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Alumni Award of Merit and Creative Spirit Awards honor seven alumni
Alumni Award of Merit and Creative Spirit Awards honor seven alumni
Stephen Goff is awarded Creative Spirit Award and Al Filreis is to receive the Faculty Award of Merit.
Economist Dirk Krueger on taxing the rich
Economist Dirk Krueger on taxing the rich
Economist Dirk Krueger shares his thoughts on current proposals to tax the very wealthy and on what needs to be considered in the discussion.
Are teams better than individuals at getting work done?
Are teams better than individuals at getting work done?
New research by Wharton’s Duncan Watts finds that simple tasks are best accomplished by individuals, while difficult ones are more efficiently completed by a group.
How employees can become better organizational citizens
How employees can become better organizational citizens
A new Wharton paper on employee culture proves that both supervisors and peers can be powerful agents of change when they are allowed to intervene at different times of the change process.
Bad bosses: What’s wrong with labor algorithms
Bad bosses: What’s wrong with labor algorithms
Wharton’s Lindsey Cameron discusses why policymakers and labor leaders contend that algorithms that allow companies to monitor an employee’s every move are unfair and dangerous.
How language boosts customer satisfaction
How language boosts customer satisfaction
Wharton’s Jonah Berger talks about his new research on how using more concrete language can improve customer satisfaction.
The pros and cons of remote work
The pros and cons of remote work
Wharton professor and author of “The Future of the Office: Work from Home, Remote Work, and the Hard Choices We All Face,” unveils the tradeoffs employers and employees may have to accept in his new book.
Lauder students put language skills into practice
Lauder students put language skills into practice
In lieu of its in-country immersion program, which was canceled because of the pandemic, the Lauder Institute incorporated community engagement projects that connected students with communities in Philadelphia and beyond.
What will give electric cars a boost in the U.S.?
What will give electric cars a boost in the U.S.?
Wharton’s John Paul MacDuffie discusses President Biden’s executive order to dramatically increase electric car sales by 2030.
What the U.S. economy will look like after the pandemic
What the U.S. economy will look like after the pandemic
It has been a long pandemic, from which the country is still emerging, but the U.S.
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Business Insider
The surprising truth about low performers
Adam Grant of the Wharton School explains why it’s shortsighted to make employees fear for their jobs.
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Times of India
Study: H-1B Is the most restrictive visa category, only 20% of new applications result in approvals
A study by Britta Glennon of the Wharton School found that policies aimed at reducing immigration have the unintended consequence of encouraging firms to offshore jobs abroad.
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Fortune
A former JPMorgan employee has accused the bank of obscuring the true size of its trading business to evade capital requirements
Itay Goldstein and David Zaring of the Wharton School comment on the Federal Reserve’s supervisory relationship with banks.
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Salon.com
Gen Z is ‘de-influencing’ on social media
According to a collaborative report by the Wharton School’s Baker Retailing Center, 75% of Gen Z consumers say that sustainability is more important to them than brand name when making purchase decisions.
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Financial Times
Wharton tops 2025 FT MBA ranking despite strong European competition
The Wharton School was rated No. 1 in the FT Global 2025 rankings for its MBA program and for academic research.
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Bloomberg Law
TripAdvisor ruling eases ‘DExit’ path for corporate departures
Jill Fisch of Penn Carey Law says that corporate leaders eager to leave Delaware now have a more straightforward path than before a ruling by Delaware’s Supreme Court.
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