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Johnson & Johnson Gift Provides Undergraduate Financial Aid and Serves Communities through the Nursing/Wharton Impact Scholars Loan Program
PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 15, 2018 – The University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce a gift of $1 million from Johnson & Johnson to the School of Nursing and the Wharton School. This investment launches the Nursing/Wharton Impact Scholars Loan Program, a program that will increase the number of health care leaders with expertise in both ...Read More
Penn Launches Strategic Collaboration with Ripple to Accelerate Innovation in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 4, 2018 — The Wharton School and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania today announced the launch of The Ripple Project at Penn. This joint-school effort is supported by the blockchain-based global payments leader Ripple under its just-announced University Blockchain Research Initiative. The goal of this ...Read More
Wharton to Host 52nd Annual Global Forum in New York City, June 13-15
WHAT: 52nd ANNUAL WHARTON GLOBAL FORUM You are invited to the first Wharton Global Forum ever to be held in New York City, home to Wharton’s largest alumni population. This event will bring together alumni speakers — leaders in business, government, media, academia, and the nonprofit world — to share their deep expertise and elite insider perspectives with the ...Read More
New Book Explains Why Long-Term Thinking Is Your Best Short-Term Strategy
In GO LONG, authors Dennis Carey, Brian Dumaine, Michael Useem, and Rodney Zemmel reveal how some of the world’s most prominent business leaders resisted short-term pressures to successfully manage their organizations for the long term, and in turn, aim to create more jobs, more satisfied customers, and more shareholder wealth. PHILADELPHIA, PA, MAY 8, 2018—The lifespans ...Read MoreHow Smart Companies Are Competing with Amazon
BARBARA E. KAHN’S NEW BOOK, THE SHOPPING REVOLUTION, REVEALS A FRAMEWORK THAT ANY COMPANY CAN USE TO CREATE A POWERFUL RETAIL STRATEGY PHILADELPHIA, PA, MAY 3, 2018—A quick look at the headlines reveals the challenges facing retailers… Retail defaults are at a historic high, with Toys R Us, Claire’s, and other retailers filing bankruptcy. The decline ...Read MoreWharton Customer Analytics to Celebrate 10th Anniversary at Annual Conference Featuring Evite, Cadillac and Microsoft
Two-day event will explore how companies leverage analytics with keynote addresses and hands-on seminars PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Wharton Customer Analytics Initiatives (WCAI), a part of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, will host its annual conference, Successful Applications of Customer Analytics, May 9-10, 2018 at the Inn at Penn. The event will feature ...Read MoreIllinois Institute of Technology, Stuart School of Business Wins Annual WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award™
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Wharton Research Data Services, SSRN and Elsevier are pleased to announce Illinois Institute of Technology, Stuart School of Business as the winner of the 2018 North America WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award™, honoring emerging business schools. Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), the leading data research platform and business intelligence tool for corporate, academic and government ...Read More
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- Vanke: Fending Off a Hostile Takeover July 17, 2018From mid-2015 to 2017, Vanke, one of China’s largest real estate developers, became embroiled in a drawn-out hostile takeover bid. The battle started when a relatively unknown Chinese activist investor, the Baoneng Group, quietly began to buy up shares of this star performer. By late 2015, Baoneng emerged as Vanke’s largest shareholder. Vanke’s major rival,
- Sunac China: Rapid Growth Through Debt-financed Acquisitions July 17, 2018Founded in 2003, Hong Kong-listed Sunac China Holdings Ltd. has achieved meteoric growth over the past decade to become one of the country’s largest residential property developers. The company rapidly expanded in an era when a diminished supply of attractive properties, rising project development costs, and intense competition with existing developers, stacked the odds against
- From Startup to Meltdown: The Unraveling of Theranos July 17, 2018In 2015, Elizabeth Holmes was CEO of a startup that promised to revolutionize health care and earn investors billions. Then reporter John Carreyrou uncovered the truth: It was all too good to be true.
- How Fair — or Legal — are Non-poaching Agreements? July 17, 2018The latest scrutiny by 11 state attorneys-general into how fast food franchises prevent employee movement raises bigger questions of transparency, say experts.
- How Storytelling Helps Companies Build Rapport July 17, 2018Storytelling can transform a company’s relationships with its customers and employees, according to a new book.
- Impact Investing: When Social Benefits Are in the Contract July 17, 2018New Wharton research examines how contracts can be structured differently when investors are trying to make money and make the world a better place.
- The Thai Cave Rescue: What Are the Leadership Lessons? July 16, 2018A committed Thai government, a provincial governor’s rallying spirit and the grit of the trapped young men saved the day, say experts.