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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.

Understanding the Fed’s inflation outlook
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Understanding the Fed’s inflation outlook

Ahead of the Fed’s latest economic outlook, Penn Today spoke with Wharton’s Patrick Harker and Penn Arts & Sciences’ Harold Cole to unpack inflation, interest rates, and labor trends.

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Lauder internship funding powers student impact in startups and emerging markets

Lauder internship funding powers student impact in startups and emerging markets

Each year, The Lauder Institute supports select students with funding for summer internships around the world through its Leadership Immersion Internship program. This summer, Dania Cortes Cervantes, Jhonny Georges, and Long Pham took on high-impact roles at organizations and startups in Brazil, Venezuela, and the U.S.

Reframing the e-commerce antitrust debate

Reframing the e-commerce antitrust debate

A recent paper by Wharton’s Herbert Hovenkamp brings perspective to a new court ruling that allows Google to retain its Chrome browser.

How to enable public policy climate solutions

How to enable public policy climate solutions

When it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing carbon sinks, and promoting adaptation to a changing climate, solutions abound. Implementing these solutions through policy, however, is anything but simple.

From the Environmental Innovations Initiative

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Who, What, Why: Third-year gets a taste of the film biz
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Who, What, Why: Third-year gets a taste of the film biz

This summer Bea Hammam, a third-year in the College of Arts & Sciences, completed two internships with companies in the film industry, both founded by Penn alums.

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In the wake of tariffs, can dynamic pricing work?
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In the wake of tariffs, can dynamic pricing work?

Firms could avoid consumer backlash with pricing that works both ways, says Wharton marketing professor John Zhang.

From Knowledge at Wharton

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Kevin Volpp: Nudging populations toward better health
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Kevin Volpp is the Mark V. Pauly President’s Distinguished Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine and Health Care Management at the Wharton School, and director at the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics.

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Kevin Volpp: Nudging populations toward better health

Kevin Volpp, Mark V. Pauly President’s Distinguished Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine and Health Care Management at the Wharton School, discusses how behavioral health interventions can improve public health outcomes.

From the Regulatory Review

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