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Lori Rosenkopf

  • Professor of Management
    Simon and Midge Palley Professor
    Vice Dean and Director, Wharton Undergraduate Division

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The Headquarters Checklist: How Do Companies Pick a Location?

Amazon HQ

Amazon’s search for a second headquarters has cities competing in a high-profile dog and pony show. But what qualities do companies actually look for? And what could it mean for[…]

Check Your Connections: Is Your Social Network Strong?

If LinkedIn is your only network, it may be time for a tune-up, according to Wharton management professor Lori Rosenkopf, who shared tips for improving social networks during a recent[…]

‘Brain Drain’ or ‘Brain Exchange’: What Is the Cost When Immigrant Entrepreneurs Go Home?

For a majority of highly skilled immigrants who want to start companies today, the promised land is no longer the United States, according to a recent report from the Kauffman[…]

A World Transformed: What Are the Top 30 Innovations of the Last 30 Years?

Is it possible to determine which 30 innovations have changed life most dramatically during the past 30 years? That is the question that Nightly Business Report, the Emmy Award-winning PBS[…]

The Social Network Benefit: Losing an Employee Doesn’t Have to Mean Losing Knowledge

It's always been assumed that when employees leave their companies to join other ones that all their knowledge and experience leave with them. But new research suggests that, at least[…]

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