Latest news from Lancaster University Management School

18/11/15

Family-Driven Innovation: Resolving the Paradox in Family Firms

Alfredo De Massis et al examine innovation within family firms in an article in California Management Review.
18/11/15

Financial markets are almost off cigarettes – will they now kick the oil habit?

Efforts to break our financial addiction to the energy sector might find useful lessons in the slow decline of tobacco, argues Mark Shackleton.
16/11/15

Engineering company praises Lancaster for supporting its best ever year

A Northwest engineering company has praised Lancaster University’s support as it enjoys its best ever year.
10/11/15

The UK gender pay gap: Lessons from Hollywood

Figures released by the TUC show that the UK gender pay gap for top earners is currently 55%. Recent revelations from Hollywood show that both social and political action is needed to reduce this shocking statistic once and for all.
10/11/15

Saeideh D. Nasiri wins Kingsman Prize 2015

Saeideh D. Nasiri, graduate from the PhD programme in Statistics and Operational Research for Industry (STOR-i), has been named the winner of this year's Kingsman Prize.
09/11/15

Social Sciences at Lancaster ranked in the world's top 100

Social Sciences at Lancaster have been ranked in the world’s top 100 in The Times Higher World Subject Rankings 2015/16.
05/11/15

Professor Bryan Lukas on the VW scandal

Marketing Professor Bryan Lukas gives his thoughts on the VW emissions scandal, including the accusations involving Porsche.
05/11/15

Eight lucky students to go to Paris climate conference

Eight undergraduate students have been selected for the opportunity of a lifetime; attending a UN climate change conference in Paris.
04/11/15

City execs' bonuses should be tied to gender balance targets

Research by LUMS's Professor Colin Green and Dr Swarnodeep Homroy is highlighted in this article on gender diversity in business in the Guardian.
03/11/15

LUMS donation to student society helps impoverished children

Nearly 500 Vietnamese primary school children have received food, clothes and school supplies thanks to a Lancaster student society, helped by a donation from LUMS.
03/11/15

Is London heading for another property price bubble as soon as 2017?

Ivan Paya, from LUMS's UK Housing Market Observatory, warns that current price rises in the London housing market are unsustainable and could "burst". 
30/10/15

Pharma use loophole to hike up the price of drugs – so why doesn’t the NHS stop it?

We should be asking what a recent expose of drug price rises tells us about how health is being managed in the UK, argues Chris Ford. 
30/10/15

Targets to bring women into the boardroom are missing the point

Swarnodeep Homroy and Colin Green argue that quotas do not necessarily solve the underlying cause of gender inequality.
27/10/15

From the chess board to the board room

Friday saw a LUMS Professor, and world-renowned chess player, take on 18 people at a game of chess – simultaneously.
27/10/15

LUMS academics release report on Living Wage

Two LUMS academics are among the authors of a report looking at the effects of the Living Wage on care home workers.
27/10/15

Lessons from VW

Professor Bryan Lukas, from Lancaster's Marketing department, talks about what we can learn from the VW emissions scandal from a branding perspective. 
23/10/15

Pentland Centre calls for ‘courageous leadership’

Leading climate change academics and industry leaders are set to gather to launch the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business to a corporate audience.
20/10/15

Inspiring student entrepreneurs

Start-up Stories is a series of story-telling events where alumni entrepreneurs share their learning journeys with aspiring students.
16/10/15

Clinton’s anti-drugmaker rhetoric may win votes, but does it threaten our long-term health?

Clinton, who named drug companies among her enemies in this week's debate, is pushing policies that could hamper the flow of new medicines, argues Chris Ford in The Conversation. 
16/10/15

Lancaster provides Far East business opportunities

More than 60 businesses have established stronger links with China in the last two years through working with Lancaster University.
13/10/15

How data empowered the economic individual and gained a Nobel for Angus Deaton

This year's award recognises the value of micro analysis and good, old-fashioned legwork, argues Dr Vincent O'Sullivan. 
09/10/15

Baking giant to explain reasons behind business success

The head of Britain’s biggest bakery brand, Warburtons, is set to share the key reasons behind the company’s success.
09/10/15

Launch of new UK Housing Market Observatory

Lancaster's Economics Department has launched a new UK Housing Market Observatory, featuring a website that provides detailed analysis of the dynamics of house prices nationwide.
08/10/15

What will the Lottery changes actually mean?

Professor Ian Walker explains in the Mirror that changes coming in this weekend will make it about three times harder to win the jackpot.