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I regularly work with clients seeking guidance on increasing prices as costs rise. So it stands out when a merchant tells me they have not raised price in years.
At the annual Wharton Finance Conference on Friday, Oct. 21, scores of MBA students devoted their day off from classes to attend the event. Titled “Shifting Paradigms: A New Era in Finance,” the conference focused on how the financial crisis and resulting recession impacted the industry.
It is difficult nowadays to find funding for an early-stage company in the biomedical and biotech field. As speakers at the Annual Wharton Alumni Healthcare Conference on Oct. 22 explained, the rules of engagement between investors and entrepreneurs have changed since the financial crisis.
James G. Dinan, W’81, Jeffrey S. Katz, WG’71, and Robert G. Goergen, WG’62, were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the School.
The Joseph Wharton Awards Dinner at the Wharton Club of New York was a big-name event. Beyond the attendees were award winners, business leaders who exemplify Wharton’s values.
During last Tuesday’s webinar, Mike Useem, polled attendees on what quality was most often missing from leaders they’ve witnessed and worked with in business or in the community.
A new giving tool, the Making History Impact Annuity, is a unique way to participate in Penn’s Making History Campaign in support of Wharton today, while providing you with a secure stream of income tomorrow.
Wharton professors who compete in the annual Iron Prof event are an even rarer breed. Their research must be pioneering in their respective fields, and they must be thick-skinned and brave to stand in front of hundreds of students and colleagues who vote for only one of them at the end.
Western companies strive to enter promising foreign markets, but they're outcompeted by local upstarts that better compete and steal massive market share both home and abroad.
Wharton sophomore Afnaan Moharram shares a lesson he has learned in business ethics during his time inside and outside the classroom at Wharton.
The Wharton School could dust off those old E.F. Hutton commercialsto advertise when Sam Zell talks on campus, as he did on Thursday, Sept. 15.
Ted Weschler,W’83, was named the second appointee to the trifecta of investment gurus who will take over Berkshire Hathaway after Warren Buffett’s retirement.
Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research, Wharton’s newest center, is set to have a large impact on all of Penn’s campus.
An MBA degree at the top business school in the world could be called a “golden business passport." Then again, at Wharton, MBA students learn a good deal too, accumulating knowledge that helps them succeed in their future professions.
There are many examples of crowdsourcing of content and talent. In the recent past, crowdsourcing of capital has received a lot of attention and interest as well, despite its potential drawbacks.
The breadth of the Wharton influence allows us to see the bigger picture of the "big issues" of today worldwide.
