Building Diversity into the Venture Capital Ecosystem
Businessam StaffMarch 15, 2021
Before Melissa Bradley taught at Georgetown University, before she served under Presidents Clinton and Obama, and long before she launched a nonprofit accelerator to help minority entrepreneurs, she was a young college graduate trying to build her first business. She went to the Small Business Administration for help with her startup financial services company, and […]
Pull, Don’t Push: Designing Effective Feedback Systems
Businessam StaffMarch 8, 2021
Nano Tools for Leaders® — a collaboration between Wharton Executive Education and Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management — are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes, with the potential to significantly impact your success as a leader and the engagement and productivity of the […]
Why You Need a ‘Challenge Network’
Businessam StaffMarch 8, 2021
In the following excerpt from his new book, Think Again, Wharton management professor Adam Grant explains why success often comes from surrounding ourselves with “disagreeable” people – skeptics who can point out blind spots, question assumptions and help us overcome our weaknesses. In 2000 Pixar was on fire. Their teams had used computers to rethink […]
What’s Next for Jeff Bezos and Amazon?
Businessam StaffMarch 1, 2021
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is moving on from his position as CEO, but he’s not moving out. Bezos announced last week that he will transition to the role of executive chairman, and Amazon Web Services chief Andy Jassy will become CEO. As executive chair, Bezos will lead the board of directors, closely advise Jassy and […]
What Makes Some Ads More Shareable Than Others?
Businessam StaffMarch 1, 2021
In one of the more memorable commercials of Super Bowl 2020, rapper Lil Nas X and actor Sam Elliott face off in a dance duel for Cool Ranch Doritos. With ads for the big game going for a reported $5.6 million for a 30-second spot, was the minute-long video cost-effective for the company? Yes, considering […]
Should Universities Try to Capture More Value from Their Research?
Businessam StaffFebruary 22, 2021
A pair of newly published research papers co-authored by Wharton management professor David H. Hsu benchmark and explore commercialization drivers of academic science. The papers find that university research has produced pathbreaking innovations across many disciplines, many of which have been commercialized successfully. Yet, on average, universities capture 16% of the value they help create through […]
Leading Diversity: How Firms Can Walk the Talk
Businessam StaffFebruary 15, 2021
IBM doesn’t just talk the talk on diversity, equity and inclusion issues; it also walks the long, hard road to get there. The global technology giant has an impressive roster of initiatives designed to remedy structural racism, embrace diversity and advocate for social justice both inside and outside the company. From partnering with historically Black […]
Which Companies Are Winning in China?
Businessam StaffFebruary 15, 2021
When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos visited China in 2007, he expected that one day soon China would be a double-digit percentage of Amazon’s sales. Yet, by 2019, Amazon, the most powerful and successful e-commerce company in the world, had quit China. In Winning in China: 8 Stories of Success and Failure in the World’s Largest […]
What Makes Songs Popular? It’s All About ‘You’
Businessam StaffFebruary 8, 2021
Songs stick in our heads for all sorts of reasons, but new research finds that listeners love tunes more when one particular word is included in the lyrics. A new study by Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger and Grant Packard, marketing professor at York University’s Schulich School of Business, zeroes in on the humble pronoun […]
How the U.S. Capitol Attack Is Changing Corporate Values
Businessam StaffFebruary 1, 2021
When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos visited China in 2007, he expected that one day soon China would be a double-digit percentage of Amazon’s sales. Yet, by 2019, Amazon, the most powerful and successful e-commerce company in the world, had quit China. In Winning in China: 8 Stories of Success and Failure in the World’s Largest […]