Can Wireless Recover From The Kanye Scandal?
Wednesday afternoon it was announced that the UK’s Wireless music festival had been cancelled, less than 24 hours before tickets were due to go on sale, due to backlash against Kanye West. Can Wireless ever recover from this scandal?
Will the Music Business Always Be Too Human for Wall Street?
“I can’t think of an asset I’m more confident in being consumed over time..” Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management has launched a $64B bid to buy UMG - the company behind Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Sabrina Carpenter, and roughly a third of all recorded music on earth. Is it a smart move?
The Happiness Syllabus and What Business Schools Know About Living Better
For decades business schools have studied what drives performance, engagement, and productivity. Much of the data keeps coming back to how people feel. Research on happiness is full of findings that contradict what most ambitious people assume to be true. Here are six of the most useful.
Is Foreign Money Worth Less When it Comes to Start-Ups Investment?
Start-ups which rely exclusively on foreign venture capital might end up with lower valuations, according to research.
Why The Quants Need a Poet in the Business School Classroom
In MBA classrooms, the language of numbers reigns supreme. The quants are in charge. But Oxford's Saïd Business School has appointed a Poet Laureate, the first such position in any business school, naming the distinguished South African poet and scholar Dr Athol Williams to the role. Because wisdom in business and leadership has a poetic side.
BlueSky BookShelf Meets: Christof Brandtner
As national governments and global institutions fail to adequately address climate change, an increasing number of cities have taken matters into their own hands, designing and committing to major sustainability and climate strategies. We speak with emlyon's Professor Christof Brandtner to find out how...
Anthropic, OpenAI, and the $200 Million Lesson in Why Purpose Is the Ultimate Competitive Advantage
When Anthropic refused to let the Pentagon use its Claude models without explicit protections the company was designated a "supply chain risk to national security." Hours later, Sam Altman announced OpenAI had signed the deal. What happened next is a lesson in the importance of purpose, and it reaches far beyond Silicon Valley.
How To Be A Successful Entrepreneur: Margarita Womack – Founder and CEO of MasPanadas
This International Women's Day, we celebrate the inspiring female entrepreneurs who have used their business education to create their own career paths. Margarita Womack's start-up is building opportunities for Hispanic women to shine