Business, Economics and Finance Resources

We hope that you will enjoy your time at Summer School, and that by the end of your time with us, you will have learned new things, made some unforgettable memories and some great friends!

On these course resource page you will be able to find all the information you will need for your academic, skills and personal development sessions.

Presentations will be added to the pages as the programme progresses.

Classroom code of conduct 2026

Student Induction Presentation Slide - Wed 15 JulyLink opens in a new window

2026 Personal Statement ExamplesLink opens in a new window

Project brief 2026Link opens in a new window

A Taste of Business, Economics and Finance Course Timetable:

Interactive Campus MapLink opens in a new window

Online HandbookLink opens in a new window

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Skills Sessions

This strand is intended to develop students’ academic skills and literacy through engagement in a group mini-project.

The project will provide an opportunity for students to develop confidence and competence in communicating in English in an academic context and to develop their research, critical thinking and analytic skills in an intercultural environment.

Business, Economics and Finance

16 July - Management (Eleanor Reynolds)

17 July - Business (Ephie Wang)

20 July - Economics (James Massey)

21 July - Accounting and Finance (Sadia Khan)

22 July - Finance (Cholwoo Kim)

23 July - Entrepreneurship (Tamara Friedrich)

Additional Reading

Richard Dawkins - The Selfish Gene
Environmental and Resource Economics, 9^thedition, by Tietenberg and Lewis.
Markets and the Environment, by Keohane and Olmstead.
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson – Why Nations Fails
Robert Putnam – Bowling Alone
The Economist magazine
Tim Harford - The Undercover Economist
Thomas Piketty - Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner - Freakonomics
Leonard Mlodinow - The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Adam Smith - The Wealth of Nations
The Art of Strategy - by two top Economists; Professor Avinash Dixit, Princeton University (and former Warwick Economics Professor and Head of Department) and Professor Barry Nalebuff, Yale
An inspirational lecture delivered by Christine Lagarde from the IMF for the BBC’s Richard Dimbleby lecture series, delivered in February 2014. The lecture can be viewed hereLink opens in a new window
Blanchard, O.J. (2017). Macroeconomics. Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, Essex, 7th edition.
Jones, C. I. (2017). Macroeconomics. W.W. Norton and Company, 4th edition.
Williamson, S.D. (2018). Macroeconomics. Pearson, 6th edition.

Business

Netflix Content Recommendation System – Product Analytics Case Study
https://hellopm.co/netflix-content-recommendation-system-product-analytics-case-study/

As-Is vs To-Be: Where Do You Start?
https://www.netcall.com/blog/as-is-vs-to-be-where-do-you-start/

In addition, here are a few guidelines that should help us all get the very best out of our time together

Get involved

We understand that this may be the first time you have studied this subject, that English may not be your first language, and that this may be your first time visiting England. We know that this may seem daunting and overwhelming! The best way to get the most out of this summer school experience is to get involved! In other words, you should join in your course sessions as much as you can. Ask questions, give your opinions, think about examples from your own life, and relate this to the course content. Please tell your teaching team if you don't understand anything – whether this relates to content or language. It's their job to make sure that the material is accessible and clear to you, and they will be more than happy to help if there's any work you'd like to clarify or go through again.

Bring your electronic devices please, but...

We will be using electronic devices during the module (i.e., laptops, tablets and smartphones) and we ask that you bring these along each day, so you can take notes, view lecture slides etc.)However, we would be really grateful if you could minimise the use of phones and other devices during class, unless you're using them for class activities or you have a reason you need to monitor communication (e.g., personal issues etc.).

Daily communications

Each day you will receive an email from the Summer School email account. This will give you important information about the course, social programme and anything else you may need to know. Please make sure you read these emails to stay informed of what is happening. These emails will be sent to the email address you used to make your PRESS application. If you need to update your email with the programme team, please send an email to preunisummerschool@warwick.ac.uk