News Archive - 2018

Nick Chater reveals why following a routine is not dull but absolutely necessary due to our limited decision-making powers

New course is aimed at filling the European skills gap on operations management.

Why are we so obsessed with luxury goods that people will spend a small fortune on a handbag? Alicia Melis and Daniel Read dig deeper into our desire for luxury.

Neil Stewart reveals the bad nudge that lurks on our credit cards and how it is costing us money.

WBS research reveals work behaviours that would cause 'widespread public condemnation'

Warwick Business School and the Bank of England are partnering to launch a new online postgraduate programme.

Relive the Critical Challenges Facing Healthcare Conference held at WBS London at The Shard.

Chengwei Liu reveals how companies can use the irrational biases discovered by Behavioural Science to develop a strategy to gain a competitive advantage.

Warwick Business School has risen to the top tier of business schools in Europe in the Financial Times’ annual European Business Schools ranking.

Brexit measures could cause labour shortage 'shock', research shows.

WBS is set to host a summit on the challenges facing the healthcare industry.

Barclays Bank Ireland CEO Kevin Wall believes it would impractical to think blockchain will replace central banks.

Over the last few years next-day delivery has become the norm, but one man has been excelling at it for decades.

When Mark Leddy walked into his first MBA class and found he was the oldest at 40 he wondered if he had done the right thing.

New research has found evidence that informed traders and investors’ information asymmetry is driving the huge price swings in cryptocurrencies.

Financial Times management editor Andrew Hill told an audience at Warwick Business School how Victorian intellectual John Ruskin provides valuable lessons for the fourth industrial revolution.

Warwick Business School Forecasting System predicts faster growth than Bank Of England and IMF.

Warwick Business School’s MBA programme has been ranked number one in the world for sustainability and advancing environmental, social and economic goals.

Pro-Dean Graeme Currie has declared it is “important for a business school to address the grand challenges of society.”

Exchange traded funds are becoming an increasingly popular investment vehicle, but that is distorting stock prices. Find out how they are also affecting corporate investment. 

Warwick Business School has relaunched its online Postgraduate Award in Service Operations Management. 

With Basel III due to be fully implemented in 2019 Andrea Gamba discusses his reasearch that shows it could have an adverse effect on the broader economy.

Arie Gozluklu explains how his research on how demographics is an important factor in interest rates movement is influencing policymakers.

Four Warwick Business School academics are celebrating after being conferred as Fellows.

Businesses need to use their moral compass in the wake of Jamal Khashoggi murder.

One of the main concerns for international students is the cost of living in the UK. Here we detail the main costs and what to expect when studying in Britain.

Warwick Business School’s Full-time MBA programme has retained its position as number one in the UK in The Economist’s annual ranking – for the fourth year in a row.

Former CEO of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement Bernard Crump reveals what innovation in healthcare looks like. 

Panos Constantinides and David Fitzmaurice detail the possibilities in cardiology that the latest AI technology is producing. 

Managers need to be a ‘back seat driver’ and share leadership if much-needed and promising innovations are going to spread across the NHS, new research suggests.

Warwick Business School’s Executive MBA has climbed seven places to be ranked in the world’s top 20 by the Financial Times.

Warwick Business School’s Mentoring Programme is extending its global reach by heading to India in December for a three-city tour to find new mentors.

The NHS faces an annual battle to cope with the extra pressure that winter brings. Graeme Currie argues this needs tackling at a system level.

Ivo Vlaev reveals how behavioural science can be used to help excessive drinkers get help and so reduce the burden on healthcare services.

Warwick Business School has been ranked third in the UK for Accounting and Finance and for Business Studies by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide.

Long-term conditions consume 70 per cent of the UK's NHS budget and is a challenge across the world. Graeme Currie cites four factors important in improving effectiveness and reducing the financial burden.

The UK Government announced an extra £20 billion for the country's National Health Service as it struggles with an ageing population. Ian Kirkpatrick argues a good chunk should be spent on managers.

WBS has two MSc programmes rated in the top 10 globally as the Full-time MBA climbs into top 40.

Tina Kiefer explains how asking students from all over the world to draw an effective leader unearthed some fascinating cultural differences.

Sanjiv Patel recognised for helping hundreds of entrepreneurial students and alumni.

In an increasingly complex and fast-changing world new research argues business leaders should learn from the US Navy SEALs and embrace the chaos.

Warwick Business School has launched an online MSc Strategic Leadership & Innovation in Healthcare for those working in the fast-evolving sector.

The Financial Times has ranked Warwick Business School’s MSc Management 19th in Europe and moved up one place to third in the UK.

Business leaders can learn a lot about leadership from the experiences encountered in the Second World War according to academics at WBS.

An undergraduate student is holding an event at WBS London at The Shard to help young girls from disadvantaged backrgounds to reach for top careers.

For Leadership month, Marianna Fotaki explains why leaders need to embrace whistleblowers rather than vilify them and how to help them help the company.

Grand policies to push women might sound good, but Dulini Fernando believes leaders need to concentrate on the micro-envronment to improve gender equality.

Senior managers and executives looking to combine a new strategy with innovation can be coached through the process on a new course at Warwick Business School.

Six students are celebrating after becoming the first cohort of Warwick Business School EY scholars to graduate.

For September we are concentrating on Leadership, but what makes a good leader? Gerry McGivern gives his answer.

More than 90 per cent of undergraduate students at Warwick Business School declared themselves satisfied with their course in the 2018 National Student Survey (NSS).

Christian Stadler reveals the four principles of enduring success after a 10-year study of Europe's oldest and greatest companies.

If part of you strategy is to boost R&D by entering into partnerships, then beware. Jeff Reuer puts together four tactics for ensuring your knowledge doesn't leak to your rivals.

As August is strategy month, Pinar Ozcan and Mareike Mohlmann examine the sharing economy and some of the strategies being used to placate stakeholders.

WBS has become the first business school to be granted the Athena SWAN silver award for its work on improving gender equality.

NASA Chief Technology Officer Douglas Terrier told a packed out WBS London at The Shard that AI is the most important development in human history.

Warwick Business School is launching a new suite of programmes designed to help senior executives drive innovation, lead strategically, navigate change and pioneer digital strategies

For Entrepreneurship and Innovation month, Stephen Roper reveals why no business is too small in innovate.

Sex-based harassment is overwhelmingly suffered by women. Dulini Fernando and Ajnesh Prasad describe why women stay silent and how business leaders can help.

For Entrepreneurship and Innovation month VirtualSpeech Co-founder Sophie Thompson reveals her eight tips on growing your own digital start-up.

Relive the launch at The Shard of a research network to investigate how artificial intelligence can be used to take on some of the world’s biggest challenges.

How can Artificial Intelligence be harnessed to transform the economy, boost productivity, shift labor demand, and restructure industries?

Warwick Business School is launching a Warwick Diploma in Organisational Change for executive development - the third in a new series of postgraduate diplomas.

Warwick Business School’s Executive MBA has been ranked in the world’s top 10 by The Economist.

For Entrepreneurship and Innovation month Mark Skilton explains just how the fourth industrial revolution is creating new opportunities for businesses in an exclusive extract from his new book.

The fear of failure is ever-present for entrepreneurs, but Gabriella Cacciotti and James Hayton have some strategies for coping with it.

Users of the sharing economy in the UK have grown by 60 per cent in 18 months, a new survey has found.

Analysis of 2,800 investors found that not only did the female investors outperform the FTSE 100 over the last three years but they also outshone their male counterparts.

Behavioural Design Lead Ed Gardiner writes on the convergance of behavioural science and design and how the two work together best.

Warwick Business School has launched a Warwick Diploma in Digital Leadership for executive development - the second in a new series of postgraduate diplomas.

Warwick Business School’s MSc Finance has been ranked in the world’s top 15 by the Financial Times.

University of Alberta Business School claimed victory at the 2018 WBS Case Challenge Competition with their innovative proposal to tackle atrial fibrillation - a heart problem.

Relive what happened at the Warwick Behavioural Science Summit starring Boston University Professor Nina Mazar at the Oculus.

World Bank Senior Behavioural Scientist Nina Mazar will be the keynote speaker at the Warwick Behavioural Science Summit.

For behavioural science month Nick Chater writes on how optical illusions reveal the inner workings of our minds.

Read an exclusive extract from Above and Beyond - Exploring the Business of Space by Loizos Heracleous, Louis Brenna and Alessandra Vecchi.

Read an exclusive extract from Loizos Heracleous and Christiane Prange's new book Agility.X - How organizations thrive in unpredictable times.

Core Insights is delving into behavioural science for June. Here Daniel Read reveals the power of a zero in making us more patient.

Core Insights will delve into behavioural science for June. Read an exclusive extract from Nick Chater's new book The Mind is Flat - The Illusion of Mental Depth and The Improvised Mind.

The WBS Forecasting System has revised upwards its forecast of ‘slow’ growth of less than one per cent continuing through 2018. 

New research has found cryptocurrency prices are not influenced by any economic factors and instead are driven purely by the mood swing of investors.

Activist hedge funds wipe more than $350,000 off a CEO’s total pay package in one year after buying up stock in the company, new research has found.

Two Warwick Business School students reached the final of the TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year awards held at Canary Wharf in London. 

Warwick Business School’s customised Executive Education offering is now the fastest growing in Europe according to the Financial Times’ 2018 ranking.

Warwick Business School is launching a research network to investigate how artificial intelligence can be used to take on some of the world’s biggest challenges.

For May Core Insights is focusing on Finance. Here Markos Zachariadis and Pinar Ozcan examine how the UK's open banking initiative will change the sector.

For May we are taking a deeper look at Finance. Here Daniele Bianchi lists the cryptocurrencies that have the best chance of forming a long term future, beyond the hype.

Warwick Business School and the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) have launched a new course to help businesses use behavioural science.

For May Core Insights is concentrating on Finance. Here Daniele Bianchi reveals what his research into cryptocurrencies found and they are not at all like any other asset class.

Warwick Business School is celebrating as its latest Executive MBA cohort has achieved a 50:50 gender split.

Warwick Business School is launching a Warwick Diploma in Strategic Leadership for executive development - the first in a new series of diplomas.

Warwick Business School has been ranked third in the UK by The Complete University Guide 2019 for undergraduate Business and Management Studies.

The Warwick Business School-led Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) has been awarded £500,000 to research up to 10,000 of the UK’s micro-businesses.

MBA graduate Farah AbdulHadi has revealed how organising Warwick Business School’s annual Healthcare Case Challenge landed her a job at GE Healthcare.

Nick Chater's new book has confounded and challenged critics as he draws on research to argue there is no subconscious, instead we are literally making ourselves up on the spot.

April 7 is the WHO's World Health Day so we are focusing on healthcare for the month. Here, Graeme Currie explains how overcoming communication barriers between management and the frontline can save lives.

In April it is the WHO's World Health Day, so we are focusing on healthcare for the whole month. Here, Mark Skilton outlines the seven technologies that will revolutionise your hospital.

The University of Warwick has signed two major collaborations in Paris and Brussels that will see Warwick Business School working with ESSEC Business School.

On April 7 it is World Health Day and for all of April we will be focusing on healthcare. Here Ian Kirkpatrick reveals six reasons why the UK's National Health Service needs more managers not less.

On April 7 it is World Health Day and for all of April we will be focusing on healthcare. Here Panos Constantinides and Simon Rasalingham explore the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the potential value it can bring to healthcare.

The first cohort of Bank of England staff have graduated after completing an innovative new course by Warwick Business School.

Students and staff at Warwick Business School are celebrating after its online MBA was ranked the best in the world by the Financial Times.

The WBS Forecasting System (WBSFS) calculates economic growth will most likely be between one and two per cent in both 2018 and 2019.

Millions of pounds are being wasted each year on NHS management consultants who are causing a service already under pressure to be less efficient rather than making things better.

From professional footballer to binman, Scott Ward reveals how an MBA has helped him find a new life after sport, a life helping other athletes.

An international study of small and medium-sized firms has been launched to find out why some are more resilient than others when a crisis hits.

At our recent Winter graduation ceremony, we caught up with two MSc alumni to see what they have been up to since completing their studies 

Warwick Business School has continued its rise up the major rankings by climbing three places to 41st in the world and fifth in the UK in the Financial Times’ Global MBA ranking.

Warwick Business School is launching a new version of its online MBA that will be based out of its WBS London base at The Shard.

Yifan Cao, who recently graduated with an MSc Business Analytics, rounded off her Masters with an award-winning dissertation project

The Postgraduate Award in Strategic Leadership embraces leadership, change, strategy, and learning from a practitioner perspective.

Revolution Bars director Fiona Regan believes an MBA can help women break down barriers in the boardroom.

International students applying to do a year-long Masters will be able to use a new streamlined visa application and gain an extra two months to find a job in the UK.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution will impact every sector and business. Mark Skilton and co-author Felix Hovsepian reveal in a new book just how to survive it.

Warwick Business School is joining forces with the UK Government’s Nudge Unit to teach how behavioural science can improve business and policy.