This Week in Business

Shelly Power, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Ballet, joins hosts Anne Greenhalgh and Mike Useem to discuss her career which led to the Pennsylvania Ballet and some of the initiatives she's working to accomplish here on Leadership in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

China is one of the fast growing markets of dairy products, but the growth is outpacing its domestic production ability. That's where Penn Vet comes in. A new project is bringing in the last contents of dairy nutrition and management to the Chinese dairy industry with the help of Wharton China Center and Zoetis. Host Dan Loney talks with Dr. David Galligan, a Penn Vet Animal Health Economics professor, to discuss the challenges and the changes that are being made in this major food industry on Knowledge@Wharton.Learn More: https://www.vet.upenn.edu/about/press-room/publications/bellwether-magazine/bellwether-spring-2014/penn-vet-experts-help-china-dairy-industry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Namita Nandakumar, Wharton Senior, Teaching Assistant, and Research Analyst, joins hosts Cade Massey, Shane Jensen, and Adi Wyner to discuss her post-graduate move to Quantitative Analyst for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles this season on Wharton Moneyball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke Bowen, Co-Founder of Evil Genius Beer Company, joins hosts Nick Ashburn and Sandi Hunt to discuss how amid producing 28 different products, Evil Genius is constantly integrating sustainability and social impact throughout their value chain on Dollars and Change. Evil Genius is one of the fastest growing Craft Breweries in the country, with distribution throughout the northeast United States. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield asked for a cut in his salary after it was revealed he made $375k annually, a significant increase from his predecessors. The high salary was due to a Title 42, a provision created by Congress to allow federal agencies agencies to be competitive with the private sector in terms of pay. Host Dan Loney talks with Marc Hodak, Adjunct Professor of Ethics at NYU Stern School of Business and Partner at Fairest Advisors, and Charles Elson, a Chair in Corporate Governance and Professor of Finance at the University of Delaware's Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, join us to discuss ethics and considerations of executive compensation on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Hutchins, Co-Founder and CEO of Grove, joins host Rob Coneybeer to discuss how he found himself laid-off in Silicon Valley after the financial crisis, and navigated his path to founding Grove, a personal finance startup, on Launch Pad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cambridge Analytica, the firm that harvested Facebook data to benefit the Trump campaign, is shutting its doors. In the meantime, the social media giant, which faced privacy concerns following the revelations of the data mining, is expanding its operations into a dating service. Host Dan Loney speaks with Jennifer Golbeck, Director of University of Maryland's Social Intelligence Lab, and Andrea Matwyshyn, Professor of Law and Professor of Computer Science at Northeastern University, to discuss these developments on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Miller, CEO of Storybrand, joins host Americus Reed to discuss his book "Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen" on Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Christian Terwiesch discusses innovation in the education space with Renee Patton, Director of US Public Sector Education at Cisco, and Leah Belsky, Vice President of Global Enterprise Development at Coursera, and how these innovations translate in what the future of education could look like on Work of Tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at The University of Pennsylvania, joins host Dan Loney to discuss his recent B-School Seminar presented to congressional staffers that focuses on striving for regulatory excellence - as the code of federal regulations increases each year with new laws passed by US Congress. Cary is also the Director of the Penn Program on Regulation.This seminar is part of the Penn Wharton B-School for Public Policy, a new monthly series of faculty-led seminars for policymakers on Knowledge@Wharton. For more information about how to get involved with Penn Wharton B-School for Public Policy, visit: publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/b-school/…involved/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.