Knowledge at Wharton
Knowledge at Wharton
The Knowledge at Wharton Network Acast feed serves as a curated showcase highlighting the best content from our podcast collection. Each week, we feature one standout episode from each show in the Wharton Podcast Network, giving listeners a comprehensive sample of our diverse business and academic content. This rotating selection allows audiences to discover new shows within our network while experiencing the depth and variety of Wharton's thought leadership across different topics and formats. It's your monthly gateway to explore the full spectrum of insights available through the Wharton Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 20, 2019 • 26min
What Will It Take for Uber to Become Profitable?
Uber needs to ensure that its core business of ride-hailing is profitable before diversifying into areas like bike rentals say experts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 20, 2019 • 25min
Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel: Prepare for a Slowdown Not a Recession
While many investors are concerned that the next recession is on the horizon Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel says a slowdown is more likely in the short term. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 20, 2019 • 33min
Is the U.S. Economy Solid? Ask the Philadelphia Fed’s Patrick Harker
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia president Patrick Harker discusses interest rate policies recession fears and whether central banks are ready to introduce a stablecoin cyrptocurrency among other issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 19, 2019 • 21min
Why ’Radical Self-inquiry’ Can Create a Thriving Workplace
Leaders should stop focusing on output and achievement alone and work on building the maturity required to lift up others not just themselves notes the author of a new book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 13, 2019 • 27min
Finding the Value in IPOs: Why Customer Behavior Holds the Key
Wharton’s Peter Fader and Emory’s Dan McCarthy explain why customer-based corporate valuation is a novel -- and very accurate -- way of determining a firm’s worth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 9, 2019 • 31min
How Organizational Culture Shapes Digital Transformation
Navigating the balance between culture and technology is one of the toughest challenges of digital transformation according to Nik Puri senior vice president of global IT at FedEx and Dan Alig CIO at Wharton computing and information technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 9, 2019 • 25min
The T-Mobile-Sprint Merger: Can Dish Network Help Make It Happen?
Years in the making the T-Mobile-Sprint merger finally looks set to move ahead – provided the two telecom firms can help to establish a new wireless competitor: Dish Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 6, 2019 • 25min
What Are the Long-term Costs of the China-U.S. Trade War?
An escalating trade war with China will lead to dire results for the U.S. according to long-term analysis by the Penn Wharton Budget Model. Consumers and businesses alike will feel the impact experts say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 6, 2019 • 25min
Marketing the Cosmic Crisp: Will Consumers Bite?
Cosmic Crisp a new apple variety more than 20 years in the making is hitting stores this fall -- but getting produce to stand apart from similar offerings is not a simple task marketing experts say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 6, 2019 • 29min
U.S. Economy: Is a Long Shallow Recession on the Way?
Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel and David Rosenberg of Gluskin Sheff expect the Fed to cut interest rates in the coming year as the latest GDP report reveals some troubling trends. But they disagree on whether the slowdown will lead to a recession. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
