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March 30, 2018 How Youth Can Help Solve the World’s Toughest Problems
Innovative ideas from young people are driving the successful targeting of poverty hunger climate change and health issues.
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28 min
March 30, 2018 Why Carbon Taxes May Not Be the Best Solution for a Greener Planet
New Wharton research shows that creating industrial-scale ways to store renewable energy is more effective than carbon taxes.
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21 min
March 29, 2018 How the ACA ‘Risk Corridor’ Fallout Is Hurting Health Care
Insurers’ inability to recover their dues under an Affordable Care Act risk-sharing program is not only impacting those companies but also causing collateral damage in the marketplace say experts.
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25 min
March 29, 2018 Not Your Mother’s Barbie: How Mattel’s New Dolls Aspire to Inspire
Mattel’s new Barbie doll line looks to create role models more than fashionistas. Three experts analyze the marketing that launched them.
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25 min
March 29, 2018 The Workplace Culture Chasm: Why So Many Get It Wrong
A positive workplace culture can boost performance. So why do so many organizations fail to get even the basics right?
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22 min
March 28, 2018 How Retailers Can Avoid Becoming the Next Toys R Us
The demise of Toys R Us and the recent bankruptcy filing by mall staple Claire’s show that the reshaping of the U.S. retail landscape is far from over.
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26 min
March 28, 2018 Why a Japanese E-commerce Giant Made Its Employees Learn English
Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten required its global workforce to be proficient in English or be demoted. Harvard’s Tsedal Neeley examines this strategy in her book.
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22 min
March 27, 2018 How Can the U.S. Avoid a Trade War with China?
Bypassing the World Trade Organization with more U.S. tariffs against China risks a big trade war with no winners and a damaged U.S. economy experts say.
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25 min
March 26, 2018 Who Needs Judgment When You’ve Got Data? You Do.
Human judgment is out. Measurement is in. But tilting too far in one direction carries enormous costs says author Jerry Z. Muller in this opinion piece.
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23 min
March 23, 2018 How Amazon Delivers on Its Core Product: Convenience
The e-commerce giant’s rapid growth of its fulfillment center network has been key to its dominance over the past decade recent Wharton research finds.
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17 min

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