Research themes
Research within the School is based around three themes: Management Sciences, Accounting and Finance, and Management. Within these themes a wide range of interests are represented.
Management Science
The research strategy of the Management Science theme is to exploit its range of research expertise in mathematical and soft systems modelling to address current problems in business risks, health management and operations management.
Accounting & Finance
The research strategy of the Accounting and Finance theme is to exploit its range of research expertise in empirical accounting and finance modelling to address current problems in financial markets, international banking, risk calibration, value-at-risk calibrating, accountability and governance in organisations, corporate social responsibility and reporting, taxation and audit, and related areas.
The research theme is grouped into two areas: accounting, accountability and governance, addressed by an established research centre (CRAAG); and banking and finance. A recently developed centre in Banking, Finance and Sustainable Development focuses on the role of international financial markets, banking and financial institutions in economic development.
Management
The theme contains a broad diversity of sub-disciplines grouped into six – HRM/organisational behaviour; supply chain management; marketing; strategy; entrepreneurship; corporate responsibility community of practice. There is extensive collaborative work both within the themes and with other themes, for example the growing work in supply chain management with Management Science. The Management theme has a strong, but not exclusive, qualitative methodological orientation, complementing the quantitative orientation of the Management Science theme.