LUMS News
The Black Farmer: 'The importance of jeopardy in business'
Published 7 November 2012
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, the 'Black Farmer', was guest speaker on the Lancaster MBA on 1 November. Wilfred spoke on what he calls the 'importance of jeopardy in business'.
Industry Insights - the criticality of communications
Published 2 November 2012
Sally Sykes, Director of External Affairs at EEF, The Manufacturers Organisation, was the first guest speaker in the Lancaster MBA Industry Insights series this year.
Lancaster graduate start-up business, marching to success
Published 29 October 2012
LUMS graduate Paul Hodges has been nominated for a Smarta 100 Award. The 'Grand Old Duke of Pork' has been described as 'one of the most resourceful, original, exciting and disruptive small businesses in the UK'.
Business Award Winner Praises GOLD Programme
Published 26 September 2012
The winner of a Be Inspired Business Award (BIBA) says he could not have won without having attended the GOLD programme at Lancaster University Management School.
New book: Principles of Business Forecasting
Published 23 August 2012
Principles of Business Forecasting is a new book by Lancaster University Management School's Robert Fildes and Keith Ord of Georgetown University.
Forecasting the Olympics
Published 20 August 2012
Professor Robert Fildes is Director of the Lancaster Centre for Forecasting and ex-President of the International Institute of Forecasters. In this opinion piece he asks how well the pre-Olympics forecasts fared.
'Outstanding Paper' award for Dr Ellie Hamilton
Published 25 April 2012
Dr Ellie Hamilton's paper 'Entrepreneurial learning in family business: a situated learning perspective', published in the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, has been chosen as an 'Outstanding Paper Award Winner' at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2012.
Management and Information Technology student wins Deloitte prize
Published 5 July 2011
Final-year undergraduate Eliot Wassell has been awarded a 100 pound prize by top consulting firm Deloitte. The prize celebrates the first graduating cohort of the innovative BSc (Hons) Management and Information Technology (MIT) degree.
