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How Offering Choices Helps Boost Charitable Donations
December 06, 2022

Nonprofits and charitable organizations can increase contributions simply by offering multiple-choice options that signal to potential donors what is appropriate to give. Whartons Alice Moon shares t

What the FTX Collapse Means for the Cryptocurrency Market
November 21, 2022

Whartons Kevin Werbach reflects on the fall of FTX and explains why the path to cryptocurrency regulation isnt a straight line.

Twitter and Free Speech: What Is Musk’s Plan?
November 15, 2022

As Twitters new owner, Elon Musk must reconcile his dream of a free-speech paradise with the reality of a business based on ad revenue. With so much money on the line, the billionaire is changing his

Why Employee-owned Companies Are Better at Building Worker Wealth
November 10, 2022

Whartons Katherine Klein talks to Corey Rosen, founder of the National Center for Employee Ownership, about how employee ownership plans are structured and why they yield great financial benefits for

Greenhushing: Why Some Firms Keep Quiet About ESG
November 07, 2022

Worried about backlash, some companies dont openly share the steps they may be taking to reduce their carbon footprint. Whartons Mirko Heinle explains this troubling trend of greenhushing and what

How Storytelling Can Offset Negative Effects of Discrimination
November 07, 2022

Wharton management professor Samir Nurmohamed talks about his latest paper, which finds that underdog self-narratives can help employees offset the negative psychological effects of prior discriminati

Navigating Microaggressions at Work
November 01, 2022

In the latest episode of her Leading Diversity at Work podcast, Whartons Stephanie Creary and two guest experts tackle the thorny issue of microaggressions.

How to Get the Most from Your Customer Data
November 01, 2022

The Customer-Base Audit, co-authored by Whartons Peter Fader, argues that firms cannot make fully informed decisions without first understanding their customers buying behavior and the actual heal

‘Best Countries’ 2022: Who’s Number One?
October 10, 2022

Wharton marketing professor David Reibstein unveils his annual Best Countries ranking and explains why Switzerland takes the top while the U.S. has never cracked No. 1.

Can the Fed Fix the Contradiction in the Housing Market?
October 03, 2022

The Federal Reserves fiscal policy is meant to curb inflation, but it has a countervailing effect of squeezing an already tight real estate market, according to Whartons Susan Wachter.