How Incubators Help Entrepreneurs Succeed
Businessam StaffNovember 23, 2020
Becoming a successful entrepreneur requires the right combination of factors, impeccable timing and often sheer luck. In her latest research, Wharton management professor Valentina Assenova examines what it takes to help entrepreneurs who need more luck than most — those who live in places where inequality is institutionalized and the obstacles to success are even […]
Artificial Intelligence Will Change How We Think About Leadership
Businessam StaffNovember 16, 2020
The increasing attention being paid to artificial intelligence raises important questions about its integration with social sciences and humanity, according to David De Cremer, founder and director of the Centre on AI Technology for Humankind at the National University of Singapore Business School. He is the author of the recent book, Leadership by Algorithm: Who Leads and Who Follows […]
Startups Are Finding the Sweet Spot in a Downturn
Businessam StaffNovember 9, 2020
It’s counter-intuitive for people to start new businesses in an economic downturn, but startups are prying open new market opportunities that coronavirus pandemic lockdowns have created. New business applications, which is the Census Bureau’s tracker for startups, grew 38% in the week ending Oct. 24, compared with the same week a year ago. The increase […]
Bridging Social Justice and the Financial Markets
Businessam StaffNovember 9, 2020
Publicly traded companies that want to get in good with Adasina Social Capital should know upfront that San Francisco-based advisory firm does its homework on social justice — and it doesn’t grade on a curve. Having a female chief executive officer or women on the board of directors isn’t enough to get included in a […]
Neuroscience Can Help You Become a Better Leader
Businessam StaffNovember 2, 2020
Not everyone is born a leader. But the good news for anyone who’s not is that those abilities can be developed. This is part of the message that Wharton Neuroscience Initiative director Michael Platt has been communicating in his teaching, research, and now a new book: The Leader’s Brain: Enhance Your Leadership, Build Stronger Teams, […]
How Incubators Help Entrepreneurs Succeed
Businessam StaffNovember 2, 2020
Becoming a successful entrepreneur requires the right combination of factors, impeccable timing and often sheer luck. In her latest research, Wharton management professor Valentina Assenova examines what it takes to help entrepreneurs who need more luck than most — those who live in places where inequality is institutionalized and the obstacles to success are even […]
How the Pandemic Is Affecting Working Mothers
Businessam StaffOctober 26, 2020
Unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic is affecting women so disproportionately that many analysts are referring to the economic crisis as a “she-cession.” Since the pandemic began in February, women have been leaving the labor force in significantly greater numbers than men, according to several recent studies based on U.S. Census data. Working mothers are especially […]
Leading on the Road Less Traveled: My First 90 Days at Wharton
Businessam StaffOctober 26, 2020
September 28, 2020, marked Erika James’ 90th day as dean of the Wharton School. Here, she reflects on starting the position remotely amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the lessons she has learned about being a new leader. There is really no road map for becoming a dean. Sure, most of us came up through Academia, […]
Preparing for What’s Ahead: The Case of Sonoma County Winegrowers
Businessam StaffOctober 19, 2020
For winegrowers, no two seasons are the same. Facing droughts, flooding, wildfires and other unforeseen forces, they have learned to adapt to constant unpredictability. Alongside, winegrowers have been grappling with other sweeping changes, including digital transformation of their markets and rising labor costs – and now, declining tourism due to COVID-19. In this opinion piece, […]
Why Low Interest Rates Hurt Retirees
Businessam StaffOctober 19, 2020
Retirees took another wallop from COVID-19 with the Federal Reserve’s announcement two weeks ago that it expects to hold interest rates near zero at least until 2023 because of the pandemic. That spells lower returns for retirement accounts, and it adds to the underfunding of pensions that has worried retirees for many years now. The […]