Business Discoveries - June 2024
University of Bristol Business School
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Project REWIRE - transforming semiconductor technology and enhancing supply chain security
Can you imagine charging your electric car in just 10 minutes? Research by the University of Bristol's new ￡11m Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) REWIRE, could make this a reality.
Led by Professor Martin Kuball (School of Physics) and co-led by Professor Palie Smart, Dr Minhao Zhang, and Dr Nikolaos Stylos (Business School), the IKC is conducting cutting-edge research into the development of wide/ultra-wide bandgap compound semiconductors, that stands to revolutionise the development of new, more energy efficient electronic technology. Supported by partners at the Universities of Cambridge and Warwick, and industry leaders including Bosch and Toshiba, this research will play a pivotal role in advancing the UK's net zero goals.
Examining the global networks of semiconductor manufacturing, the IKC will also enhance supply chain resilience, utilising innovative analytical tools to understand geopolitical risks and vulnerabilities and protect supply chains against future disruptions.
The Circular Agriculture Hub - reducing waste in UK food production
Whilst 7% of the UK population live in food poverty (House of Commons, 2023), around 7% of all food intended for human consumption is going to waste on UK farms each year (WWF, 2022). Also, whilst farmers are a critical element of the food supply chain, they are frequently marginalised and find themselves struggling to stay business.
This stark disconnect in our current food supply chains is clear, but how can it be addressed?
University of Bristol Business School academic Dr Lucy McCarthy, together with Dr Anne Touboulic (Nottingham University Business School) are looking to tackle exactly this with their new venture - The Circular Agriculture Hub.
The Hub, set to launch this year, will connect farmers with surplus produce to community-based customers (alternative to big supermarkets) including food banks, small food producers, social supermarkets. In doing so, the Hub aims to reduce food waste from unused produce and its lost value to farmers, whilst simultaneously providing affordable food to local communities.
Paper by Dr Fangming Xu accepted for publication - "Contagious Stock Price Crashes along the Supply Chain"
Dr Fangming Xu's paper (co-authored with Buhui Qiu from The University of Sydney, and Andy Yeung and Cheng (Colin) Zeng from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) "Contagious Stock Price Crashes along the Supply Chain" has just been accepted for publication at Production and Operations Management, a UTD24 and FT50 journal.
The study reveals a delayed transmission of stock price crashes from major customers to suppliers, influenced by the information opacity of suppliers. It also shows that customer operational incidents have a greater contagion effect than financial incidents. Suppliers respond by diversifying their customer base, enhancing operational efficiency, and improving product quality, but only improved operational efficiency effectively mitigates the adverse impact. The research provides new insights into supply chain risk factors, highlighting the importance of operational improvements in boosting resilience.
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Upcoming events
The Chartered ABS Interdisciplinary Research Symposium
Date: 26th June 2024
Location: University of Bristol Business School
Hosted by the University of Bristol Business School, the Chartered ABS Interdisciplinary Research Symposium will bring together Directors of Research and senior staff within UK business schools; and representatives of the interdisciplinary collaborator community, research funders, and other stakeholders.
The Symposium is the opportunity for detailed and candid discussion about how interdisciplinarity is leading to innovative research that is helping to tackle today's grand challenges; the extent to which the ecosystem is sufficiently enabling interdisciplinary research through funding opportunities, promotion pathways and the REF; and how business schools and parent institutions can further incentivise and catalyse interdisciplinary research.
The Symposium will be led by expert guest speakers, including University of Bristol Business School Interdisciplinarity Director, Professor Jennifer Johns, with discussions facilitated by members of the Chartered ABS Research Committee.
4th Annual Bristol Financial Markets Conference on “Data and Financial Markets"
Date: 1st July 2024, 12.00 PM - 2nd July 2024, 2.30 PM
Location: University of Bristol, Arts Complex, Lecture Theatre 2, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB.
The Financial Markets Research Group at the University of Bristol Business School will be hosting an in-person, two-half-day conference (from lunch to lunch), 1st to 2nd July, 2024.
The conference will include in-depth presentation and discussion of six papers on the theme of “Data and Financial Markets” and will provide an opportunity for the speakers to showcase their research and interact in person with other researchers around this theme. In addition, there will be a keynote speech by Dacheng Xiu (University of Chicago and NBER) and a panel discussion featuring industry experts in asset management. ?
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