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Cutting-edge thought leadership from the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of Wharton Magazine
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What’s the Secret to Startup Success?
Entrepreneurship

What’s the Secret to Startup Success?

Wharton’s Lori Rosenkopf, author of the new book Unstoppable Entrepreneurs, offers instructive alumni stories and insights into two of her six “R’s of the Entrepreneurial Mindset.”

The Salon
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Marketing

See! Think! Buy!

Elizabeth “Zab” Johnson and Barbara Kahn discuss how they combined neuroscience and marketing expertise to co-write Visual Marketing.

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Careers

Supercharge Your Network

Boost your career with these insights for intentionally curating your professional relationships.

Knowledge at Wharton: Data
AI/Analytics
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“Insurance companies have been very clear-eyed about climate change for a long time and the effect that has on their balance sheets,” says real estate and finance professor Benjamin Keys.

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Knowledge at Wharton: Q&A
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Innovation/Tech

What's in the Cards for Crypto?

The digital money’s future is looking brighter and brighter — to those who buy in.

Knowledge at Wharton: The Deck
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Health Care

The Impact of Corporate Hospital Takeovers

New research illustrates what happens to health-care costs and care quality when independent hospitals are bought by systems.

Knowledge at Wharton: The Case
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AI/Analytics

Are You Ready to Embrace AI?

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman spoke with Dean Erika James about his cautious optimism and the need to create “superagency.”

Knowledge at Wharton: Essay
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Economics

How Income Equality Makes Everyone Happy

Raising salaries for low earners can lead to high returns for all.

Syllabus
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AI/Analytics

Is a Tech Takeover Inevitable?

A thought-provoking course challenges the idea that technology’s workplace impacts, including job replacement, are imminent.

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Alumni News

More Must-Read Wharton Authors

Restaurant-quality recipes, managing banking risk, and more from alumni and faculty

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