by Professor Simon Deakin, Centre for Business Research & Christopher Markou, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge In a major victory for the ride-sharing company Uber, the High Court has handed down a long-awaited ruling that Uber’s smartphone app does … Continued
by Professor Simon Deakin & Dr Boya Wang, Centre for Business Research The slow-down in the growth of China’s economy from double digits to single figures is now the focus of world attention, but has the impact of the recent … Continued
by Professor Simon Deakin, Assistant Director of the Centre for Business Research European policy-makers have some vitally important decisions to make in the coming weeks. The June meeting of the European Council is due to consider the role of social … Continued
by Professor Simon Deakin, Assistant Director of the Centre for Business Research Courts don’t often try to decide the direction of economic policy. However, in effect, this is what the European Court has recently done. In its Pringle judgment the … Continued
by Professor Simon Deakin, Assistant Director of the Centre for Business Research The campaign to increase the £6.19 an hour national minimum wage to a living wage of £8.55 in London and £7.45 in the UK should be supported on … Continued
by Professor Simon Deakin, Assistant Director of the Centre for Business Research Under the government’s current proposals for employment law reform, employees will be able to give up rights concerning unfair dismissal, redundancy pay, flexible working and time off for … Continued
Professor Simon Deakin, Assistant Director of the Centre for Business Research, is interviewed about his new book, Hedge Fund Activism in Japan: The Limits of Shareholder Primacy, co-authored by John Buchanan and Dominic Heesang Chai, and published by Cambridge University … Continued
Long-term investment in infrastructure needs a better policy mix by Professor Simon Deakin, Assistant Director of the Centre for Business Research George Osborne‘s attempts to encourage British pension funds to invest more in infrastructure projects are to be applauded. Canadian … Continued
By Professor Simon Deakin, Director, Corporate Governance Research Programme, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge John Kay’s interim report finds that equity markets are failing in their primary tasks, which he identifies as enhancing the long-term growth of listed … Continued
by Professor Simon Deakin, Assistant Director of the Centre for Business Research 1. Do bonuses and incentive plans work? The real problem is that share options benefit executives in the event that the share price goes up and the Company … Continued