Datathon Challenge: How to Boost Sales for a Global Retailer

An international consumer brand challenged students to mine its data for revenue-boosting insights at a recent “Datathon” hosted by Wharton Customer Analytics.

Management

Wharton’s Katherine Milkman talks with psychologist Maria Konnikova about her new book, ‘The Biggest Bluff,’ and how we can make decisions in an environment in which we have very little control.

What Poker Can Teach Us about Making the World a Better Place

COVID-19 on Campus: How Should Schools Be Redesigned?
How to Begin Talking About Race in the Workplace
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Leadership

The quality of their relationships will be the differentiating factor for CFO success, write Catherine Dixon and her co-authors in this opinion piece.

How CFOs Can Be Better Leaders in the Age of COVID-19

Five Ways Leaders Can Reinforce Company Purpose During a Crisis
Why Nurturing Talent Will Help Companies Survive the Pandemic
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Finance

Investors can use smart models to brave market slumps, but they have short memories and often repeat mistakes, says Wharton’s Joao Gomes.

Could Quantitative Finance Help Avert Future Market Crashes?

Why Flu Vaccinations Will Matter Even More During the Pandemic
Living to 100: How Will We Afford Longer Lives?
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Technology

Contact tracing is critical to reopening society. But are the apps for that any good? Penn’s Lyle Ungar answers that question and more in this opinion piece.

Everything You Have Read About Contact Tracing Apps Is Wrong

Women in Data Science: Moving from Inclusion to Influence
Five Strategies for Putting AI at the Center of Digital Transformation
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Public Policy

Research by Wharton’s Gerard Cachon explores how the principles of operations management can help explain voter behavior and strengthen democracy.

Do Long Waiting Times for Voting Put Democracy on the Line?

How the COVID-19 Lockdown Is Affecting India’s Households
The Politics of Pandemics: Why Some Countries Respond Better Than Others
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Innovation

Santosh Misra, CEO of the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency, speaks with Wharton’s Raghuram Iyengar about how his team has dealt with the pandemic.

How Tamil Nadu Used Technology to Tackle the Coronavirus Crisis

It’s Time to Rethink How You Innovate
2020 Startup Challenge: Can You Pick the Winner?
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Social Impact

Growth in investors’ fortunes does not necessarily have to be at the expense of other stakeholders, according to a new book by London Business School professor Alex Edmans.

Why ‘Growing the Pie’ Can Help Firms Deliver Purpose and Profit

Help Where It’s Needed: How Grass Roots Organizations Are Making a Difference
Confronting COVID-19: Why Firms Need to Tap Nonprofit Partnerships
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Marketing

New Wharton research explores why consumers are more willing to share personal information when communicating on a smartphone compared with a computer.

Why Consumers Are Willing to Share Personal Information on Smartphones

How COVID-19 Will Change the Way We Shop
From Apocalypse to Supernova: How the Pandemic Is Changing U.S. Retail
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