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Making a success of your business transfer: new tools developed for a European project
Published on 03 July 2015Every year, approximately 150,000 business transfers fail in Europe threatening some 600,000 jobs. BTAR's European project, launched in early 2015, aims to target the vulnerabilities in business transfer systems and draw on best practices in order...
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Research: Microeconomic Degrowth, Community Supported Agriculture
Published on 22 June 2015Economic growth is the cornerstone of mainstream macroeconomics. In the face of economic crises and unemployment, growth has long been the only acceptable solution. Yet many issues have started to challenge this dominant economic model. As a result...
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Is It Fun or Exercise ? The Framing of Physical Activity Biases Subsequent Snacking
Published on 16 June 2015While the benefits of exercising are widely accepted by consumers and healthcare providers, people who begin an exercise program don't necessarily lose weight. A fact that can be frustrating not only for practitioners, but their coaches and...
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Orchestrating Innovation with User Communities in the Creative Industries
Published on 17 March 2015In search of continuous innovation, the digital creative industries have expanded their interactions with user communities to develop their products. This study highlights the evolution of these company-user relationships that allow for fluid...
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Nostalgia makes consumers more likely to spend or donate money
Published on 16 January 2015The use of nostalgia has been a top trend in marketing in the last few years, in commercials, product lines and even TV shows. The present study demonstrates that feeling nostalgic weakens the desire to hold on to money, and makes it easier to part...
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Research: Switching to energy efficient lighting : a bright idea!
Published on 01 December 2014Energy efficiency policies such as the EU ban on incandescent light bulbs (and on halogen ones in the near future) have been the subject of much discussion in the last few years. The majority of the academic community predicted that new emerging...