This research project was conducted in collaboration with Farm Radio International, a Canadian non-profit organization working with community-based radio broadcasters across Sub-Saharan Africa, to improve smallholder farmers’ knowledge on a variety of topics including agricultural techniques and rural development. The thesis focuses on how the organization of agricultural input supply chains contributes to the poverty… Read more >
Peaqs was selected from a global applicant pool of 750+ companies, the largest application pool for the GSV Cup yet. More than 175 judges from leading venture capital firms and strategic partners in digital learning like Accel, General Atlantic, Reach Capital, and Owl Ventures, among others, used rigorous criteria to determine the 200 most promising… Read more >
London 10th December: 2021’s most exciting, effective new approaches to teaching and learning have been announced by QS Quacquarelli Symonds and The Wharton School, after a gruelling competition comprising eight months, 1350 applicants, and five rounds of close expert scrutiny: the Reimagine Education Awards. Danish edtech, Peaqs, is proud to announce taking home the silver award… Read more >
The grand finale was held in the Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale on October 1. Nearly one third of the finalists for this 6th edition were on hand. The finalists from the 2020 edition, who could not travel to Canada last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, also attended. Another difference this year was that the competition received exceptional… Read more >
The paper is titled The Pursuit of Perfect Control and Ultimate Outreach: Social Fintech Platforms, Microcredit Agents and Surveillance. The authors use a sociological approach to analyze a microcredit platform offering financial services in an impoverished region of Brazil. They very critically analyze the monitoring and surveillance role played by this technological platform on micro-entrepreneurs. In… Read more >
We are thrilled to have made the best-seller list for 2021. Congratulations to Prof Eric Schaling and Jacklynne Hobbs who wrote the case.”An updated version of the case – The South African Budget 2019 – Hard Choices in Tough Times? – is also available from both the Case Centre and WBS.
Leeds International Business students Adelina Argilashka and Dongjian Wu reached the final of the International Business Agility Lab hosted by the University of Maryland, USA. Leeds University Business School offers congratulations to International Business students Adelina Argilashka and Dongjian Wu who reached the final of the International Business (IB) Agility Labs Case challenge, hosted by the University of… Read more >
In turn, this also led to higher consumption of fake news and false information. This included false information about treatment methods and symptoms as well as frightening rumors and sometimes even inaccurate numbers regarding the infected people and deaths in different countries. A highlighted concern was social media’s role in knowledge mismanagement due to the… Read more >
Students returned to the Dragons’ Den in April for the annual conclusion of the Innovation Thinking and Practice module. The Innovation Thinking and Practice module supports the development of student employability skills through setting real-world innovation challenges in partnership with local, national and international organisations. Students work in small interdisciplinary teams to create, develop and ultimately pitch their ideas to… Read more >
A Business School initiative with the aim of embedding sustainability in the curriculum has been recognized by Net Natives’ Think Student Awards. The ‘Water Bottle Brief’ poster design competition, devised and delivered by Sally Chan to MA Advertising and Marketing / Design students was shortlisted in the ‘Best Campaign Supporting Sustainability’ category. The brief ‘Go Plastic Free…. Read more >
