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Jan 18, 2022
During a Leading Diversity@Wharton event, Wharton's Stephanie Creary spoke with experts about how increasing access to accurate data can help drive changes in DEI policies.
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Jan 18, 2022
Daily planning can help employees feel in control and more engaged at work. But the best type of planning depends on their role and environment, explains Wharton management professor Michael Parke.
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Jan 18, 2022
Intense competition for investor flows drives managers of laggard mutual funds towards overvalued risky stocks, recent research finds.
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Jan 18, 2022
Low interest rates and work-from-home trends bode well this year for home building and prices, but much depends on how the Federal Reserve responds to rising inflation, says Wharton's Susan Wachter.
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Jan 11, 2022
Stock prices will keep climbing this year but slow their pace, and interest rate increases are overdue, says Wharton's Jeremy Siegel.
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Jan 10, 2022
Wharton's Katy Milkman shares insights from a new megastudy on exercise that reveals the best ways to change behavior at scale.
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Jan 10, 2022
A new study from Wharton's Saerom (Ronnie) Lee pushes back against the popular view that startups work best without a hierarchical management structure.
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Jan 10, 2022
Careful planning can position firms for transformational growth once they emerge from bankruptcy, write Wharton's Christopher Ittner and his co-authors.
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Dec 21, 2021
Investors in 2022 will have a wider range of options beyond the stock market, says Wharton's Itay Goldstein.
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Dec 21, 2021
Nano Tools for Leaders® — a collaboration between Wharton Executive Education and Wharton's Center for Leadership and Change Management — are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes, with the potential to significantly impact your success as a leader and the engagement and productivity of the
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Dec 21, 2021
Wharton's Katherine Klein interviews Cheryl Dorsey, president of social impact talent spotter and global nonprofit Echoing Green, about the power and potential of social innovation.
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Dec 14, 2021
A new study co-authored by Wharton's Benjamin Keys captures the extent to which homeowners resist putting up their homes as security and looks at the impact on borrowers and lenders.
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Dec 14, 2021
New research from Wharton's Britta Glennon and Exequiel "Zeke" Hernandez shows how employing skilled immigrants can give organizations a competitive edge.
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Dec 14, 2021
In this article, Wharton senior fellow Scott Snyder and coauthor Bill Seibel outline three pathways for large enterprises to turn the tables on disruption.
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Dec 13, 2021
Smart firms are listening, learning, and changing longstanding practices that have caused decades of harm to people, according to participants in a recent "Beyond Business" panel discussion, hosted by Wharton Dean Erika James.
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Dec 07, 2021
Millions of workers are quitting their jobs, but creating more fair, inclusive and equitable workplaces could help turn that around, write Wharton's Nancy Rothbard and Stephanie Creary.
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Dec 06, 2021
Fintech lenders are more likely to approve loans to borrowers who have adopted cashless payments, according to recent research co-authored by Wharton's Yao Zeng.
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Dec 06, 2021
Returns are costly for retailers and even more expensive for the planet when unwanted products end up in landfills. Wharton's Gad Allon explains how innovating the reverse supply chain coupled with a shift in consumer attitudes can help reduce returns.
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Dec 06, 2021
Wharton marketing lecturer Annie Wilson looks at the pros and cons of the cosmetics firm's bold move.
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Nov 30, 2021
New research co-authored by Wharton's Sean Myers helps refine investment models to account for mistakes in cash flow expectations while discount rates stay flat.
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Nov 30, 2021
Wharton's Peter Cappelli talks about what we're getting wrong about the Great Resignation, how the pandemic has rewired worker preferences, and why now is the time for employers to reconsider how they do things.
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Nov 30, 2021
This Nano Tool for Leaders from Wharton Executive Education offers strategies to improve team resilience and performance and reduce burnout by relying on less-obvious sources of support.
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Nov 29, 2021
Wharton's Katherine Klein speaks with Davis Smith, founder of sustainable outdoor gear brand Cotopaxi, about his firm's mission and how the business world can think differently about capitalism.
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Nov 23, 2021
In an excerpt from the revised and updated edition of their book ‘The Strategic Leader's Roadmap,' Wharton's Harbir Singh and Michael Useem explore how Apple's approach to leadership has contributed to its success.
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Nov 23, 2021
A recent "Beyond Business" panel discussion, hosted by Wharton Dean Erika James, focused on how boards can redefine corporate governance to maximize a company's social impact while balancing the needs of all stakeholders.
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Nov 22, 2021
Removing credit constraints and providing subsidies could lift adoption of energy efficient technologies in low-income households, according to a recent study co-authored by Wharton's Susanna B. Berkouwer.
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Nov 16, 2021
Wharton's Emilie Feldman explains why spinoffs make sense for faltering conglomerates General Electric and Johnson & Johnson, and why she expects to see more large companies engage in divestitures and acquisitions.
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Nov 16, 2021
Products often become clutter when consumers save them for special occasions that never arrive. Wharton's Jonah Berger explains why marketers may want to avoid making items seem too special or exclusive.
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Nov 15, 2021
Wharton faculty offer advice on how companies can keep up with the complex demands of consumers by adopting a modern approach to customer lifetime value.
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Nov 15, 2021
Wharton's John Paul MacDuffie analyzes Walmart's recent milestone of operating driverless delivery trucks on a commercial route.
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Nov 08, 2021
ESG investors could steer companies to their cause with far fewer votes than it would take to penalize them with divestment, a new study finds.
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Nov 08, 2021
The disruptions to the global supply chain hold lessons for both companies and consumers, say Wharton professors Santiago Gallino and Barbara Kahn.
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Nov 08, 2021
Facebook's name change to Meta signals a lot more about the company than a simple rebrand. Wharton marketing professor Patti Williams breaks down the decision and its implications for the world's largest social media network.
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Nov 08, 2021
Wharton's Katy Milkman interviews New York University professor Jay Van Bavel about his new book, ‘The Power of Us,' which explores how group affiliations shape our identity and can influence performance and cooperation.
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Nov 02, 2021
In the 10th anniversary edition of his book ‘The Leader's Checklist,' Wharton's Michael Useem highlights 16 mission-critical principles to help leaders make good decisions in unpredictable and stressful environments.
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Oct 29, 2021
Wharton's Stephanie Creary talks to University of Virginia professor Sean Martin and Deloitte's Thalia Smith about how social class and upward mobility shape careers, especially for people of color.
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Oct 27, 2021
New research co-authored by Wharton's Valentina Assenova refutes conventional wisdom among policymakers that economic growth is the inevitable casualty of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Oct 26, 2021
Risk appetites have increased among U.S. banks that dispensed money to pandemic-hit small businesses under the government's Paycheck Protection Program, a new study has found.
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Oct 26, 2021
Wharton's Katherine Klein talks to Mary Ellen Iskenderian, president and CEO of Women's World Banking, a nonprofit that is expanding financial inclusion for women.
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Oct 25, 2021
The Great Resignation is coinciding with record applications for new businesses. Wharton management professor Jacqueline "Jax" Kirtley looks at what this means for the labor market.
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Oct 25, 2021
The first event in this year's Beyond Business conversation series, hosted by Wharton Dean Erika James, focused on how firms and investors can lead the charge in addressing environmental issues.
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Oct 19, 2021
Tax reforms proposed as part of the budget reconciliation process would have important consequences for U.S. multinationals' profit-shifting incentives, and also their competitiveness, according to an analysis by the Penn Wharton Budget Model.
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Oct 19, 2021
Learning to lead is not a "one and done" assignment. In this Nano Tool for Leaders, Wharton's Mike Useem explains how leaders can gain new skills to keep pace with change.
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Oct 18, 2021
Wharton accounting professor Daniel Taylor believes legislative changes are needed to get insider trading under control and reform Wall Street's image.
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Oct 12, 2021
Wharton management professor Samir Nurmohamed explains what compels whistleblowers like Facebook's Frances Haugen to come forward in an organization.
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Oct 12, 2021
Whether teams or individuals are better at accomplishing tasks depends on the complexity of the work, according to a new study from Wharton's Duncan Watts.
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Oct 12, 2021
Wharton's Benjamin Keys explains why the red-hot U.S. real estate market isn't a bubble that's ready to burst. Home prices are likely to stay high for years to come.
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Oct 05, 2021
The regulator must focus on cash-flow impacts and not societal goals, according to a new statement by the Financial Economists Roundtable. Wharton faculty who are among the statement's signatories weigh in.
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Oct 05, 2021
Wharton's Michael R. Roberts argues in this opinion piece that a basic understanding of finance will help students and their parents avoid making disastrous decisions, such as taking on excessive student loans.
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Oct 05, 2021
In the wake of China's ban on the use of cryptocurrencies, Wharton's Kevin Werbach shares insights on the regulatory and other forces that will shape their future.
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Oct 05, 2021
In the wake of China's ban on the use of cryptocurrencies, Wharton's Kevin Werbach shares insights on the regulatory and other forces that will shape their future.
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Oct 05, 2021
In the wake of China's ban on the use of cryptocurrencies, Wharton's Kevin Werbach shares insights on the regulatory and other forces that will shape their future.
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Oct 04, 2021
Research co-authored by Wharton's Michael Parke shows how both supervisors and peers can be powerful change agents of organizational citizenship behavior.
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Sep 28, 2021
Firms must weigh the health outcomes of work-related stress in designing incentives, says Wharton's Marius Guenzel.
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Sep 27, 2021
Wharton's Lindsey Cameron explains why algorithms that monitor worker productivity, like the ones used by Amazon, are a bad idea.
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Sep 27, 2021
Wharton's Katherine Klein talks with B Lab co-founder Bart Houlahan about the soaring interest in companies seeking "Certified B Corporation" status and what that means for the social impact movement.
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Sep 21, 2021
In a new book, Wharton's Peter Cappelli says the choices employees and employers must make about the future of work could be among the most important they face.
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Sep 20, 2021
Using more concrete language can improve customer satisfaction, according to new research from Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger.
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Sep 20, 2021
New research from Wharton's Sasha Indarte shows the role that bias plays in bankruptcy and the racial wealth gap in the U.S.
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Sep 14, 2021
Americans would be more likely to claim billions in untapped federal aid if they felt psychological ownership over those benefits, according to a new study from Wharton's Wendy De La Rosa.
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Sep 14, 2021
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sent "three significant messages" on the economic outlook in his address last month in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, according to Wharton's Christina Skinner.
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Sep 13, 2021
In this Nano Tool for Leaders, Wharton's G. Richard Shell explains how "the power of two" can help when you are faced with a moral or ethical dilemma at work.
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Sep 13, 2021
As the trial against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes continues in federal court, Wharton's Lawton R. Burns examines the prickly relationship between technology and health care.
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Sep 07, 2021
Letting employees express their full range of emotions at work can result in better team-building and problem-solving, according to new research from Wharton's Michael Parke.
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Sep 07, 2021
Inflation-driven higher interest rates will have varying effects on banks' resilience, says Wharton's Itay Goldstein.
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Sep 07, 2021
America's beloved game show made the same mistake as many companies when it failed to widen the search for a new host, says Wharton's Corinne Low.
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Sep 07, 2021
America's beloved game show made the same mistake as many companies when it failed to widen the search for a new host, says Wharton's Corinne Low.
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Sep 07, 2021
Wharton's Gad Allon explains why companies should consider nearshoring to blunt the effects of supply chain issues in China.
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Aug 31, 2021
Patients are more likely to get vaccinated when they receive text reminders that a shot is ready and waiting for them, according to the results of a large field experiment.
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Aug 31, 2021
A new analysis from the Penn Wharton Budget Model looks at how both targeted and universal preschool and childcare programs would impact the U.S. economy.
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Aug 30, 2021
Wharton's Arthur van Benthem shares key findings from a forthcoming study on vehicle air pollution and emissions standards, and the takeaways for policymakers and consumers.
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Aug 26, 2021
Wharton's Katherine Klein talks to Sonal Shah, founder of The Asian American Foundation, a new advocacy group that wants to increase visibility, support, and understanding for the third-largest demographic in the U.S.
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Aug 24, 2021
In this Nano Tool for Leaders, Wharton's Maurice Schweitzer and Columbia's Adam Galinsky offer six steps that will improve your ability to spot a lie that could otherwise impact you or your team.
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Aug 24, 2021
As part of the Leading Diversity at Work series, Wharton's Stephanie Creary speaks with two experts about workplace well-being, especially for employees of color facing the "double whammy" of the pandemic and heightened tensions around racial and social justice.
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Aug 24, 2021
Government interventions in private debt negotiations could be more effective in preventing default waves if they accounted for the connections between lenders and borrowers across the "debt chain," new research shows.
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Aug 24, 2021
Wharton's John Paul MacDuffie says building consumer confidence in electric vehicles will help the Biden administration succeed in its plan to cut gas-powered cars and emissions.
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Aug 17, 2021
In this opinion piece, Scott Snyder offers six rules to guide established companies to become disruptors in the health care industry.
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Aug 16, 2021
Higher government debt will crowd out private capital and erode productivity, leaving GDP unchanged, a Penn Wharton Budget Model analysis shows.
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Aug 16, 2021
Wharton's Olivia S. Mitchell explains the reasons behind the federal government's call to re-examine its pension investments in light of climate change.
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Aug 16, 2021
The decrease in business formations in the U.S. in recent decades is the "equilibrium" outcome of higher skills and cheaper capital, according to new research from Wharton's Sergio Salgado.
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Aug 10, 2021
Firms that mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for employees are protecting the workforce and mitigating loss, says Wharton management professor Iwan Barankay.
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Aug 10, 2021
The most recent jobs report shows the U.S. economy is improving, but not for all Americans, writes Bernard E. Anderson, the Whitney M. Young, Jr. professor emeritus at Wharton, in this opinion piece.
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Aug 09, 2021
A new book offers practical guidance for first-time bosses who need help making the tough transition from employee to manager.
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Aug 09, 2021
In business negotiations, sometimes deflection is a better option than answering a question truthfully. Research by Wharton's Maurice Schweitzer and T. Bradford Bitterly of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology explains why.
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Jul 20, 2021
Familiar hedging options like commodities are no longer safe havens against core inflation, new research co-authored by Wharton's Nikolai Roussanov finds.
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Jul 20, 2021
Contractors are outsiders who don't have the social capital needed to be effective managers, but new research from Wharton's Peter Cappelli shows how they are leveraging their outsider status for the win.
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Jul 20, 2021
In his latest book, Wharton management professor Michael Useem profiles 10 chief executives who share their strategies for sustained success.
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Jul 20, 2021
InScribe is a business with a social-impact mission to help nontraditional college students. CEO Katy Kappler talks to Wharton's Sandi Hunt about building a safety net for students to succeed.
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Jul 13, 2021
Small investors are reacting to both positive and negative earnings surprises by lifting stock prices, a Wharton study of Robinhood trades reveals.
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Jul 13, 2021
A new study co-authored by Wharton's David Asch finds Black patients are dying at higher rates from COVID-19 because of where they are hospitalized.
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Jul 12, 2021
This Nano Tool for Leaders offers guidance for creating a culture of continuous performance improvement and adaptive learning by systematically reviewing team successes and failures.
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Jul 06, 2021
Companies are increasingly adopting measures to prevent insider trading abuses and the resulting legal and reputation risks, a new study finds.
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Jul 06, 2021
Wharton's Stephanie Creary talks to scholars Ella Bell Smith and Stella Nkomo about the re-issue of their seminal book that examines the vastly different experiences of Black and white women in corporate America.
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Jul 06, 2021
Wharton's Stephanie Creary talks to scholars Ella Bell Smith and Stella Nkomo about the re-issue of their seminal book that examines the vastly different experiences of Black and white women in corporate America.
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Jul 06, 2021
Structural racism, the pandemic, and other economic barriers are stopping many Black and Hispanic homeowners from taking advantage of low interest rates, says Wharton's Benjamin Keys.
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Jun 29, 2021
Ride-hailing companies are spending millions to recruit drivers who left during the pandemic, but the downtime has prompted many gig workers to rethink their jobs, says Wharton's Gad Allon.
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Jun 29, 2021
Wharton's Kartik Hosanagar has launched a startup that is using data science to help Hollywood create more inclusive content.
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Jun 29, 2021
Investors lured by the strong performance of ESG funds may face future disappointment, warns a new research paper co-authored by Wharton's Luke Taylor.
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Jun 28, 2021
Middle managers shape the daily experiences of their employees, which means they have the power to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture, according to a study by Wharton's Stephanie Creary and Nancy Rothbard.
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Jun 22, 2021
The more you allow people to participate in the process, the more effective you'll be in convincing them to make certain choices, Wharton's Jonah Berger says in this Nano Tool for Leaders®.
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