In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
What stands in the way of an effective trade deal between the U.S. and China? According to Wharton management professor Minyuan Zhao, tariffs of 25% on imports from China “would be devastating for both parties.”
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Wharton's Abraham Wyner discusses how increased reliance on analytics is changing Big League rosters with how to spot stars, how to predict their performance and how many big dollars to sign them on for..
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The Wharton School announced today a $10 million gift from 1986 undergraduate alumnus Josh Harris and his wife Marjorie Harris to establish the Joshua J. Harris Alternative Investments Program to expand co-curricular opportunities for Wharton students in the field and bring together alumni and industry experts through events and programming.
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The 2019 Wharton Women Business Conference brought female students together to discuss how to achieve their goals in an ever-changing professional landscape.
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The Federal Reserve is more than the U.S. central bank; it is also a kind of financial State Department, playing a key role in the nation’s foreign affairs. This is not new: The Fed has functioned as a kind of diplomatic corps since its founding in 1913.
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Wharton's David Reibstein discusses the U.S. News and World Report's 2019 Best Countries rankings.
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Only 1% of venture capital funds go to women of color each year. As a WISE Fellow, Chanelle Lansley is working to change that statistic for the better.
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Wharton's John Paul on what lies ahead for the auto industry, as concerns loom about the strength of various economies—the U.S. and China in particular.
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At the second annual Behavioral Insights from Text Conference at Wharton, academics from various disciplines came together to share their research on text analysis using natural language processing and related tools.
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Wharton marketing professor John McCoy discusses his research on a better way to crowdsource ideas, and proposes a new solution for crowdsourcing that can help create better, more accurate results.
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