Research projects in Business
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Focusing on Institutional Design, Change, Decision-making, Methodological Pluralism, and Diversity and Sustainable Socio-Economic Development, The Workshop on Institutions and Sustainable Socio-economic Development (WISSED) is an interdisciplinary research forum designed to contribute to a better understanding of sustainable socio-economic development and factors that facilitate or impede the latter.
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Figures show that of the six million businesses in Britain, only one-fifth are run by women, and there are twice as many male entrepreneurs as females despite there being more women in the UK. Furthermore, it has been estimated that increasing female entrepreneurship could result in a boost of £60 billion for the UK economy.
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Examining the relationship between the time devoted to housework by parents and that by their children, and the link between the housework time of those children when they are adolescents and the housework time of the same individuals in early adulthood, for a sample of couples with children from the United Kingdom
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School of Business colleagues Dr Omar Ferboli and Dr Carlo Morelli ran a project looking at the state of academic teaching and research in economics
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Accountancy academics at the University of Dundee School of Business are crafting the future of crowdfunding for renewable energy generation through their involvement in a multi-million pound collaboration
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School of Business academics Carlo Morelli and Ruth Bickerton are investigating the impact of funeral costs, while a new charity (Funeral Link) has been set up in the city to help families cope in the aftermath of a bereavement