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Professor Kent Smetters and the Penn Wharton Budget Model are cited in a Washington Post article about proposed tax cuts.
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Professor of Accounting Jennifer Blouin speaks with CNN about whether proposed tax cuts will really help the middle class.
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Daniel A. Levinthal, Professor of Corporate Strategy, Named Among Clarivate Analytics Annual Forecast of Future Nobel Prize Recipients
PHILADELPHIA, September 20, 2018 — Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to enable researchers to accelerate discovery, today named 17 world-class researchers as Citation Laureates – researchers whose work is deemed to be, ‘of Nobel stature’, as attested by markedly high citation tallies recorded in the Web of Science citation index. Each year ...Read More
NSE Academy, Wharton Executive Education and Knowledge@Wharton Sign MoU to Impart Financial Knowledge and Skills to Indian High School Students
Philadelphia / Mumbai, September 10, 2018: The NSE Academy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE), Knowledge@Wharton (K@W), the online journal of research and business analysis of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Wharton Executive Education (WEE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to impart financial ...Read MoreUniversity of Pennsylvania Receives $2 Million from Marc J. Leder for Behavior Change for Good Initiative
PHILADELPHIA, September 6, 2018 — The University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce a $2 million gift to the Behavior Change for Good Initiative from Marc J. Leder, W’83, which promises to accelerate the effort to solve the problem of enduring behavior change.The donation establishes the Marc J. Leder Behavior Change for Good Term Fund ...Read More
Wharton to Commemorate 10th Anniversary of Financial Crisis with Future of Finance Panel, Sept. 13, 2018
WHAT: The 10th anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse is September 15. Well before that fateful day Wharton School professors were studying seismic changes taking place in the finance world. That discussion continues when Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett, himself a political scientist, hosts a dynamic panel called, “The Future of Finance: 10 Years After the Financial ...Read MoreWharton’s Jacobs Levy Center to Revisit Peak of Global Financial Crisis, 10 Years Later, at Annual Conference in New York, Sept. 14, 2018
WHAT: A decade since the height of the global financial crisis, the Wharton School’s Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research will examine the events of 2007-2008, as well as market crises and volatility in general, at its annual conference. Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller and Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel will renew their long-running debate on ...Read More
Wharton and INSEAD Renew Strategic Alliance
Six campuses, two schools, one alliance — creating a worldwide network unique among global business schools PHILADELPHIA, PA, August 23, 2018—The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and INSEAD are pleased to announce the renewal of their strategic alliance through June 2021. Established in 2001, the Wharton-INSEAD Alliance combines the resources of two world leaders in ...Read More
Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists Announces Funding Application Deadline: Nearly All Expenses Covered for Selected Reporters Attending Oct. 2018 Program
Just weeks to apply before Wharton Public Policy Initiative Funding deadline What: The Wharton School is pleased to invite business journalists to apply for the Penn Wharton Public Policy Funding, which will allow up to five business reporters who cover aspects of public policy to attend the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists flagship program in Philadelphia this year. ...Read More
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- How Can Social Media Firms Tackle Hate Speech? September 22, 2018Social media companies want to create a “safe” environment for users, and yet they would like to be seen as upholding the American value of free speech. When it comes to hate speech, what should they do?
- Could Fracking Debt Set off Big Financial Tremors? September 21, 2018The U.S. fracking industry could implode when investors begin to demand “real returns” -- triggering wider damage, according to a new book.
- How Catalyst Leaders Lift Teams to Excellence September 20, 2018Everybody knows someone who is not a star performer, but who is extremely effective as a team-builder and a crucial resource for others. But how do they do it?
- Can Using Software to Map Financial Risks Predict the Next Downturn? September 20, 2018Kimmo Soramäki, founder of Financial Network Analytics, banks on algorithms to find and manage the weakest links in global financial networks.
- How Did the Recession Change the Way B-Schools Teach Ethics? September 20, 2018There was plenty of blame to go around to those responsible for the Great Recession. So, how did ethics education at business schools factor in?
- Marketing to Digital Natives: How Brand Loyalty Is Changing September 19, 2018Old-fashioned brand loyalty no longer leads directly to customer retention. So how can legacy brands appeal to a new generation that is just a click away from millions of products?
- Siegel vs. Shiller: Is the Stock Market Overvalued? September 18, 2018At a recent conference, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel and Yale’s Robert Shiller debated whether a bear market is long overdue, or if stocks are reasonably priced and there is more upside to come.