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Knowledge at Wharton

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The Knowledge at Wharton Network Acast feed serves as a curated showcase highlighting the best content from our podcast collection. Each week, we feature one standout episode from each show in the Wharton Podcast Network, giving listeners a comprehensive sample of our diverse business and academic content. This rotating selection allows audiences to discover new shows within our network while experiencing the depth and variety of Wharton's thought leadership across different topics and formats. It's your monthly gateway to explore the full spectrum of insights available through the Wharton Podcast Network.

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Episodes

What’s Behind Google’s Alphabet Restructuring?

Google’s separation of its non-Internet ventures from its core brand will mean greater brand protection and talent retention but it also creates some challenges experts say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 14, 201527 min

Is the Netflix Leave Policy a Gift to Workers or Ill Conceived?

Netflix’s offer of paid leave of up to a year for new mothers or fathers raises larger questions about the motivation behind -- and practical implications for -- such moves experts say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 10, 201525 min

The ADA at 25: Important Gains but Gaps Remain

Gains have been made in the past 25 years with the Americans with Disabilities Act. But more action is needed -- and technology may play a role in further removing barriers and increasing access experts say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 07, 201526 min

The Climate Change ‘Tipping Point’: How Should Businesses React?

Top climate scientists say critical ice shelves are melting up to 10 times faster than expected. That could begin to affect businesses significantly within a few years says Wharton’s Erwann Michel-Kerjan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 06, 201511 min

Is Home Ownership a 20th century Idea?

David Hansel and Wharton’s Sam Chandan discuss what’s behind decreased home ownership levels in the U.S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 04, 20155 min

Unlocking the Three-fold Secret to Great Leadership

After analyzing data from some 15 000 interviews executives from management consulting firm ghSMART found that three fundamental factors drive leadership success. They describe their findings in a new book Power Score. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 24, 201532 min

The U.S.-Cuba Thaw: What Are the Next Steps?

As the U.S. and Cuba reopen embassies experts focus on the other pieces in the ecosystem that need to fall in place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 24, 201526 min

How Puerto Rico Could Emerge from a Default

With Puerto Rico likely to default on its debt protection under U.S. bankruptcy laws could help contain the resulting chaos while work begins on longer-term reforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 21, 201526 min

How Good Habits Can Make You Happier

The newest book from Gretchen Rubin best-selling author of ’The Happiness Project ’ examines how we can change our habits for a happier more productive life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 17, 201522 min

How Do Social Entrepreneurs Know They Are Doing Good?

Jonathan Greenblatt has built several successful brands and in doing so has helped to establish what social entrepreneurship means today. That makes him the perfect person to ask: How can you tell if a company is doing it right? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 10, 201520 min

Chinese Stocks: What’s Behind the Great Market Tumble?

The Chinese stock market rout is raising global worries. What are the implications for the world’s second-largest economy and for investors elsewhere? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 08, 201526 min

Can the Eurozone ‘Kick the Can Down the Road’ Again?

Will the eurozone and Greece reach a truce in their debt renegotiation battles? Wharton management professor Mauro Guillen thinks so: Both sides will likely find a way to avoid imminent financial disaster he says. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 06, 201520 min

Will Rising Heat in the Climate Change Debate Propel Action?

Climate change and pollution are in focus with a papal call a court ruling and a government report. Experts at Wharton and a Jesuit priest weigh the possible outcomes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 02, 201530 min

Will the Eurozone Survive the Latest Greek Tragedy?

Events in the eurozone have quickly moved from threats to market shock. Wharton’s Mauro Guillen discusses what is likely to unfold. “There is no other way to describe the situation except as chaotic. This is almost like ’The Twilight Zone.’” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 29, 201517 min

The Supreme Court ACA Ruling: What’s the Prognosis?

The Supreme Court ruling on health care subsidies has averted disruption of the market but more states may tap the federal marketplace say experts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 26, 201519 min

What’s Driving Health Insurers’ Merger Mania?

The new health care landscape is fueling consolidation for hospitals physicians groups -- and now insurers. So who are the winners and losers? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 23, 201513 min

One Entrepreneur’s Plan to Transform Africa

Fred Swaniker’s African Leadership Academy and his African Leadership Network are already helping thousands of young people become entrepreneurs activists and professionals. His latest effort the African Leadership Universities could multiply that exponentially. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 17, 201521 min

Navigating the Ripple Effects of a Higher Minimum Wage

With Los Angeles raising its minimum wage other states and cities could follow suit. Such moves could also cause social unrest and boost unions say experts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 16, 201525 min

What’s Holding Back Affordable Housing in India?

Rajesh Krishnan CEO of the Brick Eagle Group a developer of affordable housing in India says the disparity between supply and demand is because of a broken ecosystem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 11, 201515 min

Want to Get Ahead? Work on Your Improv Skills

A new book from The Second City explains how its improvisational techniques can help support innovation and leadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 05, 201518 min

Why Networks Are Key to Fighting Cyber Warfare

RANE founder David Lawrence and Sullivan & Cromwell co-Managing Partner Jay Clayton discuss cybersecurity threats and how they can be handled in the future including development of a national commission similar to the one for 9/11. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 03, 20156 min

How Riders for Health Is Keeping Medical Care Rolling in Africa

To get medical care to patients in Africa it takes vehicles -- a lot of them. Nonprofit Riders for Health has the mission of managing those vehicles and keeping them from falling into disrepair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 03, 201523 min
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