BRITISH BUSINESS ACADEMYRESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERNATIONAL · UNITED KINGDOMUNITED KINGDOM · SINGAPORE · UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Business diplomacy and public-institutional relations
Study economic diplomacy, international relations, protocol, comparative public institutions, cross-cultural communication, negotiated agreements and the security of cross-border engagement.
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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 overviewDigital platforms and AI systems are reshaping where legal authority is exercised. This paper explores conflicts of jurisdiction, extraterritorial rules and data governance, with particular attention to regulatory interactions involving Russia and China.
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 research pathway connecting corporate governance with digital regulation. Two independent studies provide complementary perspectives on authority, accountability and institutional coordination across borders.
Read the research collectionA comparative dissertation examines digital tourism ecosystems in the Asia-Pacific region and the conditions for adapting their practices to Kazakhstan.
Read the research overviewA comparative legal dissertation connects corporate governance, capital markets, insolvency, compliance and financial technologies across national legal systems.
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 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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When does informal family authority undermine compliance across jurisdictions?
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?
Which legal design principles reconcile data obligations across incompatible jurisdictions?
Who bears responsibility when an AI agent enters contracts or changes records?
Which evidence rules support disputes involving automated order fulfilment?
Is extending legal personality to autonomous systems useful or conceptually misleading?
How can participating jurisdictions coordinate corridor governance without obscuring local accountability?
What actually breaks when a transnational data workflow confronts new transfer restrictions?
Which governance practices help foreign projects withstand policy discontinuities?
How should cross-border research teams share recognition and exploitation rights?
How should exporters choose routes when transit, insurance and geopolitical risks change simultaneously?
Do digital trade documents lower SME costs or merely shift complexity to new intermediaries?
How exposed are industrial value chains to highly concentrated material processing?
Which business services become more tradable as AI alters delivery and verification costs?
Can realistic uncertainty exercises transfer more effectively to executive decisions than lectures alone?
Can outcome-based procurement encourage novel services without sacrificing accountability?
How can researchers avoid mistaking executive narratives for verified organisational facts?
When do synthetic datasets support legitimate method development but fail substantive inference?
How should research teams handle consent and jurisdictional differences in data use?
Can qualitative scenarios be transparent enough for independent critique?
How can governments support strategic innovation without indefinitely subsidising weak ventures?
Which city investments protect vulnerable residents rather than raising property values alone?
When do regulatory sandboxes generate learnings rather than prolonged exemptions?
What scientific information is lost when multiple indicators collapse into one index?
How do climate events, shipping disruptions and household income interact to affect diet affordability?