Press Releases
UK/US University Launches $40m Dollar Ecommerce Management Centre
The Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick and Carnegie-Mellon University of Pittsburgh launched a new formal partnership on Monday 22nd November to create a new, $40 million, e2Business Management Centre. Professor Kumar Bhattacharyya, Director of The Warwick Manufacturing Group, launched the centre as part of a speech to an Internet Strategies for Manufacturing in London that morning.
A Lasting Marriage is worth £60,000 a Year Concludes New Analysis of Happiness
A lasting marriage brings as much happiness as having an additional 60,000 of pounds income, according to a new research report on levels of happiness entitled "Well Being in Britain and the US".
Small Firms to benefit From New £2 million Warwick Product Development Scheme
A £2 million pound initiative to bring high technology help to small companies has just been launched by The Warwick Manufacturing Group (part of the University of Warwick) with the support of Sun Microsystems and the European Regional Development Fund.
£1 million Project to Improve Quality of New Homes
One of Britain's top 10 housebuilders is working with the University of Warwick to improve the quality of new homes. The £1 million Hobman II (House Building as a Manufacturing Process) project between Westbury Homes and the University's Manufacturing Group, follows the success of an earlier programme, credited with setting out the direction for Westbury's five-year plan.
New Research Reveals Dramatic Rise in Stress Levels in Europe's Workplaces
New research by Andrew Oswald, Professor of Economics, at the University of Warwick and David Blanchflower, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College in the US, reveals that stress levels are rising sharply across Europe's workplaces.
Warwick Business School Announces New Dean
Warwick Business School has announced that its new Dean is to be Professor Howard Thomas, currently Dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His appointment coincides with the commencement of a major £15m capital building programme by Warwick Business School, following another successful year of development.