Although supply chain finance appears to offer a win-win-win proposition for buyers, suppliers and banks, buyers have been reluctant to adopt these solutions. It has been suggested that accounting requirements on supply chain finance render its adoption unattractive for buyers through reclassification of accounts payable to debt, thus increasing the debt held by the buyer on their balance sheet.

To investigate whether this is indeed the case, preliminary research was carried out through interviews with four financial organisations.

From 1990 to 2005, a number of Eastern European countries became an attractive region for investments. This paper looks at 15 of those countries and aims to estimate debt rescheduling probabilities by using a set of macroeconomic, financial and political variables.

This research is of particular relevance to policy makers, institutional and private foreign investors to investigate determinants or debt rescheduling probabilities in those countries.

With increasing demands on our attention, many of us attempt to multi-task to save time, but is multitasking conducive to a higher quality of work? The following report, based on research by Professor Vangelis Souitaris, explains that there is a difference in performance between those who multi-task and those who do not.

Why is this? Also outlined are some of the benefits and limitations of being able to multi task and suggestions for companies looking to improve output.

Recent trends in corporate governance research show an increased concern with the relationships between stock ownership and corporate performance, but what is the impact of different types of Private Equity Investors? Does the institutional environment have an effect?

A research team including Professor Igor Filatotchev, Professor of Corporate Governance and Strategy, have investigated this further.