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When exactly the UK economy will recover from the pandemic is occupying the minds of business leaders as well as the Government. Ana Galvao explains the difficulties and two ways of doing it.

Quibi may have wooed investors by raising $1.75 billion but it didn't attract enough subscribers and quickly collapsed. Christian Stadler picks over the bones of a shining start-up that burned out way too fast.

The competency trap has been something to avoid for businesses since the fall of Kodak, but Jerker Denrell argues it is a trap that no rational CEO should not step into.

Warwick Business School's Core Insights team presents a 12-part series on the latest research and thinking in behavioural science.

The global pandemic has seen millions switch to remote working with face-to-face meetings moving online and teams becoming virtual colleagues.

New analysis by WBS academics shows shoppers spend 25 per more online than before the pandemic.

The global pandemic has had a devastating effect on businesses. How can CEOs prepare for the next one or any other unpredictable shock? Christian Stadler has the answer.

International students looking to study in the UK could gain a full scholarship for their undergraduate course at Warwick Business School.

French Lebanese Undergraduate Nour Dib has been part of an initiative to send more than two tonnes of food and aid to Beirut as it recovers from the terrifying blast that killed hundreds and injured thousands.

AI offers a chance for fund managers to step away from the crowd and end years of declining returns, a webinar for investors and researchers heard.

Research from WB finds extroverts are less likely to observe pandemic rules and could need a different Government message to comply.

Warwick Business School has secured almost £800,000 of funding to research the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on business and society.

A leading authority in the energy industry, Joan MacNaughton, details how she has overcome male prejudice and her tips for women to get ahead.

Warwick Business School has been named the top school in Europe and second in the world for teaching and researching sustainability.

CEO Toby Benzecry has become Warwick Business School’s first Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) graduate, declaring it has been invaluable for his company.

The Roman god Janus surveys two or more directions simultaneously. Read an extract from Loizos Heracleous' new book detailling an elite band of companies that can do the same strategically, defying convention.  

PhD graduate Rima Al Hasan is celebrating after winning two awards for her research.

AI has become an increasingly normal part of portfolio management and trading, but despite its advantages Juergen Branke and Mehrshad Motahari outline its negatives.

Credit Default Swaps were a form of insurance for lender but have in recent years become a tool for a new form of activism that critics label dangerous and want banned. Andrea Gamba finds the complete opposite.

The WBS programme ranked third in the UK, seventh in Europe and 22nd globally in the Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking 2020.

New research on why stock prices seem so divorced from reality and remain high point to an underlying 150-year-old trend as the real reason.

We are deeply saddened to confirm that William Bargate, an undergraduate student at Warwick Business School, passed away recently.

Thousands of people die every year because they can't find a stem cell donor in time. A new model designed Vinh Doan, Elvan Gökalp and Nalan Gülpinar finds 10 per cent more donors.

Today's business world is driven by digital technology and IT, but the cost to the planet is only now being truly understood. Frederik Dahlmann and Justin Sutton-Parker explain the size of the task.

Ivo Vlaev explores how behavioural science can help first responders save more lives when racing to help people suffering a cardiac arrest.

Nicola Burgess and Mark Johnson used Design Science Research to overcome cultural clashes between management and surgeons and improve patient flow so much that a ward could be closed.

Healthcare workers have had to improvise during the pandemic with a proliferation of innovations in order to cope. Researchers have found lessons from innovation during COVID-19 that can be used in normal times.

A global ranking has rated Warwick Business School’s MSc Marketing & Strategy sixth in the world for Masters in Marketing programmes.

Warwick Business School has climbed into the world’s top 20 in the latest Financial Times ranking of Masters in Management courses.

A WBS academic has won a global award for his outstanding contribution to research on innovation.

Students on the Distance Learning MBA have been sharing knowledge during the pandemic with a series of webinars.

Is the world heading for a new energy order following the pandemic? Michael Bradshaw, Professor of Global Energy, paints four future scenarios that could come to fruition.

Warwick Business School academics are celebrating after their research claimed five awards at the prestigious annual Academy of Management conference.

The Prime Minister responds to All Party Parliamentary Group as COVID delays National Strategy for Disabled People until 2021.

Guus Hendriks outlines five polices developing countries can use to make sure that investment from emerging market companes addresses the UN's Sustainable Development goals around alleviating poverty.

Warwick Business School has been working hard to make its campus as ‘Covid-secure’ as possible for the return of students.

Researchers at Warwick Business School found new evidence white privilege affects everday consumer transactions as white passengers were twice as likely to be given a free bus ride.

Behaviorual science experts from Warwick Business School helped the Ministry of Health in Pakistan develop grounbreaking ringtone messages that played coronavirus information to people when they made phone calls.

A study by behavioural scientists at Warwick Business school found wearing face masks can adversley affect attitudes towards social distancing.

Warwick Business School will be part of a new institute funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to help the UK economy become more productive.

Sleep deprivation linked to ADHD-like tendencies that can encourage entrepreneurs to follow their instincts, new study finds..

A team of MBA students are turning their competition-winning idea into a business after leading Warwick Business School to a one-two in a United Nations’ hackathon.

Veterans from the British Armed Forces starting their own business have the chance of a helping hand from Warwick Business School with a 100 per cent bursary for an MBA or Executive Diploma.

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

AI is infiltrating every industry, but as the tech giants are finding out, if your product is socially unaccpetable it can cause huge problems. Luciano Oviedo and Sotirios Paroutis have devised a tool to measure your AI's social impact.

A pandemic-induced recession will force business leaders to make cuts and ask staff to take on more roles. This will be resisted as professional identities are challenged. Patricia Reay and Yaru Chen's process overcomes this.

More and more organisations have employee wellbeing strategies but they present a dilemma. Marianna Fotaki explores how companies should handle the trade-off between caring for work or caring for workers.

Datafication is happening at most workplaces, where organisations track their workers using data or even algorithims. Sue Newell discovers it is not the 'Big Brother' nightmare after all and can boost performance.