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Danny Quah, professor of economics and international development at the London School of Economics, has calculated that the world's economic center of gravity measured by looking at income averages across more than 700 places worldwide has shifted east over the past 30 years, from the Transatlantic Axis to somewhere across the Arabian Peninsula.
WSJ: Wealth Over the Edge | WSJ.Money Spring 2013
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They often invest respectable sums in computers and information technology but do not seem to reap the same productivity gains from it as many American firms, according to John van Reenen and Nick Bloom of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics.
ECONOMIST: A lost opportunity
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In the UK, the richest 1% take about 14% of all income - the highest since World War II but lower than the interwar period, according to the London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance.
BBC: The rich: Exactly what does the terminology mean?
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Dean John A. Quelch, a veteran of the Harvard Business School and London Business School, insists that despite economic turmoil in Europe, the CEIBS brand in China remains untarnished.
WSJ: Managing in Asia: China Eyed as Next Educational Frontier; John A. Quelch: China Europe International Business School
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"Bailing out the financial system may sow the seeds for a future economic and political crisis, " said Jon Danielsson at London School of Economics.
BBC: Would a $700bn bail-out end the crisis?
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Stefan Szymanski, of Tanaka Business School at Imperial College in London, also doubts the economic claims made for such events.
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What's more, the work of Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton of the London Business School has shown there is no statistical link between one year's economic growth and the next year's stockmarket returns.
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