Prof. John Colley is Professor of Practice at Warwick Business School.
He was formerly the director of MBA and executive programmes at Nottingham University Business School,
How Uber can save its place in London's taxi market
Sep 25, 2017 13:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Dara Khosrowshahi will have to do more than post a humble tweet if he is to rescue Uber in London. The CEO of the ride-sharing company will need new reserves of humility, allied with positive action, if his firm is to be...
Why leadership looks weak and wobbly at Uber, Snap and Twitter
Jun 13, 2017 15:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Silicon Valley has not had a great year for governance, and ride-sharing business Uber has been struggling more than most. The companys culture has come under sustained attack for macho and sexist elements leading CEO...
How Brexit put the brakes on LSE-Deutsche Börse mega merger
Feb 28, 2017 14:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
The mega merger of London and Frankfurts stock exchanges looks in doubt after the London Stock Exchange said the deal was unlikely to be approved by the European Commission. There were a number of reasons why this 29...
Verizon's five-billion-dollar bet on Yahoo looks like an alliance of the weakest
Jul 26, 2016 06:09 am UTC| Technology
US telecoms giant Verizon paid an eye-opening US$4.8 billion for Yahoos search, email and advertising businesses which will be merged into its own online operation bought from and still branded as AOL, to better compete...
Japanese bet on UK tech group ARM is no backing for Brexit Britain
Jul 19, 2016 08:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
SoftBank, a Japanese technology business, has agreed to buy Cambridge-based chip designer ARM Holdings for a European record US$32 billion for a technology business. The deal was hailed by the new chancellor of the...
How LSE-Deutsche Börse 'merger of equals' could run into trouble
Mar 17, 2016 23:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Stock exchange boards in Frankfurt and London have announced a 30 billion merger of equals. Deutsche Brse shareholders will own 54% of the new holding company with the London Stock Exchange (LSE), having paid a premium for...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight