Management

How Science Can Help You Keep Your Fitness Goal

Wharton’s Katy Milkman shares insights from a new megastudy on exercise that reveals the best ways to change behavior at scale.

Falling Flat: Why Startups Need Hierarchical Structure

A new study from Wharton's Saerom (Ronnie) Lee pushes back against the popular view that startups work best without a hierarchical management structure.

Pandemic Bankruptcies: How Firms Can Emerge Stronger

Careful planning can position firms for transformational growth once they emerge from bankruptcy, write Wharton’s Christopher Ittner and his co-authors.

For the Win: How Immigrant Employees Boost Performance

New research from Wharton’s Britta Glennon and Exequiel “Zeke” Hernandez shows how employing skilled immigrants can give organizations a competitive edge.

Want to Stop the Great Resignation? Start Building Inclusive Workplaces

Millions of workers are quitting their jobs, but creating more fair, inclusive and equitable workplaces could help turn that around, write Wharton’s Nancy Rothbard and Stephanie Creary.

How Consumers and Retailers Can Reduce Returns

Returns are costly for retailers and even more expensive for the planet when unwanted products end up in landfills. Wharton’s Gad Allon explains how innovating the reverse supply chain coupled[…]

Should Employers Rethink What They’re Offering Workers?

Wharton’s Peter Cappelli explains what we’re getting wrong about the Great Resignation, how the pandemic has rewired worker preferences, and why it's time for employers to reconsider how they do[…]

The Breakup of GE and J&J: The End of the Conglomerate?

Wharton’s Emilie Feldman explains why spinoffs make sense for faltering conglomerates General Electric and Johnson & Johnson, and why she expects to see more large companies engage in divestitures and[…]

Holiday Holdup: Can We Solve Our Supply Chain Problems?

The disruptions to the global supply chain hold lessons for both companies and consumers, say Wharton professors Santiago Gallino and Barbara Kahn.

How to Harness the Power of Belonging

Wharton’s Katy Milkman interviews New York University professor Jay Van Bavel about his new book, ‘The Power of Us,’ which explores how group affiliations shape our identity and can influence[…]

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