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Unlocking Serendipity Is the Key to Life Science Breakthroughs

Innovation
Apr 25
Global Focus, North America
mic openbook

Serendipity plays a big role in life-science innovation since breakthroughs often are unintended consequences. Yet despite the seeming randomness, this creative process can be managed — and improved, say experts.

Unlocking Serendipity Is the Key to Life Science Breakthroughs
- Innovation
- Apr 25
- Global Focus, North America
- mic openbook
Serendipity plays a big role in life-science innovation since breakthroughs often are unintended consequences. Yet despite the seeming randomness, this creative process can be managed — and improved, say experts.
Managing the Dark Side of Workplace Friendships
- Management
- Apr 24
- North America
- video mic
Friendships in the workplace are valuable. But Wharton research shows they can also lead to complexities and challenges for those inside and outside the circle.
How Long Can the ‘Chinese Miracle’ Last?
- Public Policy
- Apr 24
- Asia-Pacific, China, Global Focus
- mic openbook
China’s debt-fueled growth is unsustainable, and a time of reckoning is coming, argues the author of a new book.

Public Policy

Cuba has a new leader, Miguel Diaz-Canel. But former president Raul Castro remains in a position of control over the key drivers of the country’s economy, experts say.

What to Expect from a Post-Castro Cuba

Should the U.S. Extend Individual Tax Breaks Beyond 2025?

Apr 19
North America
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How the Tax Structure Can Be Tweaked for Social Good

Apr 13
North America
mic

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Innovation

The chairman and CEO of the Haier Group believes that the company’s user-centric model of micro enterprises is a key pillar of growth.

For Haier’s Zhang Ruimin, Success Means Creating the Future

Why the U.S.-China ‘Trade War’ Is Really About the Future of Innovation

Apr 09
Asia-Pacific, China, North America

How to Pitch Your Startup to a Venture Capitalist

Mar 22
North America
mic

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Marketing

The arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia coffee shop should be treated as a broad-based wake-up call for Starbucks — and for other brands as well, experts say.

Video

Managing the Dark Side of Workplace Friendships

Apr 24
North America

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Management

HR has been slow to adopt data analytics. SAP’s chief learning officer discusses why companies must incorporate data into the HR process and other insights from her new book.

How Big Data Can Make a Big Difference in HR

Apr 19
North America
mic openbook

How Companies Can Instill Mindfulness

Apr 19
Global Focus, North America

Is It Possible to Change Bad Behavior – Permanently?

Apr 17
North America
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Technology

Because B2B software is available globally, providers must address the complex requirements of a diverse customer base from day one, according to Compas Global co-founder Yin L. Yin.

Optimizing Global Growth: A Software Startup’s Solution

Apr 19
Global Focus, North America

What Wharton Faculty Would Have Asked Mark Zuckerberg

Apr 12
Global Focus, North America

Spotify’s Direct Listing: Will Other Unicorns Follow?

Apr 10
North America
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Finance

Legendary Wall Street value investor Howard Marks says the big money has already been made in hedge funds, and maybe in private equity and junk bonds too.

Oaktree’s Howard Marks: What’s Ahead for the Bull Market

Apr 19
North America

How Buyers Can Make the Most of a Tough Housing Market

Apr 13
North America
mic

Did We Learn the Right Lessons from the Great Recession?

Apr 09
Europe, Global Focus, North America
mic openbook

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Social Impact

Billy Shore, founder of the nonprofit Share Our Strength, discovered an often overlooked way to alleviate child hunger. He shares his story with Wharton professor Katherine Klein.