The biggest threat to the stability of the world in the next 10 years comes from the risk of international conflict, according to the 10th edition of the Global Risks report, published today, to which the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s Risk Management and Decision Processes Center contributed.…Read More
Wharton School Professors Scott Harrington and Kent Smetters to present on “The Affordable Care Act” and “The Economic Outlook, Long-term Risks, and a Framework for Policy Reform.”…Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce the awarding of the Wharton Dean’s Medal, the School’s highest honor, to one of its most distinguished alumni, Jay H. Baker, W’56.…Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced that Jonathan Greenblatt, currently Special Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, will serve as a Senior Fellow at the Wharton School starting in January. …Read More
Timely studies from Wharton professors available on topics including gift giving satisfaction, consumer location’s impact on shopping and the New Year “fresh start” effect…Read More
The ribbon cutting ceremony marks the opening of SiriusXM’s satellite radio broadcast studio for Business Radio powered by the Wharton School.…Read More
The editors of MIT Sloan Management Review announced that Hamid Bouchikhi and John R. Kimberly are the winners of the 2014 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize.…Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce release of the report, “TRIA after 2014” by the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center.…Read More
Nonmonotonic Status Effects in New Product Adoption is by Yansong Hu of the University of Warwick and Christophe Van den Bulte of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. It currently appears in the Articles in Advance Section of Marketing Science.…Read More
New research by Christian Terwiesch, Andrew M. Heller Professor and Co-director of the Mack Institute, and Karl Ulrich, CIBC Endowed Professor and Vice Dean of Innovation at the Wharton School, examines the emergence of the Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) and its impact on business schools.…Read More
Maria Bartiromo, Anchor and Global Markets Editor of the FOX Business Network, will host the Town Hall special to air on SiriusXM’s Business Radio Powered by the Wharton School channel featuring some of the most successful and creative leaders of the business world, all of whom share The Wharton School as their alma mater.…Read More
Philadelphia, PA –The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania will convene its 46th Wharton Global Forum today and tomorrow in Beijing, on the theme of “Growth Through Innovation.” At the Global Forum, University of Pennsylvania Provost Vincent Price, top Wharton Faculty, hundreds of Chinese business leaders and Wharton alumni…Read More
Data from a University of Pennsylvania study of massive open online courses offered by Penn’s Wharton School suggest that MOOCs aren’t a threat to traditional business programs, but rather an opportunity to expand to underserved markets.…Read More
Philadelphia, PA, June 3, 2014—The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania and the School of Engineering and Applied Science are pleased to announce a gift of $7.5 million to name the home of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology (M&T Program). This generous contribution from Larry Robbins, ENG’92,…Read More
Speakers include: Coaches Andy Reid, Ron Rivera, Mike Zimmer; Owners/Presidents Jimmy Haslam, Rich McKay, Stephen Ross; Team Execs Thomas Dimitroff, John Elway, Dave Gettleman Seventy NFL assistant coaches and front office executives will take part in the annual NFL Career Development Symposium May 30 – June 1 at the Wharton…Read More
Philadelphia, PA, May 14, 2014 – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced that the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today appointed Wharton Prof. of Management, Jitendra V Singh as Dean of its School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School), as of September…Read More
Wharton Professors Saikat Chaudhuri and David Robertson on “Incubating Innovation in Established Firms” and “The Balance Between Creativity and Constraints” What: Through intensive lectures and hands-on exercises, the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, led by the Wharton School’s most prominent professors, help reporters gain a better understanding of key business…Read More
May 7, 2014– The Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that the Mutual of America Life Insurance Co. has renewed its membership as a Senior Partner of the Council for 2014. The Mutual of America Life Insurance Co. first joined…Read More
Dana Cita wins First Wharton Social Impact Prize with an Educational Lending Platform to Help Indonesian Students Pay for School PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 5, 2014–The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced that student team Slidejoy won the $30,000 Perlman Grand Prize of the 2014 Wharton Business Plan Competition…Read More
The Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that Financial Engines has rejoined the Council as a Senior Partner of the Council for 2014. Financial Engines first joined the PRC as an Institutional Member in 2007. Jason Scott, Managing Director of the Retiree Research…Read More
