Resolute Japan: A Leadership Model for the Longer Term
Harbir Singh, Michael Useem
October 8, 2024
In an excerpt from their new book ‘Resolute Japan: The Leaders Forging a Corporate Resurgence,’ authors Jusuke J. J. Ikegami, Harbir Singh, and Michael Useem explain what “long term” means to many Japanese firms. Intrigued by a comeback among Japanese firms, Waseda University’s Jusuke J. J. Ikegami and the Wharton School’s Harbir Singh and […]
How Low-income Households Can Secure Their Retirement Finances
Kent SmettersSeptember 24, 2024
A new plan from the Penn Wharton Budget Model projects account balances as high as $200,000 for more than 56 million low-income Americans. Low-income Americans without sufficient savings have faced an increasingly bleak outlook for financing life after retirement. The programs they bank on — Social Security, Medicare, and Long-term Medical Care — face […]
How We Can Harness AI to Fulfill Our Potential
Cornelia C. WaltherSeptember 19, 2024
Visiting scholar Cornelia Walther explains the four assets you need to protect your personal agency and critical thinking skills as AI becomes a bigger part of our lives. The following article was written by Dr. Cornelia C. Walther, a visiting scholar at Wharton and director of global alliance POZE. A humanitarian practitioner who spent […]
How AI Analytics Spurs Innovation at Newly Public Firms
Lorin Hitt, Lynn WuSeptember 17, 2024
A new study by experts at Wharton and elsewhere shows how AI can stop innovation declines at early-stage firms after an IPO. There’s a new frontier for the ever-expanding capabilities of AI: reviving innovation at firms that have slackened on that front after an initial public offering (IPO). With increased deployment of AI analytics […]
The Impact of Automation on Corporate Decision-making
Pinar YildirimSeptember 10, 2024
Research co-authored by Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim shows how automation is a strategic asset that can reshape the power dynamics within an organization. Last year, the corporate world adopted a new term: the flattening. This phrase refers to how tech companies, which rapidly hired droves of middle managers during the pandemic boom, are now eliminating […]
To Survive Sustained Change, Start Rehearsing
Ram CharanSeptember 10, 2024
In this Nano Tool for Leaders, business advisor Ram Charan teaches companies how to prepare for potential disruptions. Nano Tools for Leaders® — a collaboration between Wharton Executive Education and Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management — are fast, effective tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes, […]
Can the Mobile Wave Help Us Navigate the AI Wave?
Scott A. SnyderSeptember 2, 2024
Tech experts from Wharton and Forrester look back on the advent of the iPhone, identifying key lessons that leaders today can apply to AI. The following article was written by Scott A. Snyder, a senior fellow at Wharton, adjunct professor at Penn Engineering, and chief digital officer at EVERSANA; and Julie Ask, a technology […]
Why Is It So Hard for AI to Win User Trust?
Kartik HosanagarSeptember 2, 2024
Research examining how individuals predict the outcome of speed dating sheds light on what drives — or does not drive — trust in AI. What is the likelihood that couples who had previously met through speed dating would want to pursue a second date? Age, gender, and race apart, this may depend on a […]
The AI-Savvy Leader: Building the Leadership Skills to Make AI Work
Stefano PuntoniAugust 27, 2024
AI is the ultimate change management project, says scholar David De Cremer. He talks to Wharton’s Stefano Puntoni about his new book, ‘The AI-Savvy Leader.’ Behavioral scientist David De Cremer didn’t have to look far to find inspiration for his most recent book, The AI-Savvy Leader: Nine Ways to Take Back Control and Make […]
Why ETFs Are Scoring Over Mutual Funds
Shankar ParameshwaranAugust 27, 2024
New research on index investing recommends the inclusion of ETFs in retirement accounts as an alternative investment option to open-end mutual funds. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have in recent years scored over mutual funds by garnering more investments and growing faster. This trend is not solely driven by the shift from active to index-based investing. […]