BRITISH BUSINESS ACADEMYRESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERNATIONAL · UNITED KINGDOMUNITED KINGDOM · SINGAPORE · UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Strategic and organisational leadership
Examine the relationships between mission, executive decision-making, organisational governance, corporate transformation and long-term strategic performance.
Research studies, papers and teaching materials related by their questions and methods. A cross-disciplinary connection does not imply that a study was conducted within every linked sector.
How can one enterprise operate responsibly within two different governance systems? This study compares Russian and Chinese institutional and legal arrangements and proposes an integrated framework for cross-border corporate decision-making, accountability and risk management.
Read the research overviewA joint applied study of an educational platform for young learners. The underlying research brings programming environments, learning pathways, assessment, data management and operational design together within a proposed digital ecosystem for introductory coding skills.
Read the research overviewAn interdisciplinary study of private implantology that connects clinical protocols with financial planning, patient communication and digital dentistry. It explores how the complete treatment pathway can inform a sustainable operating model for specialist dental care.
Read the research overviewA practical research pathway for experienced managers: frame an organisational problem, test assumptions against evidence, assess strategic options and turn the analysis into a coherent applied DBA dissertation.
Read the research overviewA two-part doctoral manuscript develops an integrated model of preventive care: clinical risk assessment, personalised support, multidisciplinary organisation, digital monitoring and the economics of a premium clinic.
Read the research overviewAn applied dissertation examines how strategic intent, organisational capabilities, delivery processes and feedback can be coordinated across a digital company’s operating model.
Read the research overviewA thematic reading of separately attributed clinic-management manuscripts examines the organisational, patient and social consequences of digital change in healthcare.
Read the research overviewA comparative dissertation examines digital tourism ecosystems in the Asia-Pacific region and the conditions for adapting their practices to Kazakhstan.
Read the research overviewAn applied doctoral study considers how corporate management instruments can be adapted to private medical organisations, including the organisational setting of dental care.
Read the research overviewA joint doctoral manuscript develops a governance perspective on the potential return of foreign companies to a market affected by sanctions and institutional uncertainty.
Read the research overviewA thematic collection of separately attributed DBA manuscripts examines business-process outsourcing in warehouse logistics and its implications for a geographically distributed organisation.
Read the research overviewAn archival DBA dissertation examines organisational models, management communications and decision criteria for a construction enterprise operating in a competitive environment.
Read the research overviewPlanned studies from the Academy's 80-project agenda. Each detailed page contains a research problem, hypothesis, proposed methods, work packages and sources.
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How should boards allocate accountability when algorithms recommend strategic decisions?
Which board practices distinguish public-service obligations from commercial targets?
When does informal family authority undermine compliance across jurisdictions?
What can board members actually verify in corporate sustainability disclosures?
How can firms price uncertainty in compute demand, energy costs and model obsolescence?
Which treasury design protects cash conversion when routes and payment terms change?
Which financing structures bridge the gap between laboratory proof and investable product?
Which work should remain discretionary when AI systems enter management routines?
Can organisations reduce knowledge loss without excluding older employees from digital transformation?
Which leading indicators detect executive dysfunction before financial deterioration?
How does repeated crisis exposure alter organisational learning?
How should executives choose strategy when competing trade and investment scenarios remain plausible?
When does joining a platform improve access but weaken bargaining power?
Under what conditions does supply-chain proximity create genuine strategic value?
How do resource constraints change location and growth decisions?
When do digital solutions widen rather than narrow access disparities?
Where does moral responsibility reside in distributed human–machine processes?
When does worker monitoring cease to be meaningfully voluntary?
Which features of appeal systems produce procedurally fair outcomes?
What happens when many critical operations rely on the same small set of providers?
How can physical hazard exposure propagate through credit, insurance and trade?
Through which channels does sovereign risk affect private investment decisions?
How can companies detect legal exposure without relying on static country risk lists?
Which design choices disproportionately exclude experienced adult learners?
Can realistic uncertainty exercises transfer more effectively to executive decisions than lectures alone?
Can employer-informed micro-credentials close skill gaps without fragmenting qualifications?
When do digital twins improve operational decisions rather than simply visualise existing dashboards?
Can software and workload scheduling reduce electricity demand without sacrificing service levels?
What evidence is needed to disclose and verify AI assistance in academic writing?
Which automated decisions require mandatory human authorisation?
How can researchers avoid mistaking executive narratives for verified organisational facts?
When do synthetic datasets support legitimate method development but fail substantive inference?
Can qualitative scenarios be transparent enough for independent critique?
Which city investments protect vulnerable residents rather than raising property values alone?
Which signals anticipate service breakdown rather than merely describe it after the fact?
Which evaluation designs distinguish transformation effects from business-cycle noise?
How do cyber incidents and energy shortages interact across infrastructure?
Which feedback loops determine whether circularity reduces rather than relocates environmental burden?