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What Traits Do Entrepreneurs Need to Succeed?

Audacity and courage are among the hallmarks of successful startup founders, according to panelists at the recent Wharton India Economic Forum.

What Traits Do Entrepreneurs Need to Succeed?
- Innovation
- Dec 17
- Asia-Pacific, India
Audacity and courage are among the hallmarks of successful startup founders, according to panelists at the recent Wharton India Economic Forum.
Searching Google: Lessons from Sundar Pichai’s Congressional Testimony
- Leadership
- Dec 14
- China, North America
- mic
Congress recently grilled Google CEO Sundar Pichai on privacy issues, political bias and possible plans to introduce a censored search engine in China. Experts from Wharton and elsewhere weigh in on his testimony.
Will the Poland Climate Talks Lead to Action — or More Words?
- Public Policy
- Dec 14
- Europe, Global Focus, North America
- mic
Strong language on climate change must translate into government policies and carbon pricing, experts say.

Social Impact

Transparency and accountability are critical to attracting more private capital and enabling government policies for impact investing, say two practitioners.

How Impact Investing Could Move from the Margins to Mainstream

Dec 13
Asia-Pacific, Global Focus, North America
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Unlocking Endowments: Foundations Are Stepping Up Impact Investing

The Blue Economy: How Impact Investing Can Help It Grow

Nov 15
Asia-Pacific
mic

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Innovation

Three Philadelphia startups competed for investors in ‘The Pitch’ podcast, which recorded its first live event recently at Wharton. Who will win?

Finance

A new book by Wall Street Journal reporters Bradley Hope and Tom Wright details the lavish life of Malaysian financier Jho Low, mastermind of the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund scandal.

Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous: The Rise and Fall of Jho Low

Dec 13
Arabic, ASEAN, Asia-Pacific, China, Middle East & Africa, North America
mic openbook

Passage from India: Are Immigrants a Drain on the U.S. Economy?

Dec 06
Asia-Pacific, India, North America
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Will Deutsche Bank Survive Its Latest Crisis?

Dec 04
Europe, North America
mic

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Can GE Make the Most of Its ‘Reset Moment’?

Oct 30
North America

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The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei, is only the beginning of what is clearly becoming the U.S. government’s war on the Chinese tech firm, writes Wharton dean Geoffrey Garrett in this opinion piece.

Making Sense of the War on Huawei

Dec 11
Asia-Pacific, China, North America

Taxpayers Hate to Lose: How Psychology Can Help Increase Collection

Nov 20
North America
mic

Amazon’s HQ2 Decision: Are the Winners Ready for Prime Time?

Nov 16
North America
mic

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Marketing

Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana is trying to clean up a public relations mess in China that highlights the importance of cultural sensitivity in a global marketplace.

Can Dolce & Gabbana Recover from Its Mistakes in China?

Dec 11
Asia-Pacific, China, Europe
mic

Five Marketing Lessons from the Payless Shoe Prank

Dec 07
North America
mic

How an Early Car-builder to the Stars Transformed Detroit Through Design

Nov 28
North America
mic openbook

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Management

Today’s technologies enables instant communication. But is that really a good thing? A new book argues that good things come to those who wait.

Is Waiting a Lost Art?

Dec 11
North America
mic openbook

Why Procrastination Can Be Good (Unless You Want To Be Productive)

Dec 05
North America
mic openbook

Does Fear Motivate Workers — or Make Things Worse?

Dec 04
North America
mic

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Dec 03
North America

How Energy Powered Human History

Nov 28
Europe, North America
mic openbook

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Leadership

A university is an environment of dizzying complexity, and the university presidency is the ultimate test of leadership, according to the author of this opinion piece.