Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman says a key to his firm’s investment success is understanding how people behave.
Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman says a key to his firm’s investment success is understanding how people behave.
By examining more detailed data than retailers have been able to get before, research group NPD and Wharton’s Baker Retailing Center have unearthed a host of new information about generational buying behavior.
Family companies — some publicly traded, some private — constitute about 80% of firms worldwide. But are family businesses the best model for emerging markets?
What’s it like to build a $1 trillion public sector ‘startup’? The secretary general of the European Stability Mechanism explains.
Pemex’s pension liabilities, which have doubled in the past five years, are by far the largest of any oil and gas company in the world.
Soccer Without Borders, winner of the 2016 Lipman Family Prize, uses the sport to help improve the lives of at-risk youth — especially young women.
At this year’s Wharton Business Plan Competition, one team took home more prizes than any predecessor. Check out the field of finalists – and make your guess for the winner.
When tech journalist Dan Lyons was laid off from Newsweek after working there for 25 years, he went to work for a startup. What he discovered surprised — and dismayed — him.
Reaching a balanced ‘burn rate’ – not overspending, but not underspending either – is critical for a startup’s survival, according to Wharton research.
The marriage rate in the United States is at a record low. In ‘All the Single Ladies,’ journalist Rebecca Traister reports on some key economic implications.
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