, Birmingham University
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W1.28 - 2.30pm - 4pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG) & Centre for Governance & Regulation (CGR)
26 February, 2010
Topic: Snapshot Aesthetics as a Strategic Resource
Speakers: Jonathan Schroeder, University of Exeter Business School
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West 8W2.1 – 2.30pm – 4pm
Centre for Research in Advertising & Consumption (CRiAC)
10 February, 2010
Title:”Condoned gaming of financial accountability in government controlled hospitals
Speakers: Margaret Greenwood, School of Management, University of Bath
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W1.28 - 2.30pm
Accounting & Finance Group Seminar (AFG)
10 February, 2010
Topic: Does within-tenure experience make you tougher? Evidence from competition law.
Speakers: Prof. Ania Zalewska, School of Management
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W1.32 - 1.15pm - 2pm
Centre for Governance & Regulation (CGR)
17 February, 2010
Topic: Valuation Weights, Linear Dynamics and Conservatism
Speakers: Dr. Pengguo Wang, University of Bristol
Further details: Seminar Poster For further information please contact the Research Office
Location: School of Management 8 West, 8W1.29 - 2.30pm - 4pm
Accounting & Finance Group (AFG) & Centre for Governance & Regulation (CGR)
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.
