Top 10 reads of 2018
We have long known that the News & Insight section of the Cambridge Judge Business School website attracts an audience with eclectic interests and tastes, a reflection of the many different aspects of business explored at the Business School and…
Incentive and motivation: Beware of disincentives
The “ratcheting” up of bonus goals can make workforces less motivated, so managers need a clear system of communicating changes to incentives, says a new study co-authored by Francisco Brahm, a PhD candidate at Cambridge Judge. The study focuses on…
Management Today: Funding growth
Small and medium sized businesses in the UK need new forms of investment in order to scale up. A report co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School addresses the critical need to break down barriers to small business scaling-up and develop…
Cambridge Business Magazine: Fighting the ‘scale-up’ problem for British entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs in Britain need to develop effective management systems, establish partnerships and leverage their competitive strengths in order to scale up effectively, according to research from Cambridge Judge Business School contained in a new report launched by Barclays. The report…
The Guardian: Never mind start-ups, it’s scale-ups that urgently need funding
Lucy Douglas writes about small businesses in the UK that could “generate 238,000 new jobs in a handful of years and an extra £38bn for the economy if boosted by just one per cent.” But these businesses need support in…
The Huffington Post: How to ensure UK start-ups get the finance to scale
Entrepreneurs in Britain need to develop effective management systems, establish partnerships and leverage their competitive strengths in order to scale up effectively, according to research co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School and Oxford Saïd Business School. The report entitled “Scale-up…
Forbes: Twelve ways to turn great British start-ups into fast-growing scale-ups
Entrepreneurs in Britain need to develop effective management systems, establish partnerships and leverage their competitive strengths in order to scale up effectively, according to a report from Cambridge Judge Business School and Oxford Said, convened by Barclays. The report issues…
Financial Times: Start-ups struggle to nurture rapid growth, report warns
Entrepreneurs in Britain need to develop effective management systems, establish partnerships and leverage their competitive strengths in order to scale up effectively, according to a report from Cambridge Judge Business School and Oxford Said, convened by Barclays. The Cambridge Judge…
Scale-up problems for small firms addressed
Research from Cambridge Judge and Oxford Saïd business schools, convened by Barclays, recommends ways to help UK entrepreneurs scale up for growth. Entrepreneurs in Britain need to develop effective management systems, establish partnerships and leverage their competitive strengths in order…
The Telegraph: We need to help more UK start-ups become scale-ups
Sherry Coutu, serial entrepreneur and Angel investor, discusses why it’s important to support start-ups in the UK and refers to the latest report on scaling-up for SMEs co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School. “It is in all our interests that…