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Episode 10: Collective actions: are consumers reaping the benefits?
When companies engage in price fixing, abuse their market dominance, or form illegal cartels, consumers and businesses can suffer but since 2015 in the UK and 2020 across the EU, collective actions are challenging these anti-competitive practices and are seeking compensation. Many of us may even be members of a class action without even knowing it and could be due some compensation.
In this episode of Top of the Agenda, Helen Jenkins is joined by James Hennah, a Partner in Linklater’s litigation arbitration and investigations practice, and Kimela Shah, a Principal at Oxera who specialises in consumer and collective actions. Together, they discuss the latest legal developments, the landmark cases and the evolving framework for collective redress.
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Episode 9: How can and should economic regulation contribute to growth?
Will reducing or changing economic regulation kickstart our economy? As policymakers across Europe seek ways to boost economic performance, the role of regulation is under the spotlight. Should economic regulators actively promote growth, or does their core purpose lie elsewhere? In the UK, recent government pressure on regulators to support economic growth has reignited this question.
In this episode of Top of the Agenda, Helen Jenkins is joined by Sir John Vickers, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, and Luis Correia da Silva, Oxera Chair. Together, they explore how economic regulation influences growth, competition, and market stability.
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Episode 8: How can greater gender diversity improve business performance?
Why should businesses support gender diversity? Oxera and Business in the Community (BITC) have worked together to research the business case for gender equity and diversity. Their findings reveal that companies with higher diversity report increased sales revenue, expanded customer base, and greater profit margins than their competitors. These organisations also saw better decision making, greater diversity of thought and experience, and higher staff engagement. The full report will be released in early 2025.
In this episode of Top of the Agenda, we offer an exclusive preview of BITC and Oxera’s key insights, recorded live at an event. Join Charlotte Woodworth, Gender Equality Campaign Manager at BITC; Khaldia Al Kasm, Senior Consultant at Oxera; and Jessie Davidson, Consultant at Oxera, as they discuss the findings. Helen Jenkins is also joined by Rob Catherall, Principal at Oxera, for a deeper dive into the research and its implications.
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Episode 7: The Draghi Report: How to deliver Europe’s innovation imperative?
How can Europe become more innovative to succeed in an increasingly competitive and uncertain global environment? The recent report by Mario Draghi on the future of European competitiveness is a sobering read that highlights the low growth and productivity performance of the EU over the last two decades and proposes major change initiatives, including improving innovation.
In this episode of Top of the Agenda Helen Jenkins is joined by Mathias Dewatripont, Professor of Economics at Universite Libre de Bruxelles, and Giulio Federico, Oxera Partner. Together they discuss the Draghi report’s call to improve innovation and what challenges and solutions it proposes.
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Episode 6: Demystifying private equity
What is private equity? What do PE firms do, how do they make their money, and why do companies seek out private equity investment? The term private equity often conjures up images of exclusive deals, high stakes investment, and elite financial circles but plenty of companies use it successfully to supercharge scaling up.
In the first of a series of Top of the Agenda episodes on private equity, Helen Jenkins is joined by Professor Tim Jenkinson Oxera Partner and professor of finance at the University of Oxford's Said Business School. Together they discuss the fundamentals of private equity and how to reconcile the differing perspectives on it.
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Welcome to the Top of the Agenda Podcast, where industry experts and senior executives delve into the most pressing topics of our time. By using the combination of economics, data science and finance, we can shape and improve the business, legal and regulatory landscape and inspire new solutions from the everyday, to ever-evolving global issues.
Oxera is a consultancy that uses the expertise of economics, data science and finance to help its clients make well-informed and data-backed decisions. How is the green transition funded? Should sport be regulated, and if so, how? How are our urban transport needs changing and how should we pay for this? What is the impact of AI on jobs? These are just a few of the questions that we help to answer every day, in countries around the world, and ‘Top of the Agenda’ shares the insights from experts at the heart of these questions.
Our skills apply to any industry and help to provide new and impartial solutions. You can find out more about Oxera, and how our work with our clients makes a difference, by visiting our website. www.oxera.com.
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