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Index investing is a low-cost haven for uninformed investors, and it should be protected as regulators try to prevent market manipulation, says Wharton’s David Musto.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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How Biases Influence CEOs Throughout Their Careers
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CEOs often have a tailwind of strong performance and are expected to be more rational and objective than others. However, they are equally vulnerable to biases, according to new research co-authored by Wharton’s Marius Guenzel.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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What’s Mine Is Ours: How Consumption Is Changing
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Firms benefit when consumers feel they “own” a product. But in the sharing economy, goods and services are becoming more experiential and impermanent. New research co-authored by Wharton’s Deborah Small explains this shift and offers marketing strategies to help preserve that feeling of “mine.”Von Knowledge@Wharton
A new machine-learning approach to COVID-19 testing that was developed by Wharton’s Hamsa Bastani and other experts has produced encouraging results in Greece by identifying more asymptomatic, infected travelers than what conventional random testing would have achieved.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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Why Early 401(k) Withdrawals Are a Bad Idea
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Policymakers are exploring every option to get money in the hands of people to help them cope during the pandemic. But premature, penalty-free withdrawals from retirement accounts could prove too costly down the road, says Wharton’s Olivia S. Mitchell.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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Beyond the Business Case for Diversity: What Leaders Must Do
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Scholars David A. Thomas and Robin J. Ely talk with Wharton’s Katherine Klein about why the business case for diversity takes pressure off leaders to create a real culture of inclusion.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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Building Diversity into the Venture Capital Ecosystem
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During a recent Leading Diversity@Wharton event, Wharton’s Stephanie Creary spoke with venture capital experts about the funding gap faced by minority and female founders.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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Why Business Model Innovation Matters More Than Ever
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A new book by Wharton’s Raphael (“Raffi”) Amit and Christoph Zott from IESE Business School guides business leaders on how to step back from the pandemic chaos and craft a winning business model innovation strategy for the long game of disruption.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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How COVID-19 Created a Health Care Backlog
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A new study co-authored by Wharton’s Hummy Song found the number of mammograms declined sharply during the first few months of the pandemic, creating a queue that still hasn’t cleared.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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How ‘Trading Frenzies’ Affect the Real Economy
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Coordinated attacks on a stock could impair a firm’s ability to raise capital and lower its valuation, says Wharton’s Itay Goldstein.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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‘Making Money Moral’: How New Collaborations Are Changing Capitalism
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A new book from Wharton School Press explores a growing movement to unlock private-sector investments in new ways to solve global problems.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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Where Biden’s $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Plan Will Fall Short
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The Biden relief package leaves little headroom for economic growth and job gains, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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What’s Next for Jeff Bezos and Amazon?
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CEO succession is routine in business, but Amazon isn’t like other companies. Wharton’s Mike Useem and Barbara Kahn discuss the transition of Jeff Bezos.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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What Makes Some Ads More Shareable Than Others?
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Millions tune into the NFL Super Bowl each year to watch the game’s entertaining advertisements. A new study co-authored by Wharton’s Jonah Berger shines light on the emotions that make people more likely to share what they see.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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What Wall Street’s ‘Short Squeeze’ Means for Investors and Regulators
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Regulators have no clear options in controlling social media-led speculation in stock prices, say Wharton experts.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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What Makes Songs Popular? It’s All About ‘You’
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Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger explains why songs with the word “you” are more successful with consumers, and what that could mean for other products.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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The Power of People: Why Philanthropy Requires More Than Money
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Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink of Google.org talks with Wharton’s Katherine Klein about how the tech giant’s philanthropic arm leverages financial and human capital to help nonprofits around the world.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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Leading Diversity: How Firms Can Walk the Talk
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As part of the Leading Diversity at Work series, Wharton’s Stephanie Creary talks to IBM Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer Carla Grant Pickens about the company’s efforts to create change both inside and outside the office.Von Knowledge@Wharton
President-elect Joe Biden’s proposed stimulus package is comprehensive and will likely help to move the economy forward, but direct payments could be better targeted to those in need, say Wharton experts.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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How the U.S. Capitol Attack Is Changing Corporate Values
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The violent storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6 was a “watershed moment” for corporations to reexamine their role in a democracy, Wharton’s Michael Useem says in an interview with Wharton Business Daily on SiriusXM.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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Which Companies Are Winning in China?
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In their new book, Wharton’s Lele Sang and Karl Ulrich explore the successes and failures of several well-known companies in their attempts to enter China’s market of 1.4 billion consumers.Von Knowledge@Wharton
Wharton’s Herbert Hovenkamp explains why far-right social media platform Parler faces an uphill court battle in proving that Amazon violated antitrust laws.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Ask Sensitive Questions
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New research co-authored by Wharton’s Maurice Schweitzer reveals that most people don’t really mind answering sensitive questions, and asking them doesn’t leave a bad impression.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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How Diverse Boards Can Help Close the Wealth Gap
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John W. Rogers Jr., founder of Ariel Investments, talks with Wharton’s Stephanie Creary about his lifelong effort to get more people of color into boardrooms and key leadership roles.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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How Inclusion Helps Companies Succeed
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During a recent Leading Diversity@Wharton event, Wharton’s Stephanie Creary spoke with three authors whose books offer deep insights into diversity and inclusion in business.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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Why the Growth of Impact Investing Depends on Data
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A lack of data has hampered knowledge of how and whether impact investors achieve their goals. Wharton’s Katherine Klein talks with Harvard’s Shawn Cole and Chicago Booth’s Robert Gertner about how their collaboration will change that.Von Knowledge@Wharton
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How Institutional Reforms Can Power Startups
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Venture accelerators see higher numbers of quality startups in countries that lower entry, growth and exit barriers, according to new research by Wharton’s Valentina Assenova.Von Knowledge@Wharton
