Ireland's cost of obesity is predicted to reach €5.4 billion by 2030. Trinity Business School's Dr Norah Campbell comments on the nature of McDonald's charity connections in The Conversation. Read article here.

Professor Na Fu, Associate Professor in Human Resource Management and the Programme Director of the MSc in Human Resource Management in Trinity Business School, examines individual management alongside consistent management in a team, and how the two combined can, albeit paradoxically, improve employees’ performance Read article here.

In his most recent piece, Paul Ryan, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and International Strategy in Trinity Business School, along with Tony Dundon from the University of Manchester, investigate Talent Management and its subjectivity. Is it time to review the definition of ‘talent’ in the workplace? Read article here.

Many topics can be derived from the term “wicked” problems, but collaboration is key as Ana de Almeida Kumlien and Paul Coughlan investigate. Read article here.

In her new piece for the Irish Times, Dr Eimear Nolan discusses the challenges of recruiting internationally trained doctors to fill vacant positions. Read more here.

'Netflix has worked with, and responded to, the new markets it's entered' - Dr Louis Brennan's recent publication in the Harvard Business Review explores Netflix's global strategy. Read more here.

In his new piece, Professor of Business Studies, Louis Brennan reviews the short-termist and shareholder-focused model of capitalism. Is it time for a less damaging version of capitalism to be taught for the interest of society? Read the article here.

Co-authored by Dr Norah Campbell and Cormac Deane, they review the representation of bacteria in marketing and popular culture as a vehicle for our own fears. Read the article here.

Weak sterling is a major concern for Irish companies exporting goods and services to the UK. Dr Elaine Laing, Assistant Professor in Finance, offers some guidance for businesses or others that are wondering how to manage their currency risk.

Dr Elaine Laing, Assistant Professor in Finance, comments in the Financial Times on the 'trying times ahead' for Denis O'Brien due to his key investments at INM and Digicel.

Dr Norah Campbell and Dr Gerard McHugh explain the rhetoric behind the title of their recent research paper that was published in Organization Studies.

Bitcoin needs regulation to bring it into the mainstream but this goes against its libertarian ideals. Professor Brian Lucey writes in The Conversation.

SMEs have the edge on providing employees with meaningful work. When SMEs stop trying to compete with the offers and perks from larger companies and instead engage in communicating the benefits that SMEs interently have, they will start to attract the talent that is needed. Professor Amanda Shantz and MSc graduand Andrew Clark write in this month's Accountancy Ireland.

Large-scale misconduct starts small, so prevention should focus on how employees make decisions. Professor Amanda Shantz's timely new research features in MIT Sloan Management Review. Read more here.

Associate Professor in Organisational Behaviour, Dr Martin Fellenz, provides tips for improving decision-making by learning how to challenge our mental models and "unexpect the expected" in his article in the Irish Times. Read it here.

Have you ever imagined the commercial potential of space? Professor Louis Brennan has done just that with his new book "Above and Beyond: Exploring the Business of Space". Camera phones, baby formula, athletic shoes and memory foam are just some of the products the space industry has given us. We are already connected to space via our smartphones and extra-terrestrial supply chains are likely.

Marketers must consider a new step on the path to purchase known as the 'ultimate moment of truth' – or 'UMOT' – according to a study published in the Journal of Advertising Research (JAR). 'Failure to prioritise engagement of the consumer at the UMOT may push a company further back up the supply chain, putting it at risk of being the supplier of a commodity with no direct access to the end user' write Professor Laurent Muzellec and Digital Strategist, Eamonn O'Raghallaigh.

Subsidiaries who collaborate with local scientific institutions on new product development can win investments from HQ and gain status as a global innovator within the company's network explains Paul Ryan, associate professor in international strategy and entrepreneurship in his article in The Irish Times. Read it here.

Professor Martha O’Hagan Luff addressed the Oireachtas Finance Committee today. While some argued that Vulture Funds could trigger thousands of Home repossessions she argued that it may facilitate debt forgiveness. Read more in the Irish Times article here.

Mindfulness is fast becoming the solution of choice to tackle employee stress in the workplace. However, the idea of implementing a mindfulness programme divides opinion in many organisations due, in part, to some questions about its origins and aims. Professor Sarah-Jane Cullinane explains how to establish a legitimate business case for its introduction.

An important read for corporate stakeholders before they get involved in a company. Dr Tanusree Jain is writing in The Irish Times about the need for authenticity if your firm wants to avoid reputational risks.

In this fascinating article Brian Lucey, Professor of International Finance and Commodities and Larisa Yarovaya, Lecturer in Accounting and Finance in Anglia Ruskin University explore the impact on the economy of the recent move by cryptocurrency entrepreneurs to set up ‘shop’ on the hurricane ravaged island of Puerto Rico. Read more here.

The Irish Times covered the 2007-2016 Economic Impact Report drawn up by Professor Brian Lucey, that evaluated the economic impacts that Crann and Amber have had in the past 10 years, measuring their links with business and the wider community.

E-cigarettes are a multi-billion dollar business and present a massive growth potential of double digits annually. They have been one of the most disruptive changes to the tobacco market. Tanusree Jain, Assistant Professor in Ethical Business explains the need for regulation in what some view as the healthier alternative to tobacco products. Read more here.

Dr Julian Friedland, Assistant Professor of business ethics writes in this article that like any reputational storm that spins out of control, those that overwhelmed Uber and Ryanair in 2017 were not merely the result of making the wrong choice at any particular decision point; they had much more to do with overarching business philosophies that revealed themselves at defining moments. Read The Irish Times article here.

Based on her research of over 200 firms in Ireland, Professor Liang outlines how firms can go beyond simple benchmarking and make better use of their marketing metrics.

Dr Jongwook Pak writes about the reasons why strategy so often fails. Too often there is a disconnect between strategy formation and HRM policies.

Professor Brian Lucey comments on the recent Brexit developments.

As the Brexit end game approaches, the intractability of the problems around the Irish border are thrown into sharp relief. Professor Brian Lucey explains why.

Yesterday marked World Obesity Day, where it's estimated that 2.7 billion adults will be overweight by 2025. Can Ireland be a global leader in the war against obesity? It can, but only if we understand that it is not (only) a clinical condition - the macro marketing environment around us stimulates overeating, and voluntary codes for junk food marketing won't change this.

The Irish Government recently published its strategy to increase the value of the international education sector by 33 per cent to €2.1 billion (176,000 students) by 2020, but what is the role of marketing in achieving this target? Sarah Browne, Assistant Professor in Marketing and Strategy and Padraic Regan, Assistant Professor in International Strategic Management analyse the international education strategy for Ireland.

With plans underway for the UK’s biggest peacetime repatriation of 110,000 customers following the collapse of Monarch Airlines – the biggest UK airline ever to cease trading – questions are quite rightly being asked about what went wrong. Professor Padraic Regan explores.

Current law requires Tegel be closed when the new, under-construction Berlin-Brandenburg International opens. But, in a blow to city authority plans, the results of a September 24 non-binding referendum showed that the majority of Berliners want to keep Tegel open. Professor Padraic Regan our aviation expert Padraic Regan explores here.

Ryanair has had the week from hell. The budget airline has cancelled around 2,000 flights, affecting up to 400,000 passengers, and unleashing a wave of terrible headlines and withering commentary. But how did such an unexpected, unprecedented drama come seemingly out of the blue for one of the world’s fastest-growing and most profitable airlines? Our aviation expert Padraic Regan explains.

When we buy a pair of jeans, sunglasses, or trainers, we are never buying for ourselves, but for others. Dr Norah Campbell, in the second part of her three part series in Village Magazine, explores the hidden but damaging impact of marketing practices.

We need to work out how to save capitalism from itself writes Dr Julian Friedland in The Conversation.

The blame game prevents learning because fearful and defensive people do not disclose all the facts, writes Dr Martin Fellenz.

Professor Brian Lucey proposes slow sustainable tourism initiatives for greater economic impact. Read Here.

Is national pride the only thing that can save struggling airlines like Air Berlin and Alitalia from market forces? Professor Padraic Regan, our resident aviation management expert, writes about failing European airlines. Read Here.

Professor Frank Barry writes: Five years from now the Irish state will celebrate the centenary of its exit from the United Kingdom. The struggle to end that political and economic union was characterised not just by bitter debate but by military conflict. The process threatened British democracy itself. The script reads like a nightmarish film treatment of the Brexit process of today. Read it today.

Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School and Chair of the Centre for Research on Self-Employment comments on the recent research results. Read more.

Assistant Professor in International Strategic Management and aviation expert, Padraic Regan gives his thoughts on how Brexit may impact on the aviation industry. Read more.