What Will It Take for Uber to Become Profitable?

Uber needs to ensure that its core business of ride-hailing is profitable before diversifying into areas like bike rentals, say experts.

Leadership

radical self-inquiry

Leaders should stop focusing on output and achievement alone, and work on building the maturity required to lift up others, not just themselves, notes the author of a new book.

Why ‘Radical Self-inquiry’ Can Create a Thriving Workplace

Why 2019 Feels Like 1929 — and What We Can Do to Change Course
Why Cultivating the Right Leaders Helps Startups Succeed
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Innovation

Crowdfunding backers who are victims of misconduct often have little recourse. But a simple platform design change could strengthen protections, according to new research from Wharton and Cornell.

How a Simple Change Can Protect Crowdfunding Backers from Fraud

Remembering the Dark Side of the Space Race
Fintech in China: What Lies Ahead
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Marketing

Wharton’s Peter Fader and Emory’s Dan McCarthy explain why customer-based corporate valuation is a novel — and very accurate — way of determining a firm’s worth.

Finding the Value in IPOs: Why Customer Behavior Holds the Key

Marketing the Cosmic Crisp: Will Consumers Bite?
Tofu or Takeout: Why Eating Healthy Is So Hard
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Is the U.S. Economy Solid? Ask the Philadelphia Fed’s Patrick Harker

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Management

Navigating the balance between culture and technology is one of the toughest challenges of digital transformation, according to Nik Puri, senior vice president of global IT at FedEx, and Dan Alig, CIO at Wharton computing and information technology.

How Organizational Culture Shapes Digital Transformation

Want to Become a Dynamic Learner? Here’s How to Do It
How Blockchain Will Redefine Supply Chain Management
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Technology

Years in the making, the T-Mobile-Sprint merger finally looks set to move ahead – provided the two telecom firms can help to establish a new wireless competitor: Dish Network.

The T-Mobile-Sprint Merger: Can Dish Network Help Make It Happen?

War in Cyberspace: Can America Protect Its Virtual Borders?
The Impact of Social Media: Is it Irreplaceable?
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Public Policy

An escalating trade war with China will lead to dire results for the U.S., according to long-term analysis by the Penn Wharton Budget Model. Consumers and businesses alike will feel the impact, experts say.

What Are the Long-term Costs of the China-U.S. Trade War?

Why the China-U.S. Trade Conflict Won’t Become a Currency War
Internal Control Audits: Why an SEC Proposal Could Hurt More Than It Helps
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Finance

Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel and David Rosenberg of Gluskin Sheff expect the Fed to cut interest rates in the coming year as the latest GDP report reveals some troubling trends. But they disagree on whether the slowdown will lead to a recession.

U.S. Economy: Is a Long, Shallow Recession on the Way?

Will Christine Lagarde Have Room to Run As the ECB’s Next President?
Living Longer, Saving Less: What it Will Mean for Retirement
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Social Impact

Sustainable ETFs are on the rise and could move impact investing into the mainstream, say experts.

How Sustainable ETFs Let Small Investors Make A Difference

Impact Investing’s ‘Third Phase’: What New Challenges Lie Ahead?
How Localization Can Help Overcome Extreme Poverty
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