How Does ESG Emphasis Impact a Company’s Value?
Serguei Netessine
April 23, 2024
Research co-authored by Wharton’s Serguei Netessine examines how discussing nonmaterial and material ESG factors in companies’ earnings calls influences their overall worth. In a clear stance last spring, Bank of America’s CEO Brian Moynihan underscored the lender’s commitment to profits, declaring: “We are capitalists.” While this might seem like an obvious affirmation for a […]
Want to Achieve Your Dreams? Try Subdividing Your Goals
Angela Duckworth, Katherine Milkman, Marissa A. SharifApril 23, 2024
Breaking down big work goals into smaller components can enhance long-term success significantly, Wharton research shows. Have a massive, daring goal in mind? Breaking it into smaller steps can help you achieve your dreams. A research paper led by Wharton PhD alumni Aneesh Rai and Edward Chang and co-authored by Wharton professors Marissa Sharif, […]
How to Protect Intellectual Property in the Age of AI
Scott A. SnyderApril 16, 2024
With AI moving at breakneck speed, senior executives need to understand the new realities of intellectual property and patents, write Wharton’s Scott Snyder and co-author Mark Pecen. The following article was written by Scott A. Snyder, a senior fellow at Wharton, adjunct professor at Penn Engineering, and chief digital officer at EVERSANA; and Mark […]
AI and the Workforce: How Gen AI Can Help Employees Flourish
Angie BasiounyApril 16, 2024
In a recent AI at Wharton webinar, experts discussed the latest research on gen AI and how it can best benefit employees. The following article was originally published by AI at Wharton. When deployed correctly, generative artificial intelligence can help employees become more innovative, free them from mundane tasks, and improve their communication skills. […]
Why Are Millennials Not Having Kids?
Stewart FriedmanApril 9, 2024
Wharton’s Stew Friedman breaks down the declining birthrate and how views on work and family are shifting across generations. Wharton’s Stew Friedman talks about his book, Baby Bust: New Choices for Men and Women in Work and Family, which has been re-released for its 10th anniversary with a provocative new preface. This evidence-based book […]
ESG Investments Lead to Higher Sales
Jean-Marie MeierApril 2, 2024
Consumers really do care about ESG, according to research by Wharton visiting professor Jean-Marie Meier The disparity between consumer concern for the environment and social issues and actual action, termed the “say-do gap,” has long confounded businesses dedicated to ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) practices. However, recent research co-authored by Jean-Marie Meier, a […]
So Bad It’s Good: Why Consumers Love the Worst Stuff
Patti WilliamsApril 2, 2024
New research from Wharton’s Patti Williams tackles one of the biggest contradictions in consumer behavior: why we love stuff that’s so bad, it’s good. We can agree that some things are universally bad. “Sharknado” movies. Dad jokes. The song “Macarena.” Yet we can’t seem to get enough. At the height of “Sharknado” fever, there […]
How Leadership Is Defined Differently for Women | Rebecca Schaumberg
Rebecca SchaumbergMarch 26, 2024
Professor Rebecca Schaumberg explains how certain traits, like being self-reliant, can be perceived differently depending on your gender. Wharton’s Rebecca Schaumberg shares her research on how gender bias can manifest through descriptors such as “self-reliant,” which has a different meaning for men vs. women. This episode is part of a series on “Women & […]
The Overlooked Causes of Air Pollution
Susanna BerkouwerMarch 26, 2024
Short bursts of air pollution, often caused by indoor cooking, are being neglected by existing regulations, according to research by Wharton’s Susanna Berkouwer. Air pollution, identified by the World Health Organization as the foremost environmental threat to human health, claims between 7 and 9 million lives annually, representing 10%–15% of global deaths. In response […]
How Early Adopters of Gen AI Are Gaining Efficiencies
Chris IkosaMarch 19, 2024
Enterprises are seeing gains from generative AI in productivity and strategic planning, according to speakers at a recent Wharton conference. Generative AI can affect managerial decision-making in “a transformative way” by boosting value generation, according to Prasanna (Sonny) Tambe, Wharton professor of operations, information and decisions. Tambe is also faculty co-director of AI at Wharton, […]