Research4Good - making a positive difference through management research
Our research improves people’s lives. It enhances our community. It strengthens our economy. It contributes to a better world. It’s Research4Good.
School of Management research
Our leading research contributes to a better world. It improves people's lives, supports communities and strengthens our economy.
Our impact
We aim high with our research. We want to influence change in the world around us. Find out more about our work.
School of Management's publications
Our researchers' published articles, papers, conference contributions and more, in chronological order.
Our divisions
Faculty members are grouped into four divisions based on their expertise.
Accounting, Finance and Law Division
Our division conducts research that spans accounting and finance and teaches across accounting, finance and law.
Information, Decisions and Operations Division
We are an influential group of researchers who publish in leading journals. Our research areas include supply chain management, cyber security and forecasting.
Marketing, Business and Society Division
We are a respected group of researchers with diverse expertise spanning marketing, corporate social responsibility and society.
Strategy and Organisation Division
We are an active group of researchers focusing on people at work and the development of the organisations they work in.
Our research centres
Our six research centres involve faculty and researchers from our divisions. They use their cross-functional expertise to focus on key research areas.
Centre for Business, Organisations and Society (CBOS)
Rethinking business in a sustainable society; providing the evidence base to get there
Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS)
We focus on finding the balance between governance, regulation and strategic planning to ensure the effective functioning of organisations, regions and markets.
Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement (CHI²)
CHI² leads and explores multidisciplinary research into health and care systems, and ways to improve them.
Centre for Research on Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CREI)
Exploring how enterprising individuals and organisations use innovation to create value.
Future of Work (FOW) research centre
We are a group of researchers exploring how work is changing, and will continue to change, with new technologies, attitudes and ways of working.
The International Centre for Higher Education Management (ICHEM)
We explore higher education innovation for global wellbeing.
Our supply chain lab
Leading research on supply chain, innovation and complex capital projects.
HPC Supply Chain Innovation Lab
A partnership between the University and Hinkley Point C. We provide a platform for thought leadership, connecting business, policymakers and academics.
Research highlights and commentary
We want to be at the forefront of the latest research. Our faculty members and researchers are regularly published in leading journals. Read more about their work and how it's impacting on society.
Consumers on a budget pay the price for shopping with a handheld scanner
School of Management research shows shoppers spend 12 per cent more when they scan their own shopping but make healthier choices
Cigarette-like ‘cigarillos’ flout efforts to curb smoking
Tax cigarillos in line with cigarettes to stop tobacco companies from exploiting loopholes in system, say researchers.
When two tribes go to war – how tribalism polarized the Brexit social media debate
New findings may help counter online division and disinformation campaigns
Time to get real on the power of positive thinking – new study
Realists experience the highest long-term happiness
Cigarette sales declining by 20 million a month after advent of standardised packaging
The new study from Bath's TCRG highlights how new taxation plus standardised packaging for cigarettes has led to a large decline in sales.
New research shows relationship building key to an idea’s success
Professor Ammon Salter's latest publication shows how ‘dual networking’ can drive productivity.
Research stories
Find out more about our work and how it's helping improve our world.
Empathy in organisations: how considerate managers improve employee performance
Dr Yasin Rofcanin is exploring the links between employee wellbeing and organisational productivity
Good garments: combatting worker exploitation in the fashion supply chain
What role can business at the bottom of the supply chain play in combatting labour exploitation?
Helping the UN improve access to financial services for the world’s poorest
School of Management researchers are working with the UN to improve its knowledge management and tackle poverty in some of the world’s poorest countries.
Helping organisations prepare for the unexpected
Research by Professor Ian Colville is key to organisations navigating crises, including the Wilshire Police Service in the wake of the Salisbury poisonings.
Research events
Opportunities to learn more about our research.
Cryptocurrency Factors
14 Oct 2020 2.00pm
Part of the AFL Virtual Research Seminar Series
The timing of voluntary delisting
21 Oct 2020 11.00am
Part of the AFL Virtual Research Seminar Series
Could we explain the CSR-performance link without stakeholder theory?
4 Nov 2020 12.00pm
A Strategy & Organisation Division webinar
Contact us
If you have any questions about our research, please get in touch.