North America Archives - Knowledge@Wharton

What Will Persuade People to Take a Vaccine?

Nov 24, 2020
Marketing
mic

Behavioral scientists at Wharton and Penn are studying the best communication strategies that nudge people into getting vaccinated for the flu, with implications for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marketing the Future: How Data Analytics Is Changing

Nov 23, 2020
Technology

Data analytics is at an inflection point as growing concerns about security, privacy, bias and regulation bump up against the benefits of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Conscious Capitalism: Giving All Stakeholders a Seat at the Table

Nov 23, 2020
Social Impact
mic

Wharton’s Katherine Klein talks to Vital Farms investor Karl Khoury and CEO Russell Diez-Canseco about how stakeholders benefit from the ethical pursuit of profit.

What’s Ahead for the U.S. Economy?

Nov 17, 2020
Public Policy

President-elect Joe Biden’s proposals promise wide-ranging economic gains, but the pandemic will continue to be a huge variable in the near term, according to an analysis by the Penn Wharton[…]

Beyond Philanthropy: How Corporate America Can Advance Racial Equity

Nov 17, 2020
Social Impact

Strong leadership, constant communication and cross-sector partnerships can help corporations deepen their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, according to experts who joined Wharton’s Beyond Business discussion series.

Navigating Digital Turbulence

Nov 16, 2020
Management

Wharton’s George Day and Paul Schoemaker examine three key principles that underpin organizational vigilance and show how Adobe’s leaders used them to great effect.

Gamification Is Changing How We Work — and Succeed

Nov 16, 2020
Technology
mic

From motivating employees to maintaining healthy habits, games can help us achieve our goals in surprising ways, say the authors of the revised and updated edition of ‘For the Win.’

How Gaming Can Help Learners of All Ages

Nov 10, 2020
Technology
mic

Wharton Interactive co-founders Sarah Toms and Ethan Mollick are creating the next generation of game-based learning experiences that democratize education and make lessons more memorable.

If Pandemic Productivity Is Up, Why Is Innovation Slowing Down?

Nov 10, 2020
Innovation
mic

The majority of employees working from home during the pandemic are just as productive, but they aren’t collaborating as effectively as before, according to a new study overseen by Wharton[…]