Why Managers Aren’t Worried About Quiet Quitting MANAGEMENT
Matthew BidwellSeptember 20, 2022
By Matthew Bidwell Employers aren’t too worried about workers joining the quiet quitting movement, says Wharton management professor Matthew Bidwell. In the current tight labor market, they are far more concerned about recruitment and retention than a TikTok-inspired trend that describes doing the bare minimum at work. “Their big questions are: How do we hang on to […]
Tackling the Climate Crisis: Can Business Lead the Way?
Businessam StaffSeptember 5, 2022
The world is running out of time to solve the climate crisis, and businesses are under increasing pressure to lead the charge. A recent United Nations panel report blamed human activity for rapidly warming the planet in the last millennium, with transportation and electricity generation as the two largest sources of carbon emissions. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, […]
Who Is Falling for Fake News?
Ken MoonAugust 30, 2022
People who read fake news online aren’t doomed to fall into a deep echo chamber where the only sound they hear is their own ideology, according to a revealing new study from Wharton. Surprisingly, readers who regularly browse fake news stories served up by social media algorithms are more likely to diversify their news […]
How Loan Market Concentration Hurts Distressed Corporate Borrowers
Businessam StaffAugust 30, 2022
Distressed corporate borrowers could be shortchanged as they are at the mercy of “oligopolistic structures” where a few specialized lenders control market power, according to a recent paper titled “The Cost of Intermediary Market Power for Distressed Borrowers” by finance professors Winston Wei Dou at Wharton, Wei Wang at Queens University’s Smith School of Business in Kingston, Canada, and Wenyu […]
Investing in Refugee Entrepreneurs in East Africa
Katherine KleinAugust 23, 2022
By Katherine Klein Wharton Professor Katherine Klein recently traveled to Rwanda, a place she has visited many times. While there, she interviewed Julienne Oyler for an episode of the Dollars and Change podcast (Find more episodes here). Oyler is the co-founder and CEO of the African Entrepreneur Collective, which helps entrepreneurs, especially refugee entrepreneurs, […]
See It My Way: Top Tips for Persuading Others
G. Richard ShellAugust 16, 2022
By G. Richard Shell Nano Tools for Leaders® — a collaboration between Wharton Executive Education and Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management — are fast, effective tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes, with the potential to significantly impact your success. Contributor: G. Richard Shell, Wharton professor […]
Vigilant Leaders: Paying Attention to What Matters Most
Businessam StaffAugust 16, 2022
Nano Tools for Leaders® — a collaboration between Wharton Executive Education and Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management — are fast, effective tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes, with the potential to significantly impact your success. Contributors: George Day, Wharton marketing professor emeritus, and Paul Schoemaker, founder […]
Questions to Help You Pick Your Next Leader
Businessam StaffAugust 10, 2022
This article was written by Wharton professor emeritus of management Michael Useem. Useem is also director of the Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management. You are about to interview three finalists for a senior position in your enterprise. The candidates have all worked for the company for years, and your search committee believes all are […]
How to Measure — and Improve — Labor Productivity
Businessam StaffAugust 10, 2022
The following article was written by professor Christian Terwiesch, chair of Wharton’s operations, information and decisions department and co-director of Penn’s Mack Institute for Innovation Management. Terwiesch is also professor of health policy at the Perelman School of Medicine. As labor is becoming more costly and simultaneously emerges as a major bottleneck for many manufacturing and service […]
Why Passive ETFs Are Really Active, and What That Means for Investors
Businessam StaffAugust 2, 2022
Many exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that go by the moniker of “passive” are in fact active, and it is important that investors understand why and the implications, according to a new research paper titled “Steering a Ship in Illiquid Waters: Active Management of Passive Funds,” by experts at Wharton and elsewhere. The so-called passive ETFs get […]