An intermediate mortgage structure between three- to five-year fixed rate provides the best financial stability and risk sharing, according to new research.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How Mortgage Structure Impacts Financial Sector Stability

Bigger investments and better long-term planning are key to getting air traffic issues under control, Wharton’s Gad Allon says.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Can America’s Broken Airports Be Fixed?

Wharton’s Michael Platt offers neuroscience-based strategies to boost creativity in this Nano Tool for Leaders.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Brainwaves to Breakthroughs: Foster a Creative Culture

Professors Harbir Singh and Mike Useem explain how Japan’s new leadership model fosters innovation, resilience, and competitiveness.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Resolute Japan | Harbir Singh and Mike Useem

Listening well is an essential aspect of leadership – not just to maintain good relationships with employees, but to drive real business improvements and results. But many of us still get it wrong – or might think we are good listeners but don’t give that impression to our teams. Jeff Yip, assistant professor of Read more about What Leaders Get Wrong About Listening[…]

Global capability centers are becoming places of enterprise-wide innovation, changing companies’ services and workforces as they adopt and benefit from new technologies. Source: McKinsey Beyond cost savings: The global footprint of innovation hubs

Many value chains need to collaborate to create low-carbon, circular materials for complex products. This overview offers a guide on where to start for materials producers and downstream customers. Source: McKinsey Looking upstream: A path to unlocking low-carbon, circular materials

Decarbonizing the glass industry would have a widespread beneficial effect across industries—but first, companies need to gain insight into which levers are feasible and how to scale them. Source: McKinsey Seeing clearly: Decarbonizing the flat glass industry with circularity

Decarbonizing and building circularity into plastics will require alignment across the entire plastics value chain. Source: McKinsey Aligning the value chain to decarbonize plastics

Increasing circularity in copper could significantly lower emissions—but first, the industry will need to capture uncollected copper scrap. Source: McKinsey Chasing the lost copper: Global scrap and its role in decarbonization