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Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions
Travelers in a busy security checkpoint at an airport.

Travelers at a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago during the government shutdown in November.

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Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions

The recent government shutdown exposed long-standing issues facing commercial air travel. Leading into Thanksgiving holiday travel, Gad Allon of the Wharton School and Megan Ryerson of the Weitzman School of Design discuss the system’s infrastructure challenges and the need for workforce development.

4 min. read

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.

‘Meet the Authors’ at Wharton

‘Meet the Authors’ at Wharton

The latest installments of The Wharton School’s podcast, “Ripple Effect,” features conversations with faculty discussing their new books, with topics ranging from Japan’s hybrid leadership model, consumer satisfaction, successful entrepreneurship, marketing, and investing.

From Knowledge at Wharton

3 min. read

Want more women in leadership? Tell them they’re losing out

Want more women in leadership? Tell them they’re losing out

A Wharton study finds that highlighting the gender gap in competition on a job platform increased women’s applications for leadership roles by over 20%.

From Knowledge at Wharton

2 min. read