Skip to content
City AM
Main navigation
Download free app
  • News
    • News
      • Latest Business News
      • Economics
      • Politics
      • Insurance
      • Square Mile and me
      • Tech
      • Legal
      • Banking
      • Property
      • Retail
      • Crypto
      • Transport
    • From our partners
      • AON
      • Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
      • Eastern City BID
      • London Stansted Airport
      • YourCause from Blackbaud
      • Inside Saudi
      • Central London Alliance CIC
    • Featured

      Cricketing star Ben Stokes takes stake in alcohol-free Cleanco

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Opinion
  • Sport
    • Latest Sports News
      • Sport
      • Sport Business
      • The Punter
    • From our partners
      • The Morning Briefing: SBS x City AM
      • Aramco Team Series
      • LIV Golf
    • Featured

      US PGA prize money 2025: How much golfers earn at the major

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Life&Style
    • Life&Style
      • Life&Style
      • The Magazine
      • Travel
      • Culture
      • Motoring
      • Wellness
      • The RED BULLETiN
      • Do it with Shared Ownership
      • Media Speak Hub
    • Featured

      Art’otel London Hoxton, review: an unlikely Shoreditch icon

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Personal Finance
  • CityAM Awards
  • Newsletters
  • Latest Paper
  • Sign In
  • Sign Out
  • My Account

By: Alex Edmans

Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School and author of Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit.

All 12 Articles
  • It’s official: Why doing good by your employees boosts stock performance

    August 21, 2014

    COMPANIES claim all the time that “people are our greatest asset”, and that they invest in their employees. However, this may simply be marketing spin – instead, the firm’s true objective is to maximise profit. Indeed, traditional approaches to human resource management saw manager-worker relations as a zero-sum game – a pound paid to workers [...]

  • The secrets of time management

    August 17, 2014

    You can boost productivity through email subfolders, press-ups and a virtual assistant.   At the office, often the last thing you can do is work. Emails flood in, colleagues make urgent requests, and fires need to be fought. But a few pointers can help get the most out of each day.   IMPORTANCE, NOT URGENCY [...]

Posts pagination

  • Previous
  • Page 1
  • Page 2

Trending Articles

  • M&S to make £100m cyber claim from Allianz and Beazley

  • Exclusive: JP Morgan's City of London office vandalised

  • Rental crisis to worsen in the next decade, says UK's biggest landlord

  • Rolls-Royce: FTSE 100 shares reach record high as £70bn valuation nears

Subscribe

Subscribe to the City AM newsletter to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox.

Subscribe
  • About us
  • Careers
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • News
  • Markets & Economics
  • Opinion
  • Life&Style
  • Personal Finance
  • Got a story?
  • The Punter
  • City AM Curated
  • Wine
  • Casino

Follow us for breaking news and latest updates

  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletters
  • Advertising
  • About
  • Tickets
Copyright 2025 City AM Limited