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London Business School podcasts
A series of podcasts, sharing the latest in news and thought leadership from London Business School
- Management Innovation Lab
Julian Birkinshaw, Co-founder of the Management Innovation Lab discusses why management innovation is a largely unexplored source of competitive advantage - Developing a successful pricing strategy
Marco Bertini, Assistant Professor of Marketing, talks about developing a successful pricing strategy - Why Choose a London Business School MBA?
Sabine Vinck, Associate Dean, MBA and Finance Programmes, discusses the experience of studying for an MBA at London Business School - What prevents middle managers from getting to the top?
Richard Jolly, Adjunct Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, discusses the obstacles facing middle managers who want to progress - Developing Enterprise Leaders
Doug Ready, Visiting Professor of Organisational Behaviour, talks about the importance of developing enterprise leaders - Entrepreneurship in an economic downturn
John Mullins, Associate Professor of Management Practice in Entrepreneurship, discusses the impact the credit crunch will have on entrepreneurs, and gives the truth behind some myths about investors - Roundtable briefing on the current financial crisis part one of four
Professor Julian Franks describes the contributing factors to high leveraging within the banking industry and the subsequent impact on the banking crisis at an Investment Management Club roundtable briefing on the financial crisis - Roundtable briefing on the current financial crisis part two of four
Professor Viral Acharya discusses bank equity at an Investment Management Club roundtable briefing on the financial crisis - Roundtable briefing on the current financial crisis part three of four
Professor Elroy Dimson provides a historical perspective on the financial crisis at an Investment Management Club roundtable briefing on the financial crisis - Roundtable briefing on the current financial crisis part four of four
Professor Christopher Hennessey cautions against overuse of the term 'moral hazard' in the media, an Investment Management Club roundtable briefing on the financial crisis - Where have all the good times gone?
On 14 October, four members of London Business School's economics faculty shared their perspectives on 'The World Economy: Where have all the good times gone?' - Entrepreneurship and the Executive MBA
John Mullins, Associate Professor of Management Practice in Entrepreneurship, talks about the exciting learning environment on the Executive MBA - A new degree programme that breaks the mould
Julian Birkinshaw, Deputy Dean of Programmes, discusses the new Masters in Management degree programme that will welcome students from around the world for its first intake in August 2009 - Sloan Fellowship
Sir Andrew Likierman talks about his experiences teaching on the Sloan Fellowship MSc at London Business School - Challenges for measuring performance
Sir Andrew Likierman, Professor of Management Practice in Accounting, discusses the challenges involved in accurately measuring performance - Decision making can not be left to intuition alone
Zeger Degraeve, Professor of Decision Sciences, talks about today's general manager and the Process of Decision Making - Imitation and breaking the mould
Freek Vermeulen, Associate Professor of Strategic and International Management, talks about imitation and breaking the mould - Is creative culture linked to play?
Babis Mainemelis, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour discusses the link between creative culture and play. - What role does HR play in building a brand internally?
Nader Tavassoli, Professor of Marketing, talks about building a brand internally. - The glass ceiling: Why women struggle to achieve top levels in business
Dr Elisabeth Kelan, Research Fellow at the Lehman Brothers Centre for Women, talks about why women struggle to achieve top levels in business. - Competitive environments and redefining firm and industry boundaries
Michael G. Jacobides, Associate Professor of Strategic and International Management, talks about changes in the competitive environment. - Repercussions of the Sub Prime Crisis
Viral Acharya, Professor of Finance, talks about the repercussions of the sub prime crisis. - Can firms shape their environments to gain an architectural advantage?
Michael G Jacobides, Associate Professor of Strategic and International Management talks about how firms can shape their environments to gain an architectural advantage. - Why the credit crunch took hold
Richard Portes, Professor of Economics, talks about why the credit crunch took hold and what the authorities should do to avoid a repeat of the crisis. - Challenges for charitable investors
Elroy Dimson, BGI Professor of Investment Management, talks about philanthropic and charitable investors, and the unique challenges they face in the current economic climate. - Is there hope for the planet?
Yiorgos Mylonadis, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Strategic and International Management, talks about how to encourage companies to find ways to beat global warming. - How companies can get lucky and succeed
Freek Vermeulen, Associate Professor of Strategic and International Management, explains how luck really does exist in the business world. - Why is marketing so important?
Marco Bertini, Assistant Professor of Marketing, talks about Marketing and how the principle of 'knowing your customer' applies to all professions. - The School's student body
Sean Barrett, President of the Student Association since June 2007, talks about the importance of the student community and why new students should sign up for everything. - Executive MBA and Sloan Fellowship programme podcast
Lyn Hoffman, Associate Dean of the Sloan and Executive MBA (EMBA) programmes, talks about the masters degree programmes that she overseas at the School and the impact they have on students' careers. - What can Career Services offer?
Diane Morgan, Director of Career Services, talks about the department and what it can offer to London Business School students. - Discussions around the round table at Garanti Bank
Don Sull speaks with former Garanti Bank CEO Akin Ongor about forming round table groups so that top managers would work together to align the priorities of the organisation. - Making revisions
In the last instalment of a four part series on 'closing the gap between strategy and execution' Don Sull speaks with Marcel Telles of InBev about how organizations can go about revising strategy when the unexpected happens. - Macroeconomics
Helene Rey, Professor of Economics, examines the US current account deficit.