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Can Election Polls Be Trusted?

Predictive analytics are invaluable in business, but they have proven faulty in politics. Wharton’s Abraham (Adi) Wyner shares three reasons why election poll results don’t always match the outcome, especially in presidential races.

Integrators and Segmentors: Managing Remote Workers

In this Nano Tool for Leaders® from Wharton Executive Education, Wharton management professor Nancy Rothbard offers guidelines for setting effective boundaries between work and home.

Coping with non-COVID Patients: An Operations Management Model

Wharton’s Hummy Song and a group of health care experts created a four-point strategy for hospitals straining under the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic.

How Firms Use Pre-IPO Confidentiality to Fend Off Lawsuits

Secrecy in IPO filings helps firms avoid opportunistic lawsuits in the pre-IPO period, according to new research co-authored by Wharton’s Burcu Esmer.

Can Tesla Maintain Its Momentum?

If the company can scale its output and fend off competition from established automakers, the answer is yes, according to Wharton’s Rahul Kapoor.

How Leaders Can Regain Trust in Untrusting Times

Pandemic confusion, police brutality, corporate corruption and unchecked elitism have eroded our faith in leaders. In this opinion piece, Wharton’s Greg Shea offers 10 steps that can help remedy that.

How Social Media Is Shaping Political Campaigns

Political newcomers can leverage social media to raise money and gain recognition, which could help them compete against incumbents, according to new research co-authored by Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim.

Why Inclusion Starts in the C-suite

As part of the Leading Diversity at Work series, Wharton’s Stephanie Creary talks with global diversity expert Gwen Houston about why senior executives must lead inclusion efforts.

How Fixed-income Portfolios Match or Beat Stocks in the Long Run

Fixed-income portfolios have performed as well, if not better, than the U.S. stock market in the past five decades, while exhibiting similar or higher levels of volatility, according to new[…]

The High Cost of Returns: Should Retailers Rethink Their Policies?

Easy returns are great for shoppers, but they are becoming a bigger financial liability for stores. New research co-authored by Wharton’s Thomas S. Robertson explains why it’s time for retailers[…]

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