This Week in Business

This Week in Business
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Mar 16, 2021 • 9min

Grammy Winner Grace Potter on Navigating the Music Industry

Singer-songwriter Grace Potter sits down with Dan Loney to discuss The Grammy's and her 2021 nominations, as well as navigating the music business over the years and equality and representation for women in music in honor of Women's History Month, and part of Wharton Business Daily's Business of Music special. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 11, 2021 • 11min

Trust, Communication Key to Increasing LTC Workers Vaccine Uptake

How do you ensure that people - or specifically those who work in healthcare and long term care facilities - take the COVID vaccines? Wharton Professor of Management Sigal Barsade discusses new research she co-authored that tackles these questions and identifies how to increase vaccine uptake among these groups. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 9, 2021 • 11min

Breaking Down the Barriers for Women in Pro Sports

Hilary Knight, USA Women's Hockey Player, 2018 Gold Medalist, Founder of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association, talks to Dan Loney about creating more opportunities for growth for women in sports and business. This interview was part of Wharton Business Daily's Women in Business special in honor of the beginning of Women's History Month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 4, 2021 • 11min

How Do We Encourage People to Take the Covid Vaccine?

Katy Milkman, Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics and Professor of Operations, Information & Decisions at Wharton, talks to Wharton Business Daily Host Dan Loney about the psychology behind persuading people to take a vaccine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 2, 2021 • 11min

How Should Businesses Bring Employees Back to Work?

Tom Frieden, former CDC director, former NYC health commissioner, and president and CEO of Resolve for Our Lives, talks about the vaccine effort, why things are getting better, and how businesses can start to think about bringing employees back to work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 25, 2021 • 8min

Diversity & Inclusion: How Are We Holding Companies Accountable?

Wharton Assistant Professor of Management Stephanie Creary talks to Dan Loney about her research into how decisions around diversity and inclusion impacts companies and corporate boards, and if we're truly making an impact. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 23, 2021 • 11min

Why Investing in Black Businesses Can Support the Economy at Large

Tarik Brooks, President of Combs Enterprises, talks about the importance of investing in Black business, and how Combs Enterprises teamed up with JP Morgan to support minority entrepreneurs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 18, 2021 • 12min

COVID Vaccine Rollout: How Will We Reach Herd Immunity?

Alison Buttenheim, the Silverstein Endowed Term Chair in Global Women's Health and Director of Engagement at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at Penn, talks to Dan Loney about the Coronavirus vaccine rollout, the issues with vaccine hesitancy and where she expects we will be by the fall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 16, 2021 • 21min

Billionaire Tom Steyer on Restoring America

Tom Steyer, Billionaire investor, Philanthropist and 2020 Presidential Candidate talks to Dan Loney about the early weeks of the Biden administration and the role of the private sector in restoring America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 11, 2021 • 14min

Can a Company's Purpose Influence Performance?

The importance of purpose within a company and whether it links back to a company's performance in light of 2020's social justice movement is something that will continue to be examined in the coming months and years. Claudine Gartenberg, Wharton Assistant Professor of Management, talks about her research into the link between purpose and performance with Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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