To meet society’s changing needs, our antique educational system has to change or it will get a failing grade, many argue. Where are the latest innovations in education coming from, and what skills will future graduates need to succeed?
To meet society’s changing needs, our antique educational system has to change or it will get a failing grade, many argue. Where are the latest innovations in education coming from, and what skills will future graduates need to succeed?
As President Obama prepares to make an historic visit to Cuba, the U.S. business community is hoping the trip will bring major breakthroughs for investment on the island.
When many top record executives turned the Beatles away, George Martin, a manager for an obscure record label, decided to sign the group. This opinion piece looks at how going against industry consensus can lead to a “brilliant mistake.”
It’s commonly believed that investors interested in having a social impact might need to sacrifice financial returns. But that is simply not true, according to Liesel Pritzker Simmons, co-founder of the Blue Haven Initiative.
So much spin pervades modern communication that it can be hard to spot when we’re being linguistically conned. To decipher it, two ‘National Lampoon’ staffers wrote ‘Spinglish: The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language.’
Mattel, maker of the Barbie doll, is adding curvy, petite and tall dolls to try to better connect with young girls. Will the strategy pay off?
The issues facing human resources professionals across the world remain universal, but they have taken on a new complexity as companies become increasingly global, panelists at a recent Wharton forum in Kuala Lumpur noted.
Some firms are taking an app-only approach to e-commerce in India, in an attempt to tap into one of the country’s fastest-growing markets. Can it work?
Most people can master what it takes to be an effective manager. But we often don’t appreciate how difficult that mastery is, experts say.
In a new book, Wharton Executive Education fellow Mario Moussa divulges the secrets to developing a high-performance team and avoiding common pitfalls that hinder maximum cooperation.
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