How to Drive Energy Efficiency in Low-income Countries
Businessam StaffDecember 6, 2021
Credit market failures could slow energy efficiency adoption in low-income countries, according to a new research paper titled “Credit, Attention, and Externalities in the Adoption of Energy Efficient Technologies by Low-Income Households.” Low-income households face credit constraints in adopting energy efficient technologies, which policymakers may address with financing programs and subsidies, according to the paper. […]
Into the Metaverse: Can Facebook Rebrand Itself?
Businessam StaffDecember 6, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg wants to lead consumers into the metaverse, but it’s unclear whether they will follow. The enigmatic Facebook founder raised eyebrows last month when he unveiled the company’s new name and logo — Meta. Branded with a distended infinity symbol, Meta is meant to reflect the future of the world’s largest social media platform. […]
This Checklist Can Make You a Better Leader
Businessam StaffNovember 29, 2021
In the 10th anniversary edition of The Leader’s Checklist, world-renowned leadership expert and Wharton management professor Michael Useem gives leaders the tools to face any and every challenge. In his book, Useem offers leaders 16 mission-critical principles to help them develop their ability to make good and timely decisions in unpredictable and stressful environments — at those moments when […]
How Social Class Affects the Career Ladder
Businessam StaffNovember 29, 2021
Martin, who is the Don and Lauren Morel Associate Professor at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, has spent years studying the effects of social class in the workplace, a topic that touches on his personal trajectory from a typical lower-middle-class kid in public school to an academic who earned his doctorate at […]
How a Nonprofit Is Helping Women Reach Economic Parity
Businessam StaffNovember 22, 2021
Mary Ellen Iskenderian is the president and CEO of Women’s World Banking, a global nonprofit with a mission to give low-income women in the developing world access to the financial tools and resources they need to achieve security and prosperity. The organization works with 57 institutions in 32 countries to help the estimated 1 billion […]
Is the Great Resignation Giving Rise to the Entrepreneur?
Businessam StaffNovember 15, 2021
Wharton management professor Jacqueline “Jax” Kirtley isn’t making any predictions about when or how the Great Resignation will end. Nearly 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in August, the highest number on record since the government began collecting data 20 years ago. The quit rate coincides with a dramatic surge in applications for new businesses since the COVID-19 pandemic began, mostly […]
Tackling the Climate Crisis: Can Business Lead the Way?
Businessam StaffNovember 15, 2021
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, […]
How Employees Can Become Better Organizational Citizens
Businessam StaffNovember 9, 2021
Food Co., a pseudonym for a large food processing plant in the Northeast, had been operating successfully for several years when the plant manager realized he had a problem he couldn’t solve alone. The employees did their jobs well, but they didn’t seem to care much about taking care of each other. Workers were reluctant […]
Will China’s Ban Hurt Cryptocurrencies?
Businessam StaffNovember 1, 2021
Prices on cryptocurrency platforms Bitcoin and Ether have been volatile in recent weeks after China’s central bank recently stated that all cryptocurrency-related activities were illegal. That is widely seen as the county’s effort to curb currency manipulation, flight of capital, and technology-related risks it perceives in cryptocurrencies. But it would be “dangerous” to assume that the decline and volatility […]
Facebook Whistleblower: Why It Takes a Village
Businessam StaffNovember 1, 2021
Wharton’s Samir Nurmohamed talks with Wharton Business Daily on SiriusXM about what compels whistleblowers to come forward in an organization. Whistleblower Frances Haugen told a Senate subcommittee last week that she is speaking out about harmful practices at Facebook because she wants to reform the social media giant, not destroy it. “Facebook can change but is clearly […]