In The News
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Wharton’s Lynn Wu discusses her research on how different organizational structures influence the use of data analytics to spur innovation. “Analytics can really drive the creation of recombinations, or combining a diverse set of existing technologies in a new way’ says Wu. -
Professor Matthew Bidwell comments on the ways in which the gig economy represents an interesting phenomenon that has affected industries like the taxi sector, however, he asserts that it may have not had as wide reaching effects as suggested. -
Wharton’s Steven Kimbrough and Carolyn Kousky and Penn Law’s Cary Coglianese discuss the solutions offered by a new Penn-wide report on climate change. -
Professor Kartik Hosanagar comments on the privacy failures of current industry practices around anonymizing datasets. -
In response to an op-ed published by Bill Dudley, Professor Peter Conti-Brown comments on what heeding this advice means for the Federal Bank. According to Conti-Brown, this could be an end to the central bank’s political insulation. -
In a discussion hosted by Knowledge at Wharton, Professors Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem discuss their research into the creative policies and practices companies have adopted to curb against the the risks imposed by disaster. Through this work, they distilled a 10-part checklist for avoiding future calamities. -
Professor Joseph Harrington shows skepticism around Sprint’s strategy to leverage Dish Network in order to merge with T-Mobile. -
Wharton’s Peter Cappelli and Prasanna Tambe discuss their new research about the challenges of using AI in human resources. The professors show how limited data, the complexity of HR tasks, fairness and accountability pose problems for digital HR -
Professor Ezekiel Emanuel is joined by Victor R. Fuchs in an Op-ed where the two venture to address some of the widespread misconceptions and fallacies circulating in today’s health care debate. -
Professor Peter Cappelli comments on how the new statement on the purpose of companies may affect HR and employees; in particular he says the it is an effort to respond to industry analysts who often resist the idea of spending on employee issues.
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Wharton’s Daniel Taylor discusses his research on why proposed SEC changes on small firm audits could lead to more accounting scandals. -
Professor Mark Pauly provides a clear analysis of the Trump administration’s current efforts to both reduce US drug prices and promote R&D by setting its eyes on the European system. -
Professor Allison Hoffman breaks down the misrepresented idea of “choice” behind several Democratic Presidential Nominees’ support for alternative healthcare options to Medicare for all. She shows the structural barriers that make it so that even with a choice, often patrons make poor health insurance decisions. -
Professor Cornelia Colijn discusses the important role of cities in the fight against climate change. She address why they are at the forefront of this effort and why cities favor adaptation solutions rather than mitigatory ones. -
Professor Corinne Low and Judd B. Kessler discuss their research into hiring bias and their findings. Even in companies that purportedly champion diversity, there were indicators of implicit bias that favor some applicants over others. -
Professor Mauro Guillen comments on the implications of the rising tensions between the US and China on the export dependent Korean economy. He urges the Korean Government to be cognizant of the ripple effect that will likely be felt from the currency war, onto the global economy, and then onto Korea. -
Professor Joseph Harrington discuss T-Mobile and Sprint’s move to convince regulators that a merger is well advised. The companies proposes a fast track to 5G rollout and the creation of a new carrier: Dish. Though creative, Harrington has his doubts
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What does a drop in construction spending mean for economists? Professor Susan Wachter claims that it could be a harbinger of a slowing economy. -
Is a US economic recession imminent? Professor Jeremy Siegel says, no, but a slowdown is perhaps in the horizon. “I don’t see [a recession coming up]. I also think that the Fed has enough silver bullets” he says. -
In a discussion on Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang’s basic universal income idea, the authors cite Professor Ioana’s research on the Alaska Permanent Fund, the closest active comparison to Yang’s policy. -
Professor Herbet Hovenkamp comments on how the Qualcomm dispute may further complicate the competing investigations into antitrust led by the FTC and the DOJ. -
In a discussion on the Fed’s recent push to be more transparent, Professor Peter Conti-Brown comments on how the federal bank did not always operate this way.
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Professor Gilles Duranton comments on the startup Opendoor pioneering Real Estate “iBuying.” Though he has doubts about its reach and impact, he ultimately thinks the model will work. -
Accounting Professor comments on the risks imposed by a government proposal to provide audit waivers to certain companies; “There should be no question that this will unambiguously lead to weaker internal controls, greater restatements and greater destruction of shareholder wealth.”
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Drawing allusions to the Knights Templar, Professor Kevin Werbach discusses how Facebook’s new cryptocurrency platform, Libra, is not unlike this medieval institution that sought to provide infrastructure for international financial exchange. -
In a discussion on Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy plan, Professor David Skeel comments how its success could encourage similar state bankruptcy plans while its failure would have the opposite effect. -
Professor Herbert Hovenkamp anticipates that the Capitol’s big tech hearing will focus on issues of anticompetitive behavior/acquisitions and exclusionary contracts. -
In a discussion on the ramifications of legal challenges to the ACA, Professor Mark Pauly comments, “I will be heartsick if it’s declared unconstitutional. My view is that you should be required to have health insurance just like you’re required to wear clothes in cold weather.”
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Wharton’s Brian Feinstein discusses his research on how judicial foreclosure can help states fill the policy gap left by the federal government’s pullback from regulatory enforcement of mortgage-lending. -
Professor Barbara Kahn comments on the effective costumer service model practiced by local Philadelphia institution Fante’s as it battles to resist ecommerce hegemony.
