Nottingham Business School
Nottingham Business School’s (NBS) purpose is to provide research and education that combines academic excellence with positive impact on people, business and society.
In Education NBS is a world leader in experiential learning and personalisation and in Research is committed to excellence which combines academic rigour with beneficial impact on social, economic and societal welfare, as well as informing the design and delivery of all its degree, masters and doctoral programmes. NBS has an unrivalled level of engagement with business, public and voluntary organisations and thus is known as the business school for business.
NBS is accredited by EQUIS and AACSB, which are internationally recognised hallmarks of excellence and quality for business education. It's courses are ranked in the Top 20 for Accounting and Finance and for Economics in The Guardian Good University Guide 2021. The School is one of only six UK business schools recognised as a PRME Champion, and held up as an exemplar by the United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME).






Academic Departments
Latest News
Two international accreditations mark Nottingham Business School as a global leader in personalised learning and high-impact research
Mon 01 Mar 2021
Inspiring student Mark Gregory
Mon 15 Feb 2021
Research suggests change to formal volunteering during pandemic
Mon 15 Feb 2021
Nottingham Business School and O.P. Jindal Global University Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Project
Thu 11 Feb 2021
Refinitiv Workspace for students
Wed 10 Feb 2021
Personality traits of people living and working within regions impact on economic success
Fri 29 Jan 2021
Our Research Groups and Centres
Accounting and Finance Research Group
Accounting and Finance Research Group
The Accounting and Finance Research Group undertakes research across a broad spectrum of accounting and finance related disciplines and across a range of sectors and geographical boundaries.
Centre for Economics, Policy and Public Management
Centre for Economics, Policy and Public Management
CEPPM brings together distinct, but mutually reinforcing, research interests in public policy, public management and applied economics research; economics consultancy, contract research and training; betting research; and political forecasting.
Centre for People, Work and Organizational Practice
Centre for People, Work and Organizational Practice
The Centre for People, Work and Organizational Practice is the research group within Nottingham Business School (NBS). The research within the Centre explores the ways in which leadership and HR practices influence employees’ attitudes and behaviours at work.
Marketing and Consumer Studies Research Group
Marketing and Consumer Studies Research Group
Marketing and Consumer Studies Research Group is the research group within Nottingham Business School (NBS). The group focuses on a number of distinct and interrelated themes within the broad field of marketing and consumer studies, and the overarching contexts of Retail, Education, Politics, Health and Tourism.
Responsible and Sustainable Business Lab (RSB Lab) Research Centre
Responsible and Sustainable Business Lab (RSB Lab) Research Centre
The Responsible and Sustainable Business Lab (RSB Lab) was founded in 2015, with the goal of supporting income generation, publication and business impact within the business school and across disciplines at NTU.
Innovation, Digitization, Entrepreneurship and Operations Research Group
Innovation, Digitization, Entrepreneurship and Operations Research Group
The Innovation, Digitization, Entrepreneurship and Operations Research Groups aim is to promote international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary research and collaboration, bringing together academia and practice in the areas of digital innovation; innovation, organization and strategy; operations and supply chain management; and entrepreneurship and small business management.
Centre of International Business Strategy and Decisions
Centre of International Business Strategy and Decisions
The Centre for IBSD investigates research phenomena of international importance for individuals, groups, organisations, cultures, and nations. Global challenges and opportunities ask for interdisciplinary international collaborations to find solutions regarding global sustainability (from nutrition to microfinance), sustainable cultures (migration, cultural adaptation, decision-making), multinational corporate strategies and transnational entrepreneurship decisions. Our Centre explores new avenues with a diverse set of theories and methods (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed) to identify configurations and reconfigurations in international business settings.
Work, Informalisation and Place Research Centre
Work, Informalisation and Place Research Centre
The Work, Informalisation and Place Research Centre (WIP) provides methodologically innovative interdisciplinary studies with a specific focus upon the spatial dimensions of contemporary work and employment in sectors such as hand car washes, nail bars, and small-scale garment manufacturing. Work in these sectors tends towards casualisation and informalisation where workers operate under business models that embed patterns of labour market exploitation. Exploitation includes wage theft, under payment of the national minimum wage through to modern slavery where employer coercion centres on work for favours, labour bondage and tied labour in unsafe workplaces.