Alan Bowser, co-head of the Americas Region at Bridgewater Associates, talks with Wharton’s Stephanie Creary about the importance of mentorship and making opportunities available to minorities in the workplace. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How Mentorship Opens the Path to Opportunity
Have you ever left a website because it was difficult to use? Maybe you couldn’t find the page you were looking for. Or maybe their navigation menu didn’t have what you needed. Or perhaps there were way too many pop ups and advertisements. Whatever the case, you didn’t put up with browsing a confusing Read more about Website Usability Guide[…]
Starting a small business can be a great way to make money doing something you love. It can also be a very intimidating experience, to say the least. It certainly doesn’t help that every day we read new headlines about how small businesses are closing due to the economy, the global pandemic, or just Read more about Small Business Study: SMB Facts and Statistics[…]
Nowadays, you can get a website up and running in a few minutes. But there’s a difference between a website being live and it being optimized. Why does design matter? It only takes 0.05 seconds for people to form an opinion about your website. Yes, you read that correctly—50 milliseconds for someone to be Read more about 13 Website Design Best Practices For 2020[…]
Scenario Building for Uncertain Times Source: The Institute for the Future News from the Future #50
Download a copy of the eBook “Strengthen Your Innovation Capabilities to Drive Performance.” DOWNLOAD Why do some corporate innovation initiatives lead to revenue growth while others fail to move the needle? One big reason is that they are “point” solutions to what is a “systems” problem. In this on-demand webcast, Alasdair Trotter and David Read more about Webcast: Strengthen Your Innovation Capabilities to Drive Performance[…]
New research from Wharton’s Santiago Gallino and Robert Rooderkerk of Erasmus University offers companies practical advice on how to develop new products that are ready to compete in an omnichannel world. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton The Omnichannel Dilemma: How Retailers Can Get It Right
The global pandemic has had an enormous impact on large and small businesses alike. Not only have day-to-day operations had to change for many businesses (e.g. regular sanitation, social distancing), but some are seeing large-scale changes come into effect—and a lot of them may be permanent, such as remote working. These changes are going Read more about The Impact on Business Formation Because of Covid-19 Coronavirus[…]
Eroded stock valuations reflect investor concerns that talent shortages hurt productivity and innovation, says Wharton’s Britta Glennon, who has co-authored a new research paper on the topic. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Why Trump’s Visa Ban Cost Fortune 500 Firms 0 Billion
Wharton’s Robert Hughes explains the moral and social benefits of universal health care and how such a system might look in the U.S. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Does the U.S. Need Universal Health Care?