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Warwick Business School's Core Insights editorial team bring expert advice and knowhow to help organisations cope with the impact of the global pandemic.

Leadership is not a popularity contest, and that is especially the case in a crisis. Keith Grint outlines the different roles needed during the Coronavirus crisis.

Warwick Business School is launching an online Driving Service Performance executive programme for service leaders, managers and specialists, designers and consultants, to advance service strategy within their organisation.

Three MSc Marketing & Strategy students beat more than 100 other teams to reach the semi-finals of L’Oreal’s worldwide Brandstorm competition.

After open innovation we now have open strategy. Christina Warwarta and Sotirios Paroutis went behind the scenes at one US multinational to discover the tools needed for a successful open strategy. 

The big tech firms like Google and Apple have been benefiting for a decade from working with open source communities. Natalia Levina has stepped inside the relationships to reveal how other companies can partner with them as well. 

Companies that don’t do enough to support their workers’ mental health risk seeing their overall productivity drop by a quarter, new research suggests.

Charlotte Croft has swapped the lecture theatre for a hospital theatre after returning to nursing to help the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three different 'cultural strategies' are available to small busineses if they wish to succeed on an international scale, reveals new research.

Just as businesses have adapted to existing virtually during the pandemic so the 450 MSc students taking Warwick Business School’s Business in Practice assessment route are learning how to run a company over the internet.

Mark Skilton, valued colleague, teacher, and Industry Director of the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Network, passed away on May 16.

The Enterprise Research Centre at Warwick Business School has become a partner in a new National Centre to support enterprise, resilience and innovation among rural firms and unlock the untapped potential of rural economies across the UK.

Students enrolling for the next academic year will be able to switch between online and face-to-face learning at Warwick Business School.

WBS student Sofia Tziortzi won the CoBS article writing competition with her essay on how CSR and sustainability and help accountants achieve positive change.

A team of students have turned their idea to help diabetics into a business after winning an innovation award.

Firms are facing a deep and deadly recession because of the economic lockdown across the world. To survieve, many comapnies need to re-invent themselves. Pietro Micheli details how.

Management consultant Shabnam Aslam believes networking is the key to making the most of an MBA.

Three Warwick Business School MBA students have set up a programme of free weekly online seminars for healthcare workers across the world to help them cope with the coronavirus crisis.

Nicola Burgess reveals why a system of quality improvement is vital for hospitals in a time of crisis such as the global pandemic.

Nick Chater reveals autonomous vehicles are hitting the limits of cognitive sciences which might see them only safe on their own road network.

Eivor Oborn has researched M-Pesa's unusual tale of success in Africa to bring four important lessons in the adoption of innovations.

WBS Data Science Lab use 25 billion aircraft broadcasts to estimate aviation's contribution to GDP.

Ram Gopal and his research colleagues investigate if attack ads really work and find they don't in certain situations. In fact they can be counterproductive.

Professor Michael Bradshaw explores why oil demand and prices might not recover after the coronavirus pandemic and the impact on petro-states seeking a future after fossil fuels.

More than 100 students from low income families will have the chance to study at Warwick Business School thanks to a £250,000 donation to support scholarships for young entrepreneurs and bursaries for foundation year courses. 

Model supports case for releasing young adults from lockdown first to balance the need to restart the economy with saving lives.

Attracting, retaining and developing talent is the major priority for companies in 2020, according to a survey of executives by Warwick Business School.

COVID-19 has sparked a wave of stockmarket crashes as investors bail out of risky businesses. John Colley, Professor of Practice in Strategy, believes this could be terminal for the 'so-called' tech companies.

Ayfer Ali discusses the strategies, methods and dangers of repurposing existing drugs to find a vaccine for COVID-19.

New data suggests the UK economy is facing a worrying “pincer movement” due to the coronavirus pandemic, with a surge in limited companies going bust being mirrored by a drop in new firms setting up.

Traditional financial and investment management research and work-flows will be heavily disrupted by AI over the next 10 years, a symposium of leading researchers heard.

Warwick Business School Foundation Year students have been bringing cultures together in Coventry as part of its UK City of Culture 2021 preparations.

Research by Professsor Ram Gopal at Warwick Business School found fake news websites could be identified more quickly and efficiently by the third party partners they used.

Davide Nicolini surveys organisations and research to pull together the four most important aspects of leading and managing a virtual team.

Mark Skilton, Professor of Practice in Information Systems & Management, details the emerging technologies that could help stop the spread of a future pandemic.

Releasing people aged 20-30 years-old who no longer live with their parents could provide the first step out of lockdown in the UK, researchers suggest.

With millions of people in lockdown how will governments slowly unwind it? Eivor Oborn believes apps tracking peoples location is the answer.

How governments allocate resources is complex with many trade-offs. Zvi Safara and Tigran Melkonyan explain how our charity-giving choices can explain where public opinion lays.

Deciding which health policy works best is a complex decision which involves difficult trade-offs. Graham Loomes details a way forward for policymakers.

Professor Nigel Driffield, Professor John Rudd, Professor Daniel Read and Dr Mark Johnson discuss the Government's approach to self-isolation for businesses.

The global COVID-19 outbreak is decimating economies and businesses. John Colley looks at what firms and industries are the most vulnerable as the crisis deepens.

Marketing amidst the coronavirus crisis is presenting companies with a unique set of problems. Find out how to market without ruining your firm's reputation.

Millions of people all over the world are in lockdown and practicing social distancing. Nick Powdthavee researches well-being and gives his tips on staying mentally healthy during the pandemic

With the UK Government asking people to work at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic Warwick Business School has decided to close all its buildings including its London base at The Shard.

The coronavirus pandemic is causing unprecendented problems for businesses and organisations. Dimitirios Spyridonidis outlines six principles to guide leaders through the crisis.

Nick Chater warns against the biases that could affect Government thinking in an unprecendeted time of crisis for all countries as the world tackles coronavirus.

Allison Ogden-Newton was a CEO at the age of 29 and has been leading charities and NGOs ever since with the type of verve and passion that demands society changes its ways.

WBS rearchers found analysts located near terror attacks and mass shootings made more pessimistic earnings forecasts during the next 30 days.