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19 Mar 2012: In addition, managers are not only expected to pursue shareholders’ economic interests, but their political ones as well. ... The skills and temperament that maximize shareholder profits conflict with those that promote economic stability.

3 Nov 2012: The panel, chaired by Chris Giles, Economics Editor of the Financial Times, will include the University’s own Dr Gemma Burgess, Senior Research Associate in the Department of Land Economy. ... This debate is also part of the Economic and Social

23 Apr 2012: Ancient Greece is all the rage this year as the UK gears up for Olympic fever and this year's Hay Festival [www.hayfestival.com] is no exception. It is putting

1 Jun 2012: From committee meetings and green screens, via research for his next book, to Classics-loving teenagers and major public lectures, Dr Michael Scott had a busy

22 Mar 2012: Engineers play a critical role in a balanced economy, applying new ideas to address emerging opportunities which in turn drives economic growth. ... This finding is really worrying. Engineers play a critical role in a balanced economy, applying new ideas

18 Jun 2012: Advances in information technology are moving many social and economic interactions, such as fraud or forgery, from the physical worlds to cyberspace,” said lead author Ross Anderson, Professor of Security Engineering ... The report will be presented

5 Nov 2012: I took lessons for a few years and was quite serious about it.

26 Mar 2012: The results add to a growing body of evidence which points to the importance of workplace counselling services, at a time when harsh economic conditions and limited budgets mean that some

29 Feb 2012: a change of cultural (and economic) values that will encourage in the whole population the necessary respect, restraint, and care.’ I’m interested in how literature might have urged, or at

5 Jan 2012: Share. Published. 05 Jan 2012. Image. Johannes Vermeer, A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman 'The Music Lesson' c.1662-1665.

16 Jun 2012: Professor David Newbery, Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Economics, is appointed CBE for services to economics. ... Newbery began lecturing at the Faculty in 1966, and was director of studies in Churchill College until he became Professor of Applied

15 Nov 2012: This investment will help our leading universities become centres of innovation and entrepreneurship and generate the kind of commercial success which will fuel economic growth and make the UK one of ... These Accounts aim to make a step change in the

30 Jan 2012: I put the poster up in the department last Friday morning, and stood by it with my smartphone as students came in for the first lesson of the day.

16 Oct 2012: Living in Boropani over the course of the following 18 months, what became obvious was that despite attempts to prevent and curtail them, cultural, social, personal and economic connections continue between

18 May 2012: They want some sort of miracle: the end of austerity, economic growth, a return to normal. ... Recently he has been concerned with the history of the cultural, economic and political relationship between France and Britain from the end of the 17th

13 Apr 2012: In the Centre, our research seeks to grapple with the many facets and multi-disciplinary nature of sustainable development, embracing and addressing social, economic and environmental aspects together and in their

12 Sep 2012: bomb of Britain's growing pensioner population, chaired by the Financial Times' economics editor Chris Giles.

12 Mar 2012: There will be a variety of events scheduled that combine science with history, art, geography, economics, medicine, philosophy, religion, maths, literature, music and astronomy.

18 Apr 2012: This should facilitate the transition to a commercial ‘process’." Based on the results of an independent economic survey, he believes that the process will drive down the cost of manufacturing

6 Nov 2012: China and Russia are growing economic and political powers that share thousands of miles of border. ... Their work was presented at two workshops where multiple political, economic and sociocultural dimensions of the border were explored.

25 Oct 2012: It is exclusively for Indian students based in India when they apply for PhD and MPhil degrees at St John’s College in areas such as science and technology, economics and ... St John’s College, where Dr Singh studied for a First in Economics in the

7 Jun 2012: Offshore oil reserves have aroused new economic possibilities in the region, but the islands’ main industries remain sheep farming, fishing and tourism.

20 Jan 2012: With tragic stories of loss, chaos and fear, shipwrecks have always fascinated onlookers, and been used to convey moral lessons.

26 Jun 2012: Moreover, with a total GNP of about $3 billion, it does not have the economic resources to achieve its potential. ... The teams are currently analysing Togo’s position on a number of governance, economic, development and social indicators compared with

15 Oct 2012: Rangwala will argue that despite the fact that many of the countries that experienced popular revolution, particularly Egypt and Tunisia, are currently going through large-scale economic change and seeking external ... In fact, economic problems mean

27 Jun 2012: The study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, was deliberately wide-ranging and complex.

23 Feb 2012: In third was the London School of Economics with just over half Oxford’s score, with Newcastle University in fourth.

25 May 2012: The range of disciplines covered includes behavioural science, neuroscience, anthropology, economics and epidemiology.

28 May 2012: Despite the escalating economic costs and human misery associated with these diseases, we still know relatively little about how they develop or how best to tackle them.

28 Dec 2012: This was a crucial time in Spain, as Falk explained: “The 19th century had seen civil wars and coups with numerous failed attempts at economic reform and industrialisation.

15 May 2012: The main case for action includes the identification of the health burden of NCDs; NCDs as threats to economic and social development; the cost-effectiveness and -savings produced by NCD interventions;

8 Aug 2012: People need different incentives. Sometimes they’re economic, other times they’re still material but not monetary, and sometimes people just need to be enabled to do the right thing,” said

18 Jun 2012: Professor Simms agreed that “independence is illusory and that is what we are seeing now,” adding that he believed a vote for Scottish independence amid the current economic crisis would be

17 Mar 2012: distance themselves from the policies of the UK Government; the White House Press Secretary going as far as to hand the press a two-page document outlining the economic differences between

18 Dec 2012: The Dimensions of Occupational Gender Segregation in Industrial Countries” considers both economic and social factors in order to measure the extent to which the division of work along gender lines results ... The higher the overall segregation, the

4 Jul 2012: Dozens of MPs and Peers were given rare, personal access to the photos after they were saved for the nation through the efforts of SPRI, with a major grant

23 Aug 2012: That appears to be substantiated by the fact that most people dramatically underestimate the proportion of land used for farming, while overestimating its economic contribution.

17 Nov 2012: At the turn of the 20. th. century, Cambridge was in many ways a place of sharp social, educational and economic divides.

28 Jun 2012: been bad for western democracies in terms of their involvement in war, their economic policies and their ability to confront climate change.

5 Oct 2012: But south-south aid and development cooperation have rarely made headlines and most academic analyses of aid – whether from economics, anthropology, geography or political studies – have concentrated on evaluating and critiquing ... By and large,

14 May 2012: The report, Rural Housing at a time of economic change, was produced by the Centre for Housing and Planning Research at the University of Cambridge on behalf of the CRC.

19 Dec 2012: They are developing the skills needed to translate world class research into wider economic and social benefits. ... They are developing the skills needed to translate world class research into wider economic and social benefits.”.

7 Feb 2012: the happiness of his childhood – for their temporary economic survival.

25 Nov 2012: Computers dominate modern life across vast swathes of the planet, underpinning key functions of global governance and economics, increasing precision in healthcare, monitoring identity and facilitating most forms of communication – from

19 Jan 2012: This would make it easier for each local community to be in balance with its immediate environment while achieving its economic goals, and sharing the knowledge of how to do this ... The best known example is the city of Kalundborg in Denmark, in which

28 Jan 2012: Other historians have explored the vigorous debates over monetarist economic policy, the ‘right to buy’ council houses, privatisation of state industries, and a host of other policies which grew out of

22 Mar 2012: sociodemographic composition of their populations, and according to other social factors such as economic deprivation or social cohesion.”.

13 Oct 2012: When during the early 20th century archaeologists excavated some of the most famous sites of Ancient Greece – notably Knossos on the island of Crete and

5 Mar 2012: We should learn the lesson and act urgently to moderate both types of impact.".

8 Mar 2012: Key findings from the report were:. Confusion over economic significance. 44% of respondents agree that the UK “does not make anything anymore” and 50% think that the UK is good at ... Manufacturing is seen as important to economic growth: 72% think