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“We focus on managerial biases and how these biases play a role in each of the different career phases—CEO appointments, the CEO being at the helm of the firm, and then being dismissed eventually,” says Guenzel. “The traditional arguments for why a CEO, we would think, is rational are CEO selection, learning and market discipline. Our contribution is to say that it’s not clear that these arguments are sufficient to prevent biased decision-making at the very top of organizations.”

How biases influence CEOs throughout their careers

Wharton finance professor Marius Guenzel explores the systemic and human elements of behavioral bias in the career phases of CEOs.

The impact of providing hands-on, interactive projects

With inventXYZ, President’s Innovation Prize winner Nikil Ragav has created a high-tech curriculum for high school to motivate future problem-solvers.

Authors Saadia Madsbjerg (left) and Judith Rodin (right) with the book cover to Making Money Moral in the middle.

How to make financial markets a force for good

In “Making Money Moral,” authors Judith Rodin and Saadia Madsbjerg explore a burgeoning movement of bold and ambitious innovators.

Penn announces its 2021 Thouron Scholars. From left, top: senior Emily Davis, senior Carson Eckhard, and 2019 graduate Ben Friedman. Bottom: senior Lauren Kleidermacher and senior Beau Staso.

Penn announces five 2021 Thouron Scholars

Four seniors and a 2019 graduate have received a Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. Each scholarship winner receives tuition for as long as two years, as well as travel and living stipends, to earn a graduate degree there.

Three masked individuals dressed in business attire sit at a desk, one is African American, discussing plans or a possible partnership or investment.

Building diversity into the venture capital ecosystem

A conversation with Wharton’s Stephanie Creary on the institutional roadblocks and funding gaps faced by minority and female founders.

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The joy and power of improvisation

With The Unscripted Project, President’s Engagement Prize winners Philip Chen and Meera Menon create an improv curriculum and bring teaching artists to Philadelphia public school students.

Yard full of standing colorful t-shirts with the names of people killed by guns in black marker written across them.

Regardless of socioeconomic status, Black communities face higher gun homicides

In a Wharton study, chair of the Statistics Department Dylan Small says reasons for the disparity include institutional racism, underinvestment in communities, and housing segregation.

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Behavior Change for Good unveils effective strategies to boost vaccination rates

Texts with “reserved for you” messaging boosted flu vaccine rates by up to 11%.

portraits of from top left clockwise Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Bo Zhen, Marc Miskin, Ziyue Gao, and Bhaswar B. Bhattacharya

Five Penn faculty named 2021 Sloan Research Fellows

The fellowship recognizes extraordinary U.S. and Canadian researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of scientific leaders.

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Logistics of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Penn experts demystify the process of shipping a vaccine and, ultimately, getting it into arms.

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