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The best way to onboard a manager

The best way to onboard a manager

New research from Wharton management professor Henning Piezunka reveals a common mistake that businesses make when hiring a new manager into an established leadership team.

When employees feel slighted, they work less

When employees feel slighted, they work less

New research from Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli reveals how even the slightest mistreatment at work can result in lost productivity.

From Knowledge at Wharton

2 min. read

Electronic medical records help save lives of HIV patients
Health care worker in mask stands at tablet with electronic medical record system.

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Electronic medical records help save lives of HIV patients

Wharton’s Leandro “Leo” Pongeluppe and colleagues found that HIV clinics in Malawi that switched from paper to electronic medical records saw an estimated 28% reduction in deaths in five years.

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Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions
Travelers in a busy security checkpoint at an airport.

Travelers at a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago during the government shutdown in November.

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Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions

The recent government shutdown exposed long-standing issues facing commercial air travel. Leading into Thanksgiving holiday travel, Gad Allon of the Wharton School and Megan Ryerson of the Weitzman School of Design discuss the system’s infrastructure challenges and the need for workforce development.

4 min. read

What’s behind the endless breakup-merger cycle?

What’s behind the endless breakup-merger cycle?

Ferrero’s acquisition of WK Kellogg is the latest in the breakup-merger cycle among consumer packaged goods firms. Wharton management professor Emilie Feldman explains why it won’t be the last.

‘Meet the Authors’ at Wharton

‘Meet the Authors’ at Wharton

The latest installments of The Wharton School’s podcast, “Ripple Effect,” features conversations with faculty discussing their new books, with topics ranging from Japan’s hybrid leadership model, consumer satisfaction, successful entrepreneurship, marketing, and investing.

From Knowledge at Wharton

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