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Tomorrow’s generations expect sustainability goals to be integral to investing and huge opportunities await impact investors say experts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
U.S. home prices are falling as the market absorbs the 2017 Tax Act changes. Meanwhile other factors are hampering the housing market and point to a potential recession ahead experts say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A new book from journalist Binyamin Appelbaum shows how economists evolved from overlooked number-crunchers to powerful influencers who reshaped American policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
New research examines the influence of the World Bank’s ease of doing business indicator which affects policy through bureaucratic international and domestic political channels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
With its new suburban Atlanta health clinic Walmart is making a risky move into the provision of primary care services. Two experts discuss whether the strategy will benefit the company and its customers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger’s latest research on persuasive language puts some science behind the notion that it’s not what you say it’s how you say it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Subsidies and global supply chains are integral to making aircraft. But consumers will eventually pay in the fallout between Airbus and Boeing experts say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Three big mistakes led to Forever 21’s bankruptcy filing and could imperil the fast-fashion chain’s future experts say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Workers have been conditioned to check their feelings at the door but love makes for better business all around says the author of a new book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
GE’s move trims employee benefits and could depress morale as the company consolidates -- and struggles to find a sustainable new business model note Wharton experts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Journalist and author Rebecca Fannin dives into what is behind China’s surging dominance in technology from social media to 5G. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cost management in the digital age is about more than reducing costs or driving growth. It must be part of a larger transformation process that also includes digital technologies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Algorithms are supposed to be neutral but they are packed with the same biases built into the data used to create them. Wharton statistics professor James Johndrow has developed a method to remove those biases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
With rents at all-time highs and house prices out of reach for many the squeeze is on to find affordable homes. A recent Wharton Public Policy Initiative brief looks at possible solutions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
If employers are grumbling that they can’t find qualified applicants for vacancies they only have themselves to blame says Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Relaxing some laws changing the kinds of treatments for which payers reimburse and lifting the stigma around opioid addiction would go a long way in addressing the epidemic experts say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Spider-Man will be staying in the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- for now. What will the Sony-Disney deal mean for the two companies and Spider-Man fans? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A new California law that allows for monetary compensation for student-athletes could spur a wave of changes to the status quo though experts expect the NCAA to be slow to adapt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Farooq Kathwari shares his remarkable life’s journey which has taken him from the politically divided region of Kashmir to Wall Street to the C-suite at Ethan Allen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In a new book New York Times reporter Mike Isaac chronicles the meteoric rise of Uber and the ultimate downfall of its hard-charging founder Travis Kalanick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Zvi Eckstein dean of the Tiomkin School of Economics at IDC Herzliya and a visiting professor at Wharton shares his insights on what lies ahead for the Israeli economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
New Wharton research finds that productivity increases when strong restaurant servers are paired with weaker ones with implications for how firms should approach teamwork. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jeff Kavanaugh head of the Infosys Knowledge Institute explains why manufacturers are moving toward a more service-style strategy to build a longer relationship with consumers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mindfulness practiced just a few minutes each day makes employees more helpful and productive according to new Wharton research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A landmark 1968 paper discovered the relationship between earnings data and stock prices revolutionizing Wall Street forever. This year the paper’s authors received Wharton’s annual Jacobs Levy Prize. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Can kindness love and a strong sense of community actually make you healthier and happier? Research says yes according to author Kelli Harding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The spiraling cost of health care is pushing more working families with employer-sponsored insurance to cover their kids through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program according to a recent study from the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Author and journalist Julian Guthrie writes about the stories of four exceptional women VCs in her new book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel interviews St. Louis Fed President James Bullard on monetary policy economic growth the inverted yield curve the repo rate spike and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Blockchain is overhyped cryptocurrencies are not feasible and cybersecurity is the biggest threat society faces according to QED’s Amias Gerety. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
