This Week in Business

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Dec 20, 2017 • 54min

Celebrate the Holidays with Hallmark Cards and BuzzBallz

Lindsey Roy, CMO of Greetings at Hallmark Cards, talks to host Americus Reed about how the company is gearing up to help people prepare for the holidays! Then, Merrilee Kick, Founder and CEO of BuzzBallz, talks with Americus about the Buzz around her great new stocking stuffer - booze to go! - on Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 19, 2017 • 22min

Regulating Robo-Advisors with Tom Baker

Tom Baker, Professor of Law and Health Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, joins host Dan Loney to discuss his recent presentation on research he’s been doing on the regulation of robo-advisors, particularly within the financial services industry, he gave to Capitol Hill Staffers as part of Wharton's B-School for Public Policy seminars on Knowledge@Wharton.For more information about how to get involved with Penn Wharton B-School for Public Policy, visit: https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/b-school/get-involved/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 19, 2017 • 50min

The Future of Sports Entertainment

Seth Rabinowitz, Director of Fan Engagement at the New York Jets, and Kyle Bautista, VP and General Manager of Complexity Gaming, join host Christian Terwiesch to discuss what the future of the sports entertainment industry could look like, especially with emergence of eSports on Work of Tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 15, 2017 • 54min

Accessible Health Care across a Global Multi-Cultural Population with Dr. Vik Bakhru

Whichever side of the healthcare debate you’re on, I think we can agree that the system itself is really complicated and somewhat impersonal– imagine how much more complicated and impersonal it can be if you don’t speak the language or don’t have access to the technology you need. Dr. Vikram Bakhru, Chief Operating Officer at ConsejoSano and Wharton Alum, joins host Stew Friedman to discuss his mission to make healthcare accessible to everyone around the world on Work and Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 15, 2017 • 22min

The Art of the Side Hustle with Nick Martell

Nick Martell, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of MarketSnacks and current Wharton MBA student, joins host Peter Cappelli to discuss the art of the side hustle - why starting an entrepreneurial venture on the weekends alongside of your "day job" could not only benefit you, but your 9-5 company as well on In the Workplace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 14, 2017 • 52min

Providing Affordable Housing For Everyone with Amy Liu of Brookings

Amy Liu, Director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, joins host Sam Chandan to discuss how a broader vision of city revitalization efforts should include all residents, not just the wealthy, and some ways this can be accomplished on The Real Estate Hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 14, 2017 • 21min

How Big Data Increases Inequality with Cathy O'Neil

Cathy O'Neil, Data Scientist, joins host Dan Loney to discuss the "dark side" of big data as outlined in her book "Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality, and Threatens": our daily lives are now being governed by algorithms and not humans, and as such she urges policy makers for more regulation over their design on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 14, 2017 • 53min

Work of Tomorrow: Language Education with Penn and Rosetta Stone

How is the Language Education industry changing, and what innovations can we expect in the future? Host Christian Terwiesch talks with Christina Frei, Executive Director of Language Instruction for the University of Pennsylvania, and John Hass, President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Rosetta Stone, to hear their insights on this episode of Work of Tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 13, 2017 • 14min

Reimagine Education 2017: Google Classroom with Jonathan Rochelle

Business Radio Special: Host Dan Loney is LIVE from the Reimagine Education Conference 2017 in Philadelphia. Dan talks with Jonathan Rochelle, Product Director at Google and C-Founder of Google Drive, about how Google Classroom is providing teachers with the tools to "teach better" using virtual reality "Expeditions" on this special episode of Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 13, 2017 • 14min

Reimagine Education 2017: 42 Silicon Valley with Brittany Bir

Business Radio Special: Host Dan Loney is LIVE from the Reimagine Education Conference 2017 in Philadelphia. Dan talks with Brittany Bir, COO of 42, about the tuition-free immersive coding school with campuses in Silicon Valley and Paris on this special episode of Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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