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Companies that mix for-profit and philanthropic capital sources for positive social impact need leaders who can push in more than one direction, according to social entrepreneur Derek Handley.

Companies such as Netflix, Amazon, Apple and others have made big Hollywood studios, TV networks and other traditional media outlets rethink how they approach the idea of success.

Recent Wharton research finds that people in poverty may lack the mental bandwidth necessary to make good choices.

Toymaker Lego is expanding its business into online video gaming, in addition to its other non-brick diversifications.

Wharton’s Benjamin Keys finds that the minimum payment on credit card statements is often an anchor that consumers use to decide how much to pay even if they could afford to do more.

2016 was a trying year for the truth. From fake news to false tweets, the increasingly fractured state of our shared reality may be threatening the orderly functioning of democracy itself.

Will President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tax cuts and infrastructure spending spark economic growth, but also higher debt, inflation and interest rates?

That CD you bought on Amazon may look and sound exactly like the real thing. But thanks to a growing number of counterfeiters, there’s a fair chance your disc is a fake.

Kat Taylor, co-CEO of Beneficial State Bank, discusses how the triple bottom line company enhances economic sustainability in low-income communities

Many professionals plug away for years with only moderate career success. A lack of emotional intelligence may be stifling advancement.