A closer look at our research specialisms
Each department here has specialist research interests or subjects. Yet all our departments collaborate and overlap wherever it can be informative and provide an extra angle to what we are researching.
Here you can take a closer look at each of our departments and research centres, and find out more about the people who make our Business School one of the best in the UK. You can also find out about specific subjects and areas of research that may interest you or your organisation.
Accounting
Accounting research at the School is growing rapidly and attracting leading academics to join the faculty. We have a vibrant and exciting research culture that includes a strong cohort of postgraduate research students. We examine a diverse range of accounting related topics including social, environmental and ethical accounting and reporting, and corporate and social responsibility (CSR).
The research faculty shares and promotes the view that accounting is about so much more than sums, and plays a part in all kinds of business in many different ways. We adopt an international, social approach to the subject.
Some of the Accounting topics we’re researching
Economics
The quality of research in the Economics department is reflected in the amount of leading journals that publish our work – and the calibre of existing and recent recruits to the academic staff here. With this excellent study and research environment with world-class facilities, we continue to attract brilliant minds from all over the world.
We look into economic theory, econometrics, public and experimental economics, and much more, which allows us to offer a truly excellent standard of teaching. The National Student Survey 2006 ranked Economics at Exeter joint first in the UK for learning resources, and highest for student satisfaction.
Some of the Economics topics we’re researching
Research centres
Management
Research into management at the School tackles a very broad range of subjects, covering all sub-disciplines within the faculty. The department is currently enjoying significant investment – adding to already excellent facilities and attracting more leading academics to the fold.
Specific research strengths include organisational studies, operations management and strategy, entrepreneurship, and marketing and consumer research. There is also a growing trend of research into sustainability issues in management, and the department is home to one of only two research centres in the UK that focuses on service as a major topic.
Some of the Management topics we’re researching
Research centres
Leadership
The School is at the cutting edge of research into leadership. Our core faculty interests range from applied evaluation of leadership development processes, to the philosophical underpinnings of modern leadership, and we have some of the most respected academics working here. What’s more, we link our excellence to the real world via accredited post-experience Masters programmes.
We encourage well-rounded theoretical research among each other and our PGR students. And we take great pride in the quality of our publications and our positive influence on leadership thinking.
Some of the Leadership topics we’re researching
Research centres
Finance
Finance research here is collaborative and empirical in nature. The Centre for Finance and Investment is highly regarded for its facilities, resources and the quality of research it produces. It is a centre of excellence in financial market research, and all finance academics at the School have superb external business links and experience.
We focus on the performance of financial markets, and stay closely tuned to current preoccupations and future challenges for the finance industry.
Some of the Finance topics we’re researching
Research centres
Tourism
Our research benefits from the international reputation of the new Centre for Tourism Studies (CLSTR) – an expanding hub of critical tourism research. Our influence on the tourism industry also continues to grow, with links to destination marketing organisations, consultancies, local and regional government, plus charities and non-government organisations throughout Europe.
Faculty leaders have published seven books and numerous articles on tourism, edit two series of books on tourism, and sit on the editorial boards of three major international tourism journals.
Some of the Tourism topics we’re researching
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