New research from Wharton reveals how cities targeted in last year’s ICE raids suffered long-term economic losses of up to ...
The attention economy is a concept coined by political scientist and Nobel Prize laureate Herbert A. Simon. Like money, attention is a limited resource. Consumers today have an almost unlimited amount ...
In 1969, Howard Marks — armed with degrees from Wharton and the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business – was still unsure what career he wanted to pursue. He interviewed for “literally seven ...
Critics have long said that Groupon’s business model was flawed and that it was only a matter of time before it collapsed. Could that time be now? Groupon skeptics have never been in short supply.
Anyone who has been up watching late-night television has seen them: the get-rich-quick evangelists, usually promoting a system involving real estate. Their pitches are invariably laden with phrases ...
It's still early days for Gen Z -- its oldest members are still in their teens or early 20s -- but marketers are trying to get a handle on what they want and expect from brands. It is a generational ...
The outcome of the current Amazon/Hachette pricing war has implications for the entire publishing industry, Wharton experts and others say. Amazon’s crime? It is embroiled in a contractual dispute ...
Four traits characterize high-performing CEOs, according to an extensive 10-year study called the CEO Genome Project. Knowledge at Wharton: Before we talk about your research on the CEO Genome Project ...
Even as Sweden is expected to go cashless by 2023, and cashless options are gaining traction globally, there is a growing clamor to keep cash alive. In the U.S., for instance, cities such as ...
Imposing taxes on products that have negative effects on health can theoretically lower consumption. But do these policies help consumers to make better choices? ‘Sin tax’ is defined as a tax on a ...
Barry Salzberg has spent his entire 34-year career in one place, climbing the corporate ladder at Deloitte. From his first unsupportive manager at the New York-based professional services firm to the ...
In an increasingly competitive marketplace, it’s no longer good enough for company to sell a product through a simple, one-time transaction with shoppers they may never see again. Businesses can ...