The World Economic Forum today released Global Risks 2010, its annual report on the most significant and underlying global risks facing the global economy this year and beyond.…Read More
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Wharton School Program Shows Financial Advisors How to Ensure Client Loyalty in an Unstable Market
Recent roundtable discussions among investors and advisors hosted by Wharton’s Wealth Management Initiative provided the genesis for a new program offered by the Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.…Read More
Latest Wharton Global Family Alliance and IESE Business School Single Family Office Survey Benchmarks Key Factors That Contribute to “Quality” SFOs
15% of SFOs report positive returns despite economic downturn…Read More
Going Green, “Better Green Business” Strategies Lead to Corporate Growth
New Book from Wharton School Publishing Helps Companies to Develop and Sustain Environmental Stewardship…Read More
The Wharton Entrepreneurship and Family Business Research Centre @ CERT Opens in Abu Dhabi
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania opened the Wharton Entrepreneurship and Family Business Research Centre @ CERT with the Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT), a preeminent private education provider in the Middle East.…Read More
William L. Mack, Real Estate Developer, to Receive Dean’s Medal from The Wharton School
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, one of the world’s leading business schools, has awarded the Dean’s Medal, the School’s highest tribute, to Mr. William L. Mack.…Read More
RAND Launches New Financial Literacy Center with Dartmouth College and the Wharton School
A new center dedicated to improving the financial literacy of the American public has been launched by the RAND Corporation, Dartmouth College and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.…Read More
Elizabeth Ellery Bailey Named Recipient of the 2009 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award
Elizabeth Ellery Bailey is the 2009 recipient of the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award.…Read More
SAJA Announces Winners of the 2009 Knowledge@Wharton Awards
The South Asian Journalists Association is pleased to announce four outstanding journalists who have won the 2009 Knowledge@Wharton Awards for Business Journalism, sponsored by SAJA, the Wharton School and the Knowledge@Wharton online business journal.…Read More
Wipro Technologies Partners with Knowledge@Wharton to Launch Global Innovation Tournament
‘Unique ‘Brainsourcing’ Competition to Reward the Most Innovative Technology-based Tools…Read More
ESPN’s Industry-Leading Research and Analytics Team Launches New Program with Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Wharton Interactive Media Initiative to Collaborate with ESPN on Strategies for Cross-Platform Media Analysis and Measurement…Read More
The Aspen Institute Announces Thomas Donaldson As Winner of 2009 Faculty Pioneer Award
The Center for Business Education at the Aspen Institute announced today that Prof. Thomas Donaldson of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has been named the 2009 Faculty Pioneer for Lifetime Achievement.…Read More
Finding New Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Wharton School Publishing Releases Updated Fifth Anniversary Edition of C.K. Prahalad’s, “The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid”…Read More
Lauder Institute Explores Financial Crisis and Prospects for Recovery
Three-day Conference Presents the Realities Behind the Crisis, the Impact on Civic Banking and the International Economy, and Strategies for Recovery…Read More
Australian School of Business and the Wharton School to Launch Knowledge@Australian School of Business
The Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales is partnering with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to launch a new web-based business journal in early 2010.…Read More
Wall Street Journal’s India Homepage and the Wharton School’s Online Business Journal Launch New Site On Rural India
The Wall Street Journal’s India homepage (india.WSJ.com) and India Knowledge@Wharton (www.ikw.in), part of the Wharton School’s online business journal, Knowledge@Wharton, today launched a comprehensive online resource for information about rural India, an area which is home to approximately 700 million of the country’s 1.2 billion people.
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New Retail Study Finds Not All “Great Shopping” Experiences Drive Shopper Loyalty
Only certain “WOW” shopping experiences will bring customers back…Read More
Up and Out of Poverty
New book from Wharton School Publishing offers 21st century solution to century’s old problem of poverty, via social marketing…Read More
Knowledge@Wharton High School Announces Essay Contest Winners
Students from New Jersey, Southern California and Bangladesh Among Winners Who Submitted New Venture Ideas and Analysis of Socially Responsible Businesses…Read More
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus to Keynote Wharton School MBA Commencement
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced that Muhammad Yunus, founder and managing director of Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, will be the featured speaker at the School’s MBA commencement in Philadelphia. …Read More