The practice of “ghosting” companies — leaving a job or the application process unexpectedly while cutting off contact – is becoming increasingly common, and it raises questions about professional etiquette and power. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Why Workplace Ghosting Is on the Rise
Passionate pleas from unlikely voices were the hallmarks of the World Economic Forum’s latest meeting. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton ‘The Davos of Value Change’: Some New Topics Take Center Stage
Four organizations presented a variety of data analytics challenges for Wharton/Penn students to solve at the recent WCAI Analytics Accelerator summit. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How Data Analytics Can Boost Any Organization’s Performance
If you’re building a site that’s 100% focused on content or 100% focused on ecommerce, the best choice on how to build your site is very clear. What WordPress does best = Content WordPress is now a decade old and is still the reigning champ for managing sites with a ton of content. If Read more about When to Use WordPress for Ecommerce and When to Avoid It[…]
State Bank of India chairman Rajnish Kumar is working to make his bank a technology innovator. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How the State Bank of India Uses Technology to Drive Growth
Read our Full 2018 Corporate Longevity Forecast Economic turbulence and technological change continued to roil major industry sectors over the past year, particularly in media, healthcare, and energy. In our biennial Corporate Longevity report, Innosight tracks what economist Joseph Schumpter called “creative destruction” by using turnover in the S&P 500 index as a proxy Read more about Corporate Longevity Update: Creative Destruction Rides High[…]
Big corporations can innovate just as successfully as small startups if they strike the right balance of strategy, systems and culture, according to a new book by Harvard’s Gary Pisano. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How Big Companies Can Innovate Like Small Startups
We’ve covered the high-level strategy of building an online store that makes real money here. But how do we create the ecommerce website itself? Below, you’ll find the 9 steps you need to take to create an ecommerce site. In this guide, we cover: The one and only ecommerce tool that we use to Read more about How to Create an Ecommerce Website in 9 Easy Steps[…]
Brewing beer at home changed the course of my life. At first it was merely a fun way to explore my drink of choice, and an excuse to hang out with friends. As time passed it became a larger part of my life, a side-hustle, a reason to travel, altered who I am. I Read more about Is American Homebrewing Dying?[…]
Whether it’s prompting someone to adopt a pet or to share content on social media, what do natural language processing and related tools tell us about persuasion? Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Factual, or Warm and Fuzzy? Why Choosing the Right Words Matters