China’s real estate sector remains a significant source of economic activity, despite an economic slowdown and tightened credit conditions. Government policies have fueled this growth for decades, with residential real estate demand largely unwavering. Over time, the market has grown ever more differentiated, targeting consumers in the low-, middle-, and high-income brackets, in cities Read more about Tahoe Group: Bridging Culture and Real Estate Development[…]

A new publication from Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy offers a framework for strengthening democracy in an effort to reverse some troubling trends. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How We Can Put Civility Back into Civic Engagement

Fintechs are experiencing high growth as they target the pain points that customers experience with traditional banks, according to BankMobile co-founder Luvleen Sidhu. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Why Fintech Is Disrupting Traditional Banking

Scholars have long focused on the effects of bias on the accuracy of predictions. But new research by Wharton’s Barbara Mellers and INSEAD’s Ville Satopӓӓ found that noise is a much bigger factor than expected. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Want Better Forecasting? Silence the Noise

Esther Duflo, an MIT economist, won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. Duflo’s early life working at a non-governmental organization in Madagascar and volunteering in soup kitchens in her native France inspired her to study economics and research the root causes of poverty. With her Read more about 711: A Nobel Prize Winner on Rethinking Poverty (And Business)[…]

Machine programming — software that creates its own software — is at an inflection point. It may redefine many industries, says Intel’s Justin Gottschlich. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Machine Programming: What Lies Ahead?

Lawyers are reluctant to use big data and predictive analytics, partly because of the risk-averse nature of the legal field. But attorney Dave Walton and Wharton’s Raghuram Iyengar say the benefits are worth it. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton The Next Legal Challenge: Getting Law Firms to Use Analytics