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The 'Forward-looking' CFO: Linking Financial Rigor with Leadership
Global organizations operating in the contemporary business landscape need to tightly link financial rigor and strategic insight. Increasingly, senior financial executives are playing influential roles in strategy development and implementation, work...
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Thursday, June 06, 2013
On Wall Street, Netflix Is a Comeback Kid -- But Can It Stay on Top?
Almost two years ago, Netflix seemed to have bottomed out. The streaming and DVD rental company raised its prices, resulting in a mass exodus of subscribers, while also launching an ill-fated attempt to separate its two businesses. Yet the firm seems...
Knowledge@Wharton
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Encore Careers: Why an Aging Population Is a Resource, Not a Problem
Many people in the Western world used to anticipate retiring in their 50s or 60s. Now, they are embarking on new "encore" careers at the very time when they might have previously been expected to begin a life of leisure. Marci Alboher,...
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Does the Good Outweigh the Bad? Sizing up 'Selective' Corporate Social Responsibility
When companies trumpet their efforts to produce organic foods, sell fair-trade T-shirts or just make the world a better place, a cynical view might be that they are diverting attention away from the more unseemly elements of their business strategies...
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
White House Black Market's Donna Noce on the Power of Personalized Customer Relationships
Donna Noce entered college with the intent to major in veterinary medicine. But when a part-time job at a local retail store led to the chance to try her hand as a fashion buyer, she became hooked on the retail industry. For the past six years, Noce ...
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Adobe Acrobat at 20: Successes, Second Guesses and a Few Miscues
This month, Adobe Acrobat turns 20. Adobe Systems co-founder and co-chairman John Warnock and SVP of technology Bob Wulff spoke with Knowledge@Wharton about the product's origins, early struggles and eventual success -- in addition to expounding on w...
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
The 'Social' Credit Score: Separating the Data from the Noise
A new wave of financial services start-ups is taking advantage of the era of "Big Data" by using information culled from social networks to assess the creditworthiness of loan applicants, particularly those with spotty or limited credit his...
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Skipped Out on Your Restaurant Reservation? That Will Be $200, Please
No-shows are a rampant problem in the restaurant industry, costing businesses wasted time and money. Some restaurants have started to experiment by charging "no-show fees" to consumers who fail to appear. In a new paper, Wharton P...
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Mobile Devices and Cybercrime: Is Your Phone the Weakest Link?
As wireless devices become increasingly ingrained into our daily lives both at work and at home, they open the door to heightened security risks. Not only do such devices become points of access for cybercriminals, but they also may be more easily br...
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
TechStars' Brad Feld: A Startup Community Needs a 20-year Time Horizon
Brad Feld sold his Boston startup and moved to Boulder, Colo., in 1995. The city already had a bustling entrepreneurial community, and Feld was soon in the thick of things. He co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, earlier, Intensity Ventures, a comp...
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
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