Hero Worship

Grocery delivery workers were hailed as heroes during the pandemic, but not all gig workers responded to the label the same way. New research explores the business consequences of becoming an overnight hero.

A Decade of IDDEAS@Wharton

Now in its 10th year, the program — whose acronym stands for Introduction to Diversity in Doctoral Education and Scholarship — seeks to introduce undergraduates from diverse backgrounds to doctoral-level study through on-campus programming.

Ask Me Anything

Ever wish you could call or text a Wharton professor with a burning business question or to get a quick take on a headline-making trend? Eleven faculty members fielded queries about everything from workplace changes to the impacts of ChatGPT to the state of affairs for cryptocurrency and social media regulation.

Why Some Firms Keep Quiet About ESG

A primer on the troubling trend of “greenhushing” and what it means for climate change

Data: Costs of Aging, Salary Transparency, Quit Rates, and More

Is There a Better Way to Staff Temporary Teams?

Faculty Book Excerpt: The Innovation Tournament Handbook

A new book by Wharton professors Christian Terwiesch and Karl Ulrich makes the case for using competitive tournaments to spark new, transformative ideas.

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.

Are Subscription Programs Paying Off for Retailers?

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

Why Online Retailers Have a ‘Need for Speed’

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

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

The latest research and insights from Knowledge at Wharton

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).

Speaking Truth to Policymakers

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

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.

Data: Org-Chart Myths, Risky Investments, Office Vacancies, and More

Data: High Health-Care Costs, Entrepreneurship, EVs, and More