To begin, as interviews commonly do, with some scene-setting by way of a weather report, it was a cold albeit sunny morning (one of those ironies so common to the English winter) when we met ...
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On January 1, 2012, a major economic milestone was reached: the Euro’s 10th birthday. Although the Euro had officially been in existence since 1995 and was introduced into financial markets in 1999, it wasn’t until ...
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Whilst many students were having a lie-in on Saturday 21 January, the 16 students selected to participate in the 2012 Imperial Apprentice Challenge arrived at the Business School, complete with suits, laptops, and determination, ready to conquer the challenges organised by the Imperial Entrepreneurs society.
The four teams, Zeus, Ipsum, Collateral, and Tornado, battled for the privilege of representing Imperial in ...
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Filing for bankruptcy… a Kodak moment” joked someone in an elevator at one of Goldman Sachs offices, according to the twitter account @GSElevator. On Thursday 19 January, (ex) photographic giant ...
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In the age of privilege, when very few attended and graduated from university, achieving the degree of Doctor was a rare feat even amongst the educated. Doctors were revered in ...
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Bloomberg BusinessWeek recently published an article by Larry Popelka titled “The Key to Success? Your Corporate Mission.” It investigates the particular case of the Chevrolet Volt and it is perfectly ...
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When Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy on 15 September 2008, it marked the most dramatic collapse of an U.S. firm in history. In many ways, the name of the once fourth biggest investment bank in the United States has become a synonym for the global financial meltdown that shook the world in 2008 and whose aftershocks are still felt today.
While ...
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Take the tube and read a newspaper. Most people there are doing the same, but their number is in rapid decline. Between 2007 and 2009, newspaper circulation dropped by 25% ...
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