PennDesign’s Billy Fleming talks about the consequences of poor city planning. The devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey has brought attention to the massive urban sprawl in the coastal region of Houston. With 6.7 million residents, Houston is the fifth largest […]
FT Partners CEO Steve McLaughlin talks about the opportunities in fintech. Manufacturing companies are fast realizing that data and analytics can help tremendously in improving operational efficiencies and business processes, and in transforming business models — and they are investing […]
FT Partners CEO Steve McLaughlin talks about the opportunities in fintech. Steve McLaughlin is the founder, CEO and managing partner of FT Partners, one of the leaders in raising capital and advising CEOs on critical M&A transactions in the financial […]
In the annals of data breaches, the Equifax hacking stands alone due to its sheer scale: Digital thieves traipsed through the personal information of 143 million Americans for several months to do with it as they pleased. “It is quite […]
Wharton’s David Hsu and Warwick Business School’s Loizos Heracleous discuss Apple’s latest device launch. Apple released the latest iterations of its products last week in a highly anticipated rollout that was met with mixed reviews. Tech junkies, business analysts and […]
Wharton’s Philip Tetlock discusses his book, ‘Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?‘ Tune into any cable news program and chances are you’ll see pundits offering their insights and forecasting political outcomes. And often times, they […]
The sequence of events is so familiar now as to be predictable. A CEO or high-profile employee commits a blunder or transgression, a social-media campaign fans the flames of outrage, and employer and employee appear to be left with no […]
Wharton’s Eric Bradlow discusses his research on binge consumption of online learning content. The phrase “Netflix and chill” may apply to more than just a lazy Friday night on the couch, remote in hand. New research from Wharton marketing professors […]
Penn’s R. Polk Wagner and Michigan State’s Thomas Jeitschko discuss the legacy of Amazon’s ‘1-Click’ patent. September 12, 2017, marked the end of an era as the patent expired for Amazon’s “1-Click” button for ordering. The idea that consumers could […]
Wharton’s Krista Schwarz and Peter Conti-Brown, and Sebastian Mallaby of the Council of Foreign Relations, discuss the future of the Fed. Stanley Fischer, vice chair of the Federal Reserve, announced he will resign in mid-October, while a question remains over […]
History suggests a U.S. tax overhaul is coming soon, says T.R. Reid of The Washington Post. For all the controversy U.S. President Donald Trump can stir up, there is one thing he wants to accomplish that many people favor: cleaning […]
