This Week in Business

By The Wharton School

Bringing together top leaders, innovators and renowned faculty from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania discussing topics that matter to consumers and the business world.

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This Week in Business episodes:

December 22, 2020 Will Diverse Board Requirements Make Companies Better?
Katherine Klein, Wharton Professor of Management and Vice-Dean of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative, talks about NASDAQ's recent announcement requiring board diversity, why it's important to reinforce diversity throughout the company overall, and why companies have been historically resistant to change in this area.
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December 17, 2020 America's Restaurants Are Suffering: Here's How to Save Them
Andrew Zimmern, Founder & CEO of Passport Hospitality, returns to Wharton Business Daily to talk to Dan Loney about why he says the restaurant industry is falling apart nine months into the pandemic, and what must be done to save the industry.
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December 15, 2020 The Challenges in Distributing the COVID-19 Vaccine
Gad Allon, Professor of Operations, Information & Decisions at the Wharton School, and Director of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, talks about the massive logistical challenges in distributing the COVID-19 vaccines.
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December 10, 2020 Does Diversity Branding Hurt Diversity?
The advent and use of artificial intelligence is leading to deeper conversations about the influence this technology will have in the years ahead, particularly as it relates to data collection and privacy. In this re-play of a pre-pandemic interview with Timnit Gebru, the former Technical Co-Lead of Google’s Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team talks about her biggest concerns around data collection, changes that need to occur at the company structure and policy level, and diversity in tech.

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December 08, 2020 Is It a Mistake to Erase Student Debt?
Wharton Assistant Professor of Finance Sylvain Catherine and Chicago Booth Assistant Professor of Finance Constantine Yannelis discuss their new research on student debt forgiveness with Wharton Business Daily's Dan Loney.
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December 03, 2020 The Challenge of Running "Pandemic Sports"
Co-founder of Premier Lacrosse League Paul Rabil talks to Dan Loney about lacrosse growing into a national, professional sport - and what it's like running a sports league during the pandemic.
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December 01, 2020 The Business of Black Friday During a Pandemic
As part of Wharton Business Daily's special, "The Business of Black Friday During a Pandemic," Wharton Professor of Marketing Barbara Kahn talks about the evolution of Black Friday and how the pandemic has changed one of the biggest shopping days of the year. She also talks innovation in retail and how the pandemic will shape how we shop even after it's over.
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November 24, 2020 Why 2021 Will Be 'Gangbusters'
Wharton Professor of Finance Jeremy Siegel gives the lay of the land in terms of what he's seeing with Wall Street, the Dow nearing 30,000 and what the year ahead has in store for us as we look to recover from the effects of the pandemic.
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November 19, 2020 The State of the Investing Landscape
Howard Marks, W'67, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, talks about the current investing landscape, market recoveries and how the markets are doing well despite rising COVID-19 numbers across the country.
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November 17, 2020 Why Social Media Is Now an Integral Part of Our Elections
Wharton Assistant Professor of Marketing Pinar Yildirim talks about how social media has become an integral part of our elections, how they are cracking down on misinformation, and how they should continue to take more action moving forward.
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