Political newcomers can leverage social media to raise money and gain recognition, which could help them compete against incumbents, according to new research co-authored by Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How Social Media Is Shaping Political Campaigns

As part of the Leading Diversity at Work series, Wharton’s Stephanie Creary talks with global diversity expert Gwen Houston about why senior executives must lead inclusion efforts. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Why Inclusion Starts in the C-suite

Fixed-income portfolios have performed as well, if not better, than the U.S. stock market in the past five decades, while exhibiting similar or higher levels of volatility, according to new research by Wharton’s Jules H. van Binsbergen. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How Fixed-income Portfolios Match or Beat Stocks in the Long Run

Jonah Berger, professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, says that most of us aren’t approaching persuasion the right way. Pushing people to behave how you’d like them to or believe the same things you do just doesn’t work, no matter how much data you give or how many emotional appeals Read more about Mastering the Art of Persuasion[…]

Easy returns are great for shoppers, but they are becoming a bigger financial liability for stores. New research co-authored by Wharton’s Tom Robertson explains why it’s time for retailers to rethink their liberal return policies. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton The High Cost of Returns: Should Retailers Rethink Their Policies?

Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are increasingly viewed as a major threat to the U.S. financial system. However, “the recent hysteria around CLOs is misplaced,” write Wharton’s Michael R. Roberts and Michael Schwert. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Why CLOs Will Not Cause the Next Financial Crisis

Wharton’s Katherine Milkman talks with Don Moore from the University of California, Berkeley, about his new book, ‘Perfectly Confident,’ and what happens when our confidence level doesn’t match up with reality. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Too Much of a Good Thing? The Perils of Overconfidence

Imagine a world of hypervconnectivity. Source: The Institute for the Future News from the Future #45