Thought Leadership Wharton@Work Wharton Wealth Management Initiative Wharton Wealth Management Thought Leadership Active vs. Passive Investing: Which Approach Offers Better Returns? Why Asset-Allocation Decisions Are Complex – and What to Do About It Wharton Wealth Management Initiative Academic Director Wharton School Press Wharton Wealth Management Initiative We distill the most cutting-edge financial research into real-world, real-time knowledge that wealth managers and investors can use for immediate impact. Learn more » Thought Leadership At Wharton, we believe that knowledge is the muscle of business. Our 225+ faculty, as well as 20 research centers and initiatives, are the brain trust that powers this engine. Wharton thought leadership crosses multiple disciplines and is available to you in a variety of ways — academic research, books, interviews, and more. Immerse yourself in Wharton knowledge, and gain valuable business insight that can help you achieve your goals within your own organization today. Wharton@Work To Succeed in a Business Ecosystem, Change Your Mindset What’s the most common mistake companies make when building or leveraging an ecosystem? Failing to capture potential gains because of traditional supply- and value-chain perspectives. Read more » KNOWLEDE@WHARTON Building a Better Data-first Strategy: Lessons from Top Companies It is hard to imagine a company that does not claim to use data to make better and smarter decisions. It is equally true, though, that many of them make big mistakes, says Neil Hoyne, a senior fellow at Wharton Customer Analytics. How can they improve their ability to build a better data-first strategy and get better at measurement? Hoyne the global head of customer analytics at Google, provides answers. Read more » Nano Tools for Leaders® See It My Way: Top Tips for Persuading Others Getting others on board doesn’t take strong-arm tactics. Instead, persuasion expert Richard Shell offers five ideas for delivering a softer — and more effective — sell. Read more » HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW How to Deflect Difficult Questions in an Interview or Negotiation What’s your response to a question you would rather not answer? Wharton management professor Maurice Schweitzer says there are serious pitfalls to the three most common approaches: honesty, refusal, and deception. Instead, in light of his new research, he advocates for deflection, which enables you to avoid disclosing costly information in a way that leads to better outcomes than simply declining to answer the question and is less reputationally risky than deception. Read More »
