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Wharton’s Olivia S. Mitchell talks about the federal government’s call to reexamine its pension investments in light of climate change.
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With the delta variant driving up COVID-19 cases across the country, more companies are mandating vaccinations for employees to ward off the economic losses that come from having an unhealthy workforce. The decision by companies to require vaccines or masks doesn’t surprise Wharton management professor Iwan Barankay.
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At nearly 52%, the percentage of women in the Wharton MBA Class of 2023 represents a 10% increase in female students over last year’s first year students. These achievements are the result of a yearslong effort to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Four first-year Wharton EMBA students—Camille Castro, Fitz Reid, Angela Romero, and Mini Thangaswamy—received scholarships for their commitment to advancing women in business.
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More and more companies are cognizant of the non-public information their executives have access to before it is publicly available, according to a recent paper co-authored by Wharton accounting professor Wayne Guay and Wharton Ph.D. student Shawn Kim. The paper is based on a study that identified patterns in insider transactions at about 4,000 companies between 2012 and 2020.
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Lynn Wu, a professor of operations, information and decisions at Wharton, talks about her research on how automation is reshaping the workplace in unexpected ways. Wu is the co-author of a new study, “The Robot Revolution: Managerial and Employment Consequences for Firms.”
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In “Big Med: Megaproviders and the High Cost of Health Care in America,” authors David Dranove and Wharton health care management professor Lawton R. Burns examine the rise of these megaproviders and their role in the deterioration of health care—as well as its rising costs. They reveal that these megaproviders are ever present: Your local hospital is likely part of one, as are your doctors.
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The crisis of substandard and counterfeit medicines in sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to cause 116,000 extra deaths per year due to malaria alone. In the The Business School Alliance for Health Management global case competition, Vanessa Folkerts and Jason Chen teamed up with students from the Strathmore Business School in Kenya to create a data-based solution to this crisis.
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The philanthropic foundation will grant each fellow $200,000 to fund significant research and writing in the social sciences and humanities that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society.
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Chosen from more than 115 applicants around the globe, EarthEnable aims to eliminate unsanitary living conditions by building an affordable and sustainable housing industry in rural Africa.
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