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A scheme to fit bikes with a device to clean polluted air as people pedal around cities has won the annual WBS For the Future Prize.

Lecturers have taken advantage of the move to online learning by inviting a host of industry experts from around the world to supplement students’ education.

Fellow commissioners appointed by the Centre for Social Justice include Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and former Minister for Disabled People The Rt Hon Mark Harper MP.

The Economist has ranked Warwick Business School’s Executive MBA the best in the UK and sixth in the world.

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

Graham Loomes calls for the trade-offs the UK Government is having to make between people's health and their livelihoods to be made transparent as it relaxes social distancing rules.

John Colley argues the global pandemic could spell the end of a host of tech firms as investors turn away from the likes of WeWork and Uber.

Design thinking is now becoming part of strategy. Sotirios Paroutis reveals the four devices being used by those leading the charge to integrate the two processes.

Warwick Business School has been ranked in the world’s top 10 business schools by South America’s leading business magazine.

Rhian Silvestro explains how performance topolgy mapping can unearth surprising data on what is delivering profits for your business.

Undergraduate Sarah Jackson has taken on night shifts at Tesco on top of her studies to stay productive and help her community during the coronavirus crisis.

The pandemic has shown the importance of whistleblowers argues Marianna Fotaki, who believes they need more protection so they continue to come forward. 

A statement from Andy Lockett, Dean of Warwick Business School, on the Black Lives Matter movement.

Warwick Business School’s MSc Finance course has been ranked third in the UK and in Europe’s top 10 by the Financial Times.

The Warwick Behavioural Science Summit has been held online after being postponed because of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

After empowering herself Fiza Farhan now travels the world advising the UN, Goverenments, charities, development agencies and the private sector on gender equality, green energy, social enterprises and aleviating poverty.

Koen Heimeriks has delved into one of the biggest corporate transformations in history to bring you lessons for your business.

Banking Consultant Marina Antoniou says women need to proactively manage their career to overcome the biases and barriers that persist in business.

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 Wawarta 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 survive, many companies 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.