A Penn Wharton Budget Model analysis provides policymakers with a framework to weigh the cost of COVID-19 infections in a community against students’ loss of future income due to lower quality education. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton When Should Schools Reopen?
As technology increases, HR must navigate the digital aspects of work and transform into human-computing resources. Source: The Institute for the Future Creating Superminds of Human-Computing Resources
September 28 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. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Leading on the Road Less Traveled: My First 90 Days at Wharton
Web hosting is crucial for any website—but it’s also very misunderstood. When I first got started creating websites, I thought I could just pick any web host and get started. In fact, I thought the most important things about my website were the logo and what type of font I should use. Big mistake. Read more about How Web Hosting Works[…]
A new machine-learning model can predict how the prices of stocks will behave based on whether or not analyst forecasts are too optimistic or too pessimistic, says Wharton’s Jules H. van Binsbergen. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How to Beat Analysts and the Stock Market with Machine Learning
Wharton’s Katy Milkman talks with author Annie Duke about her new book that provides tools for readers who want to make smart decisions in any situation. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Making Good Decisions: A Toolkit
James Suzman, an anthropologist and former executive, says one way to better understand the future of work is to learn from the history of it. He has studied an ancient hunter-gatherer society in Namibia and says our modern notions of work, economy, and productivity are perhaps too limiting. Suzman argues that humans have always Read more about The Fundamental Human Relationship with Work[…]
In this Nano Tool for Leaders® from Wharton Executive Education, Wharton’s Michael Platt offers neuroscience-backed tips for fine-tuning the delivery of your message. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Better Communication Through Neuroscience
Whether it’s marketing a product or winning an election, the most successful change agents never succeed by forcing their beliefs on others, says Wharton’s Jonah Berger. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How to Get Voters Off the Fence? With a Soft Touch
Download the full PDF. DOWNLOAD “On the brink disruptors”—a term that first appeared in The Silver Lining, a 2009 book written by article co-author Scott Anthony—share three characteristics: They follow the basic pattern of disruptive innovation, transforming existing markets or creating new ones by making the complex simple or the expensive affordable. They Read more about On-the-Brink Disruptors[…]