BUSINESS SCHOOL PROFESSORS CONSULT ON RADIO SHOW
AFRICA’S ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION THE SUBJECT OF NEW PARTNERSHIP COUNTRY: Hong Kong, China SCHOOL: The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School CUHK Business School is to embark on a five-year collaboration with Shenzhen-headquartered energy firm, INHE with the aim of alleviating Africa’s energy crisis. The partnership will revolve around INHE’s infrastructure and collection of electricity consumption data in Africa. Researchers at CUHK Business School will analyse local electricity consumption behaviours and look for ways to improve power production efficiency. Research will focus on product and service development, evaluation and promotion. ‘CUHK Business School embraces a global perspective,’ said its Dean, Lin Zhou. ‘We hope that this collaboration will help promote a sustainable business environment and contribute to the socioeconomic development of Africa and the world at large.’ Zhou expressed his belief that the collaboration will help bring Africa a step closer to its active participation in the global economy over a wide spectrum. He also outlined its far-reaching aims to support business and research across electricity economics and education development in Africa, while also contributing to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, the partnership will delve into user habits, and consider efforts to optimise power generation, according to Mandy Hu, Associate Professor of Marketing at CUHK Business School and Director of its Centre for Consumer Insights. Hu, who will head up the collaboration, revealed that its upcoming projects will be developed in collaboration with the City University of Hong Kong and the University of Chicago, as well as industry experts. Signing the memorandum of understanding on behalf of INHE was the President of the INHE Power Research Institute, Liu Wei, as well as Zhu Jianping, Assistant to the Chairman of INHE Group and an alumnus of CUHK Business School. / TBD
COUNTRY: UK SCHOOL: The Open University Business School, The Open University
The Open University has just finished airing the latest eight-part series of its radio programme The Bottom Line in collaboration with the BBC. The show aims to cultivate high-level business discussion on topics pertinent to business professionals, and is hosted by Evan Davis, an economist, presenter of Dragons Den , and an honorary graduate of the Open University. A number of Open University professors have lent their expertise to this series, including Ali Ataullah, Professor in Finance, Cristiana Bernardi, Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Financial Management, and Carien van Mourik, Senior Lecturer in Accounting. A variety of topics feature in the show, with one episode focusing on business and energy, looking at the impact of the rising cost on energy on UK corporations. Davis asks questions such as what will happen to businesses when energy becomes too expensive, how long the current energy crisis will last, and what businesses can do to reduce their vulnerability to rising costs. Guests who contributed to this discussion included representatives of Eon Energy, the Federation of Small Businesses and UK Steel. Another episode was about ‘leveling up’ – the UK government’s plan to increase the economic activity beyond south-east England by increasing transport links and skills/education outside the region. On this episode, Davis interviews Andrew Carter, Chief Executive of the Centre for Cities, Akash Paun, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government, Steve Cole, Maritime Business Improvement Director for BAE Systems, and Lucy Winskell, Chair of the North-East Enterprise Partnership. The collaboration between the Open University and the BBC for this show has now been active for more than 10 years and is said to be relevant to key programmes offered by the Open University Business School, including its MBA. All the episodes from its latest series are now available to stream, or be listened to as a podcast, on the BBC 4 website. / EB
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