The ecommerce industry is booming. People are buying products online more than ever before. Nearly anything you can imagine can be purchased on the Internet and delivered to your doorstep. It’s a great time to be a consumer. But as an entrepreneur, you can leverage this craze by creating your own ecommerce shop. You Read more about 9 Popular Ecommerce Products to Sell Online in 2019[…]
A new study from Wharton and City University of London looks at the roles that feelings and friendships play in entrepreneurial ventures, especially when the prospects for success dim. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How Feelings and Friendship Factor Into Startup Success (and Failure)
Poor nutrition and obesity are setting records globally despite abundant healthy choices at restaurants and grocery stores. In her new book, food writer Bee Wilson looks at the paradox of the modern diet. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Tofu or Takeout: Why Eating Healthy Is So Hard
A new book from investigative journalist Oliver Bullough paints a bleak picture of rampant corruption, showing how the world’s rich and powerful conspire to stay that way. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Follow the (Dirty) Money
Data analytics is increasingly infusing jobs at all levels, not just those in the back office, says A. Charles Thomas, GM’s chief data and analytics officer, at the recent Wharton Customer Analytics conference. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Why Future Jobs Will Require Data Analytics Skills
Read the Executive Summary and Download the 2012 updated report Creative Destruction Whips through Corporate America Lifespans of top companies are shrinking, according to an Innosight study of the S&P 500 Index 61-year tenure for average firm in 1958 narrowed to 25 years in 1980—to 18 years now. A warning to execs: At current churn Read more about Can You Say What Your R&D Strategy Is?[…]
Chirstine Lagarde is a shoo-in to become the next president of the European Central Bank. But will a straitjacket of low-to-negative interest rates give her any room to maneuver? Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Will Christine Lagarde Have Room to Run As the ECB’s Next President?
Shelley Boyce recounts how she turned a failing grade for a marketing plan into MedRisk, a multimillion-dollar company that provides managed physical medicine for the workers’ compensation industry. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton From Nurse to CEO: One Entrepreneur’s Journey
Helen Lee Bouygues, founder of the Reboot Foundation, believes that a lack of critical thinking is responsible for many business failures. She says organizational leaders often rely too heavily on expertise and then jump to conclusions. Instead, leaders should deliberately approach each problem and devote time thinking through possible solutions. The good news, she Read more about 692: Improve Your Critical Thinking at Work[…]
Changes in the economy, the nature of employment benefits and attitudes toward work more generally have made planning for retirement more complicated than ever – and there are few solutions that would help everyone, say experts. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Living Longer, Saving Less: What Will that Mean for Retirement?