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

Executive coach Jerry Colonna wants managers to stop focusing on output and achievement alone, and work on building the maturity required for leaders to lift up others, not just themselves.

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How a Simple Change Can Protect Crowdfunding Backers from Fraud

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.

Why 2019 Feels Like 1929 — and What We Can Do to Change Course

Armed with a sense of realistic optimism, we can navigate – and help to reverse – some worrisome global trends, writes Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett in this opinion piece.

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

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.

How Organizational Culture Shapes Digital Transformation

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[…]

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

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.

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

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[…]

Why the China-U.S. Trade Conflict Won’t Become a Currency War

Don't expect the latest round of trade battles between the U.S. and China to lead to a full-on currency war, writes Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett in this opinion piece.

Marketing the Cosmic Crisp: Will Consumers Bite?

Cosmic Crisp, a new apple variety more than 20 years in the making, is hitting stores this fall -- but getting produce to stand apart from similar offerings is not[…]

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

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[…]

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