News Archive - 2011
December
- Feature Behavioural science in the news The numbers of press and media 'hits' registered by our behavioural scientists, economists and accountants appear to demonstrate that the world has woken up to the fact that making financial judgements is not simply a matter of doing the maths.
- Press release WBS Service Leadership Diploma in Singapore sponsored for further two years The Singapore government's Workforce Development Agency has confirmed that it will continue to sponsor Warwick Business School's Graduate Diploma in Service Leadership for a further two years.
- Story WBS academic launches his own app Dr Nick Wake, WBS Senior Teaching Fellow, recently gave a workshop in the University's Teaching Grid to demonstrate his new mobile app iTutor.
- Feature WBS students shine Student competitions and awards provide great opportunities for talented and entrepreneurial students - from undergraduates through to MBAs - to develop and air their skills and to gain well-deserved recognition among their peers and in the…
- News from alumni WBS Alumni in Trade News Adrian Pulham (PG Diploma, Public Finance and Leadership 2008), Paul Eccleston (DL MBA class of 1990) and Geoff Hook (BSc Man Sci class of 1975) were all featured in various trade media recently
- News from alumni Max McKeown's Newest Book on Strategy Max McKeown (DLMBA class of 2007) is keenly anticipating publication of his new book The Strategy Book: How to Think and Act Strategically to Deliver Outstanding Results
- News from alumni Alumnus's Sweet Story of Success Jonny Dee (Exec MBA class of 2011) is featured in the Daily Telegraph article about his family run company Swizzels Matlow, now the largest independent family-owned confectionery company in Britain, producing 250 lines of sweets, employing 600…
- Press release WBS Research Fellow wins prestigious US research award WBS Research Fellow Dr Maja Korica has been awarded the prestigious 2011 Diana Forsythe Award, sponsored by the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) People and Organizational Issues Working Group.
- New book A Socio-cultural Perspective on Patient Safety Jointly edited by Justin Waring, this book is published by Ashgate.
November
- News from alumni Calling All Alumni in Banking, Finance or Consultancy Warwick Finance Societies are making a promotional video and want to incorporate some short clips of recent alumni, with messages to guide and motivate viewers and prospective applicants. It will taken only a few minutes to help them. So, if you…
- News from alumni THE MBA: WHAT'S THE IMPACT? DLA MBA alumna Dr Tripthi Matthew's MBA dissertation (which was awarded a distinction) has been accepted for publication and presentation at the 4th International Conference on Education, Research and Evaluation (ICERI 2011), November 14-16,…
- News from alumni Professor Torkild Thanem's new book Torkild Thanem (Management Science 1993-1996 and PhD 1997 - 2001) is having a great year..His new book The Monstrous Organisation has been published and he has also been promoted to full professor at Stockholm University effective October 1st 2011.
- Press release WBS Board member wins national enterprise award Denys Shortt, founder of DCS Europe, Chairman of the Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP ), and a member of the Board of Warwick Business School has won this year's Local Hero of Enterprise award.
- Press release Six WBS undergraduates win UBS-sponsored prizes No fewer than six WBS undergraduates have won prizes for their outstanding performances in the Financial Management and Foundations of Financial Management modules. The prizes were sponsored by the investment bank UBS.
- New book Alternative Business: Outlaws, Crime and Culture Authored by Martin Parker, this book is published by Routledge.
- News from alumni Nudge Theory and Behavioural Science - Professor Nick Chater on BBC Radio Professor Mark Taylor, Dean of WBS, talks to Professor Nick Chater about Behavioural Science, Nudge and his work with the UK Government.Nick was also a panel member on BBC Radio 4's Analysis discussing Leadership.
- Feature A large research grant for a large project WBS Professor Victor Podinovski has been awarded a �236,000 (£205,000) European Union grant for research project Integrated Econometric and Mathematical programming models into an amendable policy and market analysis tool using FADN database.
- News from alumni 2012 Mentoring Programme - applications filling up fast! Since applications for our Mentoring Programme opened a little over a month ago, there has been a terrific response. There is a limit of up to 150 new members and for those keen to take themselves further early applications are encouraged. Find out…
- News from alumni Tata Social Enterprise Conference Katerina Elias-Trostmann (International Business graduated 2010) is organising the on the weekend of 3 and 4 December in London.
- News from alumni Alumna Joanne Segars Interviewed on Pension Funds Problems MAIR Alumna Joanne Segars (class of 1986), head of the UK National Association of Pension Funds was interviewed by The Independent about the problems facing the UK Pension Fund industry.
- News from alumni Ethan Opolion - Franchise Success DL MBA Alumnus Ethan Opolion (class of 98) is the subject of a Washington Post article which tells how Ethan and his wife Lisa bought a local babysitting franchise after they were both made redundant last year.
- News from alumni WBS Alumni and Students In The News Jim Hey (MBA class of 2007) and current Modular MBA student Liz Hazeldene both feature in recent articles in The Sunday Times following their recent promotions to Board Directorships.
- News from alumni Irene Yong Made Partner Irene Yong (FT MBA class of 2002) has been made a Partner at Shearn Delamore, one of Malaysia's oldest and largest law firms.
- Press release Nick Chater on Behavioural Science Professor Mark Taylor, Dean of WBS, talks to Professor Nick Chater about behavioural science, Nudge and his work with the UK government.
October
- Feature Steering the UK economy through global turbulence The first of the new WBS Guest Lecture series took place on Tuesday 25 October at WBS, and featured Professor Andrew Sentance, who has just completed his 5-year term on the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee. Steering the UK economy through…
- New book The increase in management compensation: Market or Power? Co-edited by Margit Osterloh Frey, this book is published in German by Nomos.
- New book Economics Authored by Greg Mankiw of Harvard University and Mark P Taylor, Dean of WBS, this is the second edition of this book. It is published by Cengage.
- New book Perspectives in Entrepreneurship: A Critical Approach Co-authored by Kevin Mole, this book is published by Palgrave Macmillan.
- Press release WBS rises in FT Rankings The Financial Times Top 100 Executive MBA Programme rankings released on Monday 24th October has ranked Warwick Business School at fifth position in the UK and at 34 globally, up one place on the 2010 position.
- Press release WBS retains 6th place in the UK in WhichMBA?/Economist MBA ranking This year's WhichMBA? global MBA ranking, produced by the Economist, has just been published. WBS retains its 6th place in the UK. It is ranked 55th internationally.
- News from alumni WBS LinkedIn Group Tops 10,000 Members Warwick Business School's LinkedIn group is run from our External Relations Office. Renate Mason, who administers the running of the group, reports that membership has just reached a stunning total of 10,000.
- Story WBS pays tribute to Steve Jobs 1955-2011 Steve Jobs, WBS salutes your creative spirit, your passion for business, and your legacy of a far more beautiful world.
- Press release WBS LinkedIn group tops 10,000 members Warwick Business School's LinkedIn group is administered by the External Relations Office. The team have just reported that membership has reached a stunning 10,000 total.
- News from alumni Alumni New Promotions Nigel Pitchford (FTMBA class of 1996) has been appointed as Managing Director of Healthcare Investments at Imperial Innovations Group plc, the technology commercialisation and investment company, with effect from 4 January. Current DLMBA student…
- Press release WBS professor profiled in the Financial Times WBS Professor of Marketing & Innovation and Associate Dean (Internationalisation) Qing Wang is profiled in this week's online Management section of the Financial Times, in the newspaper's ongoing feature 'Ten Questions'.
September
- Press release Sir Richard Lambert interviewed Sir Richard Lambert, past editor of the Financial Times, former Director General of the Confederation of British Industry and current Chancellor of the University of Warwick, discusses the challenges facing business education.
- Feature Research funding application success WBS Professor of Public Management Graeme Currie has been awarded a Service Delivery and Organisation grant worth over £308,000 by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
- Feature Delegates from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad visit WBS Earlier this month, 22 high level students from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) arrived at Warwick Business School for two weeks, as part of the International Immersion element of their course, the Postgraduate…
- News from alumni Tinned tuna reels in major supermarkets Alumna Angela Fitzpatrick is celebrating after securing deals to get her own brand of pole and line caught tuna onto the shelves of Asda, The Co-operative, Waitrose, Tesco and Sainsbury's.
- News from alumni Alumna secures funding despite tough economic climate Alumna Petra van den Elsen, CEO and co-founder of Akeso Medical Imaging is delighted to announce that the organisation has been successful in securing finance to develop an imaging device for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity monitoring and…
- Press release British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship award for WBS faculty member Dr Deborah Dean, Associate Professor of Industrial Relations at Warwick Business School, has been awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship by the British Academy, the UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Story WBS professor guest editor of prestigious journal WBS Professor Jean Hartley is guest editor of this month's issue of Public Money & Management.
- Press release WBS Masters in Management rated in top 10 The MSc in Management programme at Warwick Business School has been rated 2nd in Marketing, 3rd in Finance, and 6th in general management in its first participation in the Financial Times ranking of Masters in Management programmes.
- News from alumni Carlyon Family's £3536 Fundraising Success Six year old Dylan Carlyon, son of David Carlyon (PG Dipl Police Leadership & Managment 2009-10) has already raised £3536, inspired by his little brother Hari, who has hyper-mobility in his joints so that he cannot crawl or walk. Dylan and…
- News from alumni 10 Year Reunion for Class of 2001 17 ex-classmates (and 12 partners) of the full time MBA of 2000-2001 met for a 10 year reunion dinner at the Arden Hotel in Stratford Upon Avon on 10th September.
- News from alumni Berlin Marathon Fundraising Run Theresia Baumker (BSc Mgt Science 92-95) asks for support for her Berlin Marathon run to raise money for the Martha Trust charity
- News from alumni Otto Frommelt Moves to Sweden Otto Frommelt (MBA 93-94) takes up a new role with Volvo Trucks Sweden
- Press release Professor Qing Wang advises on how to stimulate China's domestic consumption Professor Qing Wang of WBS met the Vice Premier of China Mr Wang Qishan, along with the Governor of Bank of China Mr Zhou Xiaochuan, at a small round-table meeting and lunch in Oxford on Friday 9th of September.
- Press release WBS Logo Art Competition Earlier this year Warwick Business School announced its 'we look at things differently' campaign which coincided with the launch of the new WBS logo. Following from this we launched the WBS logo art competition to engage with a wider audience and…
August
- News from alumni Alumni News from Trinidad and Tobago Curtis Manchoon (Exec MBA 05-10) has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Trinidad and Tobago.
- News from alumni WBS Alumni Career Developments Sanofi Pasteur MSD has appointed Dr Adrian Kilcoyne (DLMBA 2001-07) as medical director in the UK. He joins the company from Roche Pharmaceuticals Ireland, where he managed a team responsible for medical affairs, pharmacovigilance, regulatory…
- News from alumni You Can Never Have Enough Good Advice Current FT MBA student Alia Nurmohamed was interviewed by Charlotte Clarke for the Financial Times's 10 Questions feature.
- Story IKON research centre produces first newsletter The first IKON newsletter has just been produced to provide a single source of up-to-date information for all the various stakeholders and collaborators, both corporate and academic, involved in IKON's activities.
- Press release Joining the conversation wins Esther an iPad Over the past few weeks the WBS Marketing & Communications team has been running a competition for the best video on the online resource 'Joining the Conversation'. The winner has now been selected - she is Toluwase Esther Moyin, from Nigeria, who…
- New book Marketing Strategy and Competitive Positioning Jointly-authored by Nigel Piercy, this is the fifth edition of this book, which is published by Financial Times/ Prentice Hall.
- Press release Fifth Honorary Doctorate for Bruno Frey The University of Innsbruck (Austria) has honoured Bruno Frey, Distinguished Professor of Behavioural Science at WBS with an honorary doctorate. It is his fifth such honour after St. Gallen (Switzerland), Gothenburg (Sweden), Aix-en-Provence…
- Press release Forbes confirms the Warwick MBA is a good investment The Warwick MBA has been ranked 8th of all the non-US 1 year MBA programmes in the world by Forbes Magazine.
- Opinion Small firms in UK face a tough year ahead In an article on the latest quarterly business inflation guide from insurer More Than, appearing in the online magazine This is Money, WBS Professor Stephen Roper warns of a tough year ahead for small firms in the UK.
- Story Choppy waters for WBS Yacht Club in recent Regatta Maybe the drizzling weather was a sign of things to come for the WBS Yacht Club's participation in the 2011 Cranfield Regatta.
- Feature Summer graduation This summer, 996 WBS graduands became graduates, and a total of 2,092 people, including graduates, their friends and family members, and WBS staff attended the buffet lunches in the Rootes Panorama suites.
- Story WBS building gets external branding Last September saw the launch of the new corporate identity and new logo for WBS. Now our biggest building on campus has been given the branding treatment.
July
- News from alumni Warwick graduate hosts Management Development Month on Ghana's Citi 97.3 FM The Management Development Month is a four-week promotion for Ghana's Citi 97.3 FM that establishes a platform for business people to learn about practices and trends in management and to enable practicing business people to rethink the practice…
- Press release Global Energy MBA completes successful workshop in China The Warwick Global Energy MBA recently completed a successful joint workshop in Shanghai with Tongji University's School of Economics and Management. The choices that China is making regarding its supply and use of energy affect the energy industry…
- News from alumni Warwick Business Growth Network Learn from Shared Experiences The Warwick Business Growth Network (WBGN) has held the first of its 'Member Hosted' events at Reabrook Limited, a privately owned company that produces and supplies products to many High Street companies under their own brand names.Malcolm Watkins…
- News from alumni Interview with Citroen UK's MD Linda Jackson Linda Jackson (EMBA class of 1990) is the only female boss of a UK-based car manufacturer. Interviewed for a long article in Motor Trader Monthly, she explains how she has tackled the challenges facing her on her appointment last July.
June
- New book The Strange Non-Death of Neo-Liberalism Authored by WBS Professor Colin Crouch, this book is published by Polity Press.
- Story A new concise Operations Management textbook WBS Professors Nigel Slack and Bob Johnston, together with WBS alumnus Dr Alistair Brandon-Jones at the School of Management, University of Bath, have produced a new concise version, Essentials of Operations Management.
- New book Essentials of Operations Management Jointly authored by WBS Professors Nigel Slack and Bob Johnston, this book is published by Financial Times/ Prentice Hall.
- Press release WBS in the top three in the Times Good University Guide In this year's Times Good University Guide, published today, Warwick Business School's undergraduate programme has retained its number one rating for BSc Accounting & Finance and improved its rating for Business Studies by coming in the top…
- News from alumni How MBA Helps UBS Derivatives Manager Nicholas Syme works for UBS and is currently completing an MBA at Warwick Business School. Interviewed by Business Because, he describes his responsibilities at UBS and explains how his MBA is helping him do his job. While an MBA isn't crucial to…
- News from alumni Brian Pope Profiled in MarineLink article Brian Pope (MSc Management & Business Studies class of 1974) is Senior Vice President of business development for L-3 Communications / Marine & Power Systems Group. He is profiled in online trade journal Maritime Professional at…
- News from alumni WBS MSc Finance ranked #5 in the world Warwick Business School is delighted to announce the success of our MSc Finance programme in the newly introduced Financial Times ranking of pre-experience MSc Finance programmes. WBS has been placed at fifth in the world overall and ranked as the…
- News from alumni Charity begins ... by using your experience! Warwickshire-based Educational Charity seeks new TrusteesDeborah Watson (DLMBA class of 1998) is currently working for The Design & Technology Association, a small educational charity based in Wellesbourne, Warwickshire (patron: Sir James…
- Press release WBS MSc in Finance ranked #5 in world In the first Financial Times ranking of Masters in Finance programmes, WBS has achieved the position of fifth in the world for pre-experience programmes. The ranking noted that WBS students achieve very good salaries post-degree and that we are…
- Feature Regulation in the energy industry Speakers from the world of business and academia recently met with students on the Warwick Global Energy MBA to debate how governments seek to regulate the supply and consumption of energy, and to discuss recent trends in the energy sector.
- News from alumni Recent Appointments Mark Watkinson (FT MBA class of 1994) has been appointed as a Senior Executive Vice President America at HSBC Bank USA. Professor Walter Baets (PhD IROB class of 1989) is to join the Board of the Association of African Business Schools.
- Feature Innovative work results in team win for 'MBA Student of the Year Award' Some truly excellent nominations were received for the WBS MBA Student of the Year Award, making the final decision on the overall winner a very difficult one. In the end, it was not a single individual chosen as the winner, but a team.
- News from alumni MBA Student Entrepreneur Develops Safe Bio-Fuel for Africa Born in the US, educated in the UK, current WBS FTMBA student and entrepreneur Will Skillman is bringing safe bio-fuel to homes in South Africa. While running a medical charity in South Africa, he hit on the market potential for a cheap and safe…
- News from alumni McCabe heads for US with Expedia Expedia Inc, the leading online travel company, have recently promoted Lee McCabe (DLMBA 2003-07) to Senior Director of Market Management for Canada and West USA, based in Seattle.
- News from alumni Jack Broadley Runs Jerusalem Marathon for Local Charity WBS alumnus Jack Broadley (MAOS class of 1999) recently ran the Jerusalem Marathon in 3 hours 52 minutes. He has raised £1,882.00 so far for The House of Hope on the West Bank and would be really grateful for any donations via his JustGiving…
- News from alumni Top Honours for WBS Alumnus Georgios Halkias Georgios Halkias (MSc Marketing & Strategy, class of 05/06) brings us up to date with his latest academic achievements.
- News from alumni Applied Innovations in Management: Introducing AIM Practice The Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) has asked WBS to help publicise its latest initiative.'The UK has over 120 business schools and these schools invest around £60 million a year on management research. Through their research,…
- News from alumni WBS Undergraduate Open Day 2011 Alumni Nicola O'Day (BSc Management, 2006) and Christopher Cole (BSc Management, 2006) spoke to prospective undergraduate students at the University Open Day last month.This alumni address has now become a popular fixture in the Open Day schedule.
May
- Story Grier Palmer wins Warwick Teaching Excellence Award The Warwick Awards for Teaching Excellence (WATE) are given annually to faculty across the whole of the University. Each year, five members of staff are given an Award, with a further five commended. Grier Palmer, Assistant Dean, Teaching and…
- News from alumni Alumni Meeting in Rome Rome-based Warwick and WBS alumni on 21 May met up for the first time and are planning to set up a national group.
- Press release Another outstanding success for WBS POM project Following a detailed and high quality study by WBS MBA students, significant changes have been made which have resulted in lower parking charges and improved access for visitors to Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry.
- Feature Extra-curricular successes for WBS undergraduates No less than 23 WBS undergraduate students have won awards in this year's University of Warwick Advantage Awards out of a total of 163 awarded.
- Feature Lanner Group awards high-performing WBS postgraduates Process simulation modelling software supplier the Lanner Group has for several years awarded prizes to WBS students for their excellent work in the Analytic Consulting module. This year was no exception for students of the MSc Business Analytics &…
- News from alumni Road to Bangkok Tom Demeester (Modular MBA class of 2010) is planning to relocate to Thailand where he will join his Thai partner who is based in Bangkok. Tom would like to hear from fellow alumni who have moved from Europe to Thailand and would be prepared to…
- Press release The Guardian University Guide Warwick Business School is placed second in the UK after Oxford in this year's Guardian Newspaper's University Guide.
- Press release Re-accreditation success for WBS Warwick Business School has recently received confirmation that it has been awarded the full five year re-accreditation by the efmd's European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). This places WBS in an elite group of business schools world-wide who…
- News from alumni Shanghai Impact Impact is a new, Shanghai-based initiative that promotes and enables sustainable entrepreneurship around the world. Impact offers existing and nascent entrepreneurs the opportunity to incubate, refine and enhance their business models with guidance…
- Press release Bank of England inflation report Graeme Chaplin, the Bank of England regional representative, gave a presentation at WBS on Thursday 19 May on the current Bank of England inflation report.
- Story Professor Nigel Piercy wins Outstanding Paper award Nigel Piercy, Associate Dean for Masters Programmes, and Professor of Marketing & Strategy at WBS, has been awarded the Outstanding Paper Award for 2011 by the Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing for his paper Evolution of Strategic Sales…
- Press release UK competition results in Indian Summer for Warwick undergraduates A team of five undergraduate students from Warwick Business School and the University's Economics Department have beaten off competitors from other top UK universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, to win the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
- News from alumni WBS Pilots Mentoring Support for Alumni Entrepreneurs Yesterday (Wednesday 17 May) saw the launch of the WBS Entrepreneurship Mentoring pilot programme, designed to support eight mentees through the first year of their business start up. With the WBS mentoring programme focusing on personal…
- News from alumni New Alumni Venture Enhances Graduation Experience Jennifer Leong (BSc Accounting & Finance 2006-09) sent us an article about the project she started shortly after her own graduation. She set up 'Graduation and Beyond' to improve the graduation experience of international students at UK…
- News from alumni Alumni Promotions Dan Ayres (Evening MBA 2001-04) has been promoted to the newly created role of general manager at UK-based etch, deposition and growth system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT). Dale Wood (Exec MBA 2007-10) has been appointed…
- News from alumni Added Value of Networking Over 60% of job opportunities come via networking in some format. Paul Wyman, vice chair of the Warwick London Alumni Committee would like to invite any London-based Alumni to another big picnic on Saturday 25 July in Hyde Park.Our Warwick London…
- Press release The Royal Shakespeare Company announce plans for Centre for Teaching Shakespeare at Warwick RSC Executive Director Vikki Heywood along with Warwick's Vice-Chancellor Nigel Thrift, Dean of Warwick Business School, Mark Taylor and Professor of Creativity, Jonothan Neelands have announced plans for the RSC/Warwick Centre for Teaching…
- News from alumni Calling All Artists: win a commission worth up to £5,000! Are you a talented amateur or professional artist? Help WBS celebrate creativity and mark the arrival of our new logo by creating up to five dramatic and exciting large-scale interpretations of our new logo in the style of a range of well-known…
- New book The Science of Giving: Experimental Approaches to the Study of Charity Co-edited by Chris Olivola, Visiting Academic to the Behavioural Science Group at WBS, this book is published by Psychology Press.
- New book Promoting Social Cohesion: Implications for Policy and Evaluation Edited by WBS Principal Research Fellow Ines Newman and Peter Ratcliffe, Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, this book is published by Policy Press.
- News from alumni Trine Isaksen and Elin Hauge We have heard from Trine Isaksen (MSOR 2005-06), who is now working with another alumna from the same course, Elin Hauge (MSOR 2003-04).
- News from alumni WBS Yacht Club at No 1 in Global MBA Sailing League The sun glistened on the clear blue South Aegean Sea as once again boats representing the world's top business schools entered into another season of competition. The first regatta for 2011 found the WBS Yacht Club team on the Greek World Heritage…
- Feature WBS Yacht Club tops the MBA Sailing League The WBS Yacht Club's solid performance in MBA Sailing League regattas has paid off - the crew's very creditable fifth place in the most recent regatta, the annual Global MBA Trophy, took them for the first time to the top of the global MBA Sailing…
- New book Philosophy and Organization Theory Jointly edited by Professor Hari Tsoukas, this book is published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Press release Global rise for WBS in Financial Times ranking of Executive Education In the annual Financial Times ranking of customised Executive Education programmes published today, Warwick Business School has risen two places to 43rd in the world, and two places in Europe to 19th.
- Story WBS professor appointed to ESRC WBS Professor Simon Collinson has been appointed as a member of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) by David Willetts, the Minister for Universities and Science.
April
- Feature WBS in China and India March was a very active month for WBS on the international front, with WBS Dean Mark Taylor and Professor Qing Wang Associate Dean (Internationalisation), visiting China, and Dr Derek Condon and Jon Lees, Executive Director of the Warwick MBA,…
- Feature Fifth annual 'Woxbridge' doctoral conference a big success The annual 'Woxbridge' doctoral conference is hosted in turn by doctoral students of the business schools of Warwick, Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
- News from alumni WBS network helps 'Simplicity' Ashley Shakibai (MSc Marketing & Strategy, Class of 2009) writes of how the links between WBS students, alumni and faculty have been instrumental in the success of Simplicity, a management consultancy that helps businesses drive value and growth by…
- News from alumni Hong Kong Launch of Warwick Distinguished Speaker Series Jointly organized by the University of Warwick (Hong Kong Office) and Warwick Graduates' Association (Hong Kong), the Warwick Distinguished Speaker Series present speakers who are established professionals in their own fields. This speaker series…
- Press release Warwick Business Growth Network A network has been launched in Coventry to help bosses take their companies to the next level. Owner managers of SMEs in the Midlands, who have completed courses at Warwick Business School specifically designed to help their companies develop, now…
March
- Press release Britain's best business brains found at University of Warwick Two students from the University of Warwick claimed the top spots as 'Best Business Brain' at the grand final of a national competition held last week.
- New book Offshoring Strategies: Evolving Captive Center Models Authored by WBS Associate, Ilan Oshri, this book is published by MIT Press.
- New book Global Strategic Management Jointly authored by Kamel Mellahi, this is the second edition of this book, published by Oxford University Press.
- Story IBM recognises excellent students On Tuesday 15 March a number of students from Warwick Business School as well as the University's Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics and Engineering attended the annual IBM Student Recognition event at the Arts Centre.
- Feature WBS initiatives aim to help entrepreneurs and SMEs through hard times With the current economic climate making life harder than usual for start-up and small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), Warwick Business School has recently launched two initiatives to support and assist owner-managers and entrepreneurs.
- News from alumni Gavin Bishop wins Bermuda Insurance Award Gavin Bishop (BSc Accounting & Finance 1996-99), is a co-recipient of the Bermuda Insurance Institute's Young Industry Leader of the Year 2010. Gavin is the Vice President and Controller of Validus Reinsurance Ltd, Bermuda. We asked Gavin…
- Story WBS team enter global competition to tackle water and sanitation issues for developing countries A team of WBS full-time MBA students entered the 2011 Hult Global Case Challenge, with the initial rounds held across 5 global locations - Shanghai, Dubai, London, Boston and San Francisco.
- Press release A decade of prizes from the Association of Corporate Treasurers For the past nine years, the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) has awarded Warwick Business School undergraduate students with prizes for the best performance in Finance modules, and this year completes the decade.
- News from alumni Alumni Knowledge Exchange Weekend - 'You, Your University, Your World' Please bring your family and friends to join us for the Alumni Knowledge Exchange, 21 May 2011
- News from alumni Entrepreneurs: Want A Financial Times Interview? A journalist from the Financial Times is looking for candidates for the regular feature in the Entrepreneur pages called Costing the Dream. It profiles an entrepreneur who has started out in one profession, but then decided to switch to do something…
- News from alumni Undergraduate Open Days 2011 The WBS Undergraduate Programme team invited alumnus Matt Stocker (BSc Management, 2001) to speak to prospective undergraduates and their parents at the WBS Undergraduate Open Days on 16th February 2011 and 2nd March 2011.Since graduating from…
- New book Organizing Health Services (Organising and Managing Public Services) Jointly edited by Graeme Currie.
- New book Key Concepts in Critical Management Studies Jointly edited by Martin Parker.
- Story 'Chair Professor' appointment at China's Zhejiang University for WBS academic Simon Collinson, WBS Professor of International Business & Innovation, has been appointed 'Chair Professor' at Zhejiang University by Xiaobo Wu, Executive Dean of the School of Management and Director of the National Institute for Innovation…
- News from alumni Getting the most from an MBA Rustem Karymov possessed a great deal of entrepreneurial experience before he joined the 2009 MBA class at Warwick Business School. Now, 6 months after graduation, the Kazakh national tells TopMBA.com how he used his MBA education to build upon his…
February
- Feature Recent media features show how WBS contributes to success Stories regularly appear in the media featuring WBS staff, students and graduates, but four features in the past month had a common theme - the contribution that WBS makes to success, whether to a company or to a personal career.
- Story Employment relations expert presents to several MNCs Professor Paul Marginson, director of the Industrial Relations Research Unit (IRRU), was recently invited to present on a webinar organised by the UK's CIPD and Unilever.
- Story Successes in the Operational Research & Management Sciences Group Success in funding and a research award have come recently to the Operational Research & Management Sciences Group (ORMS) at WBS.
- Press release Launch of Inaugural Lecture Series for professors new to WBS In the last four months, WBS has appointed no less than 13 new professors across a broad range of subject areas and expertise. WBS Dean, Professor Mark Taylor, decided this was too good an opportunity to slip by, and so he has established an…
- News from alumni How WBS Helps With A Job Hunt Ronan Morrissey (FTMBA 2008-09) was interviewed for an article in City AM, one of London's free business-focused newspapers.
- News from alumni Fund Running Theresia Baumker (BSc Management Sciences 2002-2005) is donning her running shoes on 6 March - she will run a half marathon to raise money for Mercy Ships, an international charity that provides free medical and humanitarian services to the…
- New book Implementing Models of Financial Derivatives: Object Oriented Applications with VBA Authored by Nick Webber, this book is published by Wiley.
- Press release Well-deserved award and recognition for WBS professor Professor Keith Hoskin of Warwick Business School has won this year's Distinguished Academic Award of the British Accounting and Finance Association. This is the first time a member of faculty from WBS has won this award.
- Feature More professors join Warwick Business School In November last year we profiled seven professors new to WBS. Less than three months on, WBS has appointed a further six professors across a range of subject areas.
- News from alumni Current FTMBA students seek research support from engineering-based graduates Does your company recruit graduates in engineering, science, design or technology? If so, you'll be aware of the shortage in the number of young people attracted to careers in these areas and the long-term impact that this is having on the UK…
- News from alumni WBS Alumni Moves Mark Lewis (PG Diploma in Public Finance & Management class of 2008) has a new job in the Falkland Islands.Steven Lo (MBA class of 1985) has a new post at Citi Private Bank Asia-Pacific. Tobias Hunt (Modular MBA class of 2003) promoted at…
- News from alumni Financial Management and Accounting in the Public Sector: publication by WBS Alumnus New book for WBS Alumnus Gary Bandy (MPA 2002)With a glossary of terms to help managers understand and be understood by accountants, as well as learning objectives and discussion questions, this 'hands-on' textbook will help students of public…
- News from alumni Metaphors we lead by Co-edited by André Spicer, this book is published by Routledge.
- News from alumni Bigger is different: growing a marketing services agency Growth is a key challenge for any marketing services agency. Yet bigger isn't necessarily better because bigger is unquestionably different. This article, written by WBS Alumnus Noel Penrose (DLMBA 1992) and associate Philippe Crump, outlines five…
- Press release Invited to Harvard Business School Associate Professor of Marketing, Dr Temi Abimbola, has been invited to contribute to the 13th Annual Harvard Africa Business Conference taking place at Harvard Business School later this week.
January
- Opinion The mind is flat: The illusion of depth in human behaviour When we choose a car, vote, or make a moral choice, we imagine ourselves driven by deep motivations and desires. But one of the insights of modern behavioural science is that this feeling is almost entirely an illusion. Rather than consulting our…
- Feature WBS Winter graduation Last week saw Winter Graduation taking place over two days at the University of Warwick, with Warwick Business School taking over the top floor of the Rootes building on central campus to host a terrific buffet lunch for graduates together with…
- News from alumni Winter Graduation Over 1000 proud WBS graduates and family members were welcomed to campus for Winter Graduation 2011 last week.
- News from alumni BBC Dragons' Den Recruiting Entrepreneurs After its record breaking series in 2010, Dragons' Den is preparing to open for business once again, giving entrepreneurs from across the country the chance to realise their ambitions and make their business dreams come true. If you're genuinely…
- Feature A successful first exchange visit for students from ILR School, Cornell University, USA Last term WBS welcomed its first exchange students from the ILR School (Industrial & Labor Relations School) at Cornell University, Karl Delaroche and Nicole Wolski. They report on their time at WBS.
- Story WBS graduate wins Hutton Prize for Professional Ethics BSc Accounting & Finance graduate of Warwick Business School, Alexander Dugay, was last month awarded the Hutton Prize for Professional Ethics by the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland (CIBIS).
- New book The Oxford Handbook of Strategic Sales and Sales Management Co-edited by Nigel Piercy, this book is one in the series of Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management.
- Feature Critical Governance Conference a first The first Critical Governance conference to be held in the UK took place on the Warwick campus last month. This fairly new and innovative field challenges orthodoxies and aims to develop critical approaches to governance theory and research.
- News from alumni Warwick Alumnus on Live TV, Channel France 24 Warwick Alumnus, Wael Eid (MBA 2004) appeared recently on Live TV, Channel France 24 to discuss the decisions of the latest G20 meetings in Seoul, currency wars & their threat to global economic recovery, and the building of economic and trade…
- News from alumni Alternative Assets: Investments for a Post-Crisis World (The Wiley Finance Series) Guy Fraser-Sampson (DLMBA 1985) and author of a number of finance related books, shares a little about his latest book, published a few months ago.
- News from alumni Chef de Mission of Wales Chris Jenkins (DLMBA 1989) Director, Commonwealth Games Council for Wales, shares a little of his experiences as Chef de Mission of Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi October 2010.
- Feature WBS Undergraduate Committee award outstanding contributions from faculty For the fourth year in succession, Warwick Business School's Undergraduate Committee has decided to recognise the outstanding contributions that individual academics make to the teaching and/or academic administration of the Undergraduate Programme…