Why Loyal Employees Are Hard to Find

Goodbye, gold watch. Bon voyage, retirement party. Fare thee well, fat pension. The modern workplace has become increasingly transactional, raising the question: Is company loyalty gone for good?

Round-Trip
Journey

A career switch from electrical engineering to banking opened new opportunities for Femi Badeji WG06, including the chance to return home.

ToxiSense

Level Up
Your Learning

With its dynamic suite of digital games and simulations grounded in the latest teaching research, Wharton Interactive is on a mission to radically transform and democratize education.

In Honor of Marshall Blume

Jeremy Siegel reflects on his relationship with the late Wharton finance professor, whose legacy he has commemorated with an endowed professorship.

Shinkei Systems

A recipient of the President’s Sustainability Prize at Penn, Shinkei Systems founder Saif Khawaja W21 G23 is using the award’s proceeds to continue growing his venture’s automated approach to fish harvesting. With machinery that leverages computer-vision technology, Shinkei not only reduces fish waste during the process, but also leads to fresher food on plates. That second perk stems from the particular way Shinkei’s machines harvest the fish. Called ikejime, the Japanese method kills instantly, making it more humane than other approaches and preventing biological processes within the fish that can hinder the flavors we taste when it comes time to eat.

Are Subscription Programs Paying Off for Retailers?

A new study examines the upsides and trade-offs of implementing such memberships.

Profits and Purpose

More companies are embracing environmental, social, and governance standards. But can the ESG promise of net-zero pledges, improved corporate responsibility, and sustainable strategies also be green for investors and shareholders?

Keys to Getting the Most From Machine Learning

To maximize results from machine learning and artificial intelligence, you need to tailor your tech to the task at hand.

Ideas, Everywhere

From childhood dreams of launching a startup to helping founders realize their own visions, one student’s passion for entrepreneurship has flourished at Wharton.

Life Lessons: A Banking Trailblazer Looks Back

Caren Byrd WG70 on five decades at Morgan Stanley, what it means to be successful, and her most valuable advice as a mentor

FarmTogether

This venture founded by Artem Milinchuk WG12 is making investment in sustainable assets possible for more people by giving accredited investors an easy way to add farmland to their portfolios. From cornfields in Illinois to apple orchards in Washington state, the FarmTogether platform offers a variety of opportunities across the country. Among the many upsides, according to Milinchuk, is farmland’s value as a hedge against inflation. As to why such investment is needed now? In a world increasingly threatened by climate change, fresh capital is helping farmers make the costly switch to smarter agricultural practices that better sustain hard-worked land and critical food supplies.

Leadership and Scholarship for a New World

Dean Erika James introduces Wharton’s ESG Initiative and the new research and learning opportunities it will enable.

Teach the Children Well

The newly expanded Wharton Global Youth Program completes the circle of lifelong learning by bringing business education to pre-collegiate students.

Why Online Retailers Have a ‘Need for Speed’

New research shows just how much retailers stand to lose from their slow-loading websites.

Guardinex

This startup from Aravind Immaneni WG06 is enlisting machine-learning models in the fight against identity fraud. Fresh off $5 million in funding last year, Guardinex has attracted attention for its patented technology that crunches data and continually learns new tactics to protect businesses and their customers from threats. Formerly global head of operations and fraud prevention at Citi, Immaneni laid the foundations for Guardinex in 2018 and officially got the company off the ground two years later.