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Ideas

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?

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Ideas

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.

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Ideas

Are Subscription Programs Paying Off for Retailers?

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

Ideas

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.

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Ideas

Why Online Retailers Have a ‘Need for Speed’

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

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Ideas

A New
Old-Fashioned Leadership

Startups and their founders grab headlines, but established businesses also need visionaries who can find success in the face of shifting business trends and new challengers.

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Ideas

Jeremy Siegel: Up Close With an Icon

Next to Joseph Wharton himself, there’s arguably no one who symbolizes the Wharton School more than emeritus finance professor Jeremy Siegel. With the release of an updated edition of his classic book Stocks for the Long Run, Siegel reflects on his career, the stock market, and the School he’s called home for more than four decades.

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Ideas

Is This the End of Globalization?

The war in Ukraine has sparked doomsday predictions, but one Wharton professor says dependencies between countries are here to stay.

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Ideas

Data: On-Demand Pay, Worker Turnover, Gas Prices, and More

The latest research and insights from Knowledge at Wharton

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Ideas

The Importance of Prepared Leadership

A new book co-authored by Dean Erika James urges leaders to break the cycle of panic and neglect and move beyond the triple bottom line.

Ideas

The Power of the Underdog

Research by assistant management professor Samir Nurmohamed reveals the advantages of being an underdog (or at least believing you’re one).

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Ideas

Speaking Truth to Policymakers

The Penn Wharton Budget Model uses data to analyze legislation through a non-partisan lens.

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Ideas

How Should Companies Respond to ESG Issues?

Key takeaways from a three-part conversation on business’s changing role in society

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Ideas

When Your Merger Is a Bad Fit

In an excerpt from his new book Decide & Conquer, Meetup CEO David Siegel C97 WG03 reveals the mistakes made by the company’s then-new corporate owner, WeWork, and a valuable acquisition lesson learned: Be honest about the relationship and what is realistic for success.

Ideas

How to Transform Company Culture

New research shows that both supervisors and employees can play important roles when it comes to enacting change.

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Ideas

The Data Will Save Us

Or at least, that’s the hope of Wharton professor Duncan Watts, whose new initiative, the Penn Media Accountability Project, aims to expose bias in journalism by building a huge database of news for researchers and journalism watchdogs to analyze. What’s at stake? Only the future of the free press and perhaps democracy itself.

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Cutting-edge thought leadership from the Fall/Winter 2022 issue of Wharton Magazine
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Finance

Jeremy Siegel: Up Close With an Icon

Next to Joseph Wharton himself, there’s arguably no one who symbolizes the Wharton School more than emeritus finance professor Jeremy Siegel. With the release of an updated edition of his classic book Stocks for the Long Run, Siegel reflects on his career, the stock market, and the School he’s called home for more than four decades.

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Innovation/Tech

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.

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Leadership

The Importance of Prepared Leadership

A new book co-authored by Dean Erika James urges leaders to break the cycle of panic and neglect and move beyond the triple bottom line.

Knowledge at Wharton: Data
Research
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New research from professor Arthur van Benthem shows that experiencing high gas prices in formative years leads people to consume less fuel later in life.

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Careers

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?

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School News

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.

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Management

A New
Old-Fashioned Leadership

Startups and their founders grab headlines, but established businesses also need visionaries who can find success in the face of shifting business trends and new challengers.

Knowledge at Wharton: The Deck
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Retail

Are Subscription Programs Paying Off for Retailers?

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

Knowledge at Wharton: Q&A
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Retail

Why Online Retailers Have a ‘Need for Speed’

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

Knowledge at Wharton: Essay
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International

Is This the End of Globalization?

The war in Ukraine has sparked doomsday predictions, but one Wharton professor says dependencies between countries are here to stay.

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Spring/Summer 2018

How Can Firms Prevent Sexual Harassment?

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Promote, Don't Pass Over

Why external hires get paid more, and perform worse, than internal staff.

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