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The Knowledge at Wharton Network Acast feed serves as a curated showcase highlighting the best content from our podcast collection. Each week, we feature one standout episode from each show in the Wharton Podcast Network, giving listeners a comprehensive sample of our diverse business and academic content. This rotating selection allows audiences to discover new shows within our network while experiencing the depth and variety of Wharton's thought leadership across different topics and formats. It's your monthly gateway to explore the full spectrum of insights available through the Wharton Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 30, 2016 • 25min
How Public-private Partnerships Can Help Build Nations’ Brands
Why are PPPs increasingly a favored model for solving societal problems? They combine expertise and help stakeholders with branding legitimacy and access. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 28, 2016 • 21min
How Federal Policy Is Paving the Way for Driverless Cars
A proactive regulatory regime is critical in the run-up to 2021 when the auto industry expects to have a full-fledged launch of self-driving vehicles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 28, 2016 • 15min
Leveraging Customer Analytics for Business Success
Wharton professor and analytics expert Peter Fader joins WNS executives Raj SivaKumar and Mike Nemeth to discuss the power of harnessing customer analytics for business success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 27, 2016 • 29min
Choosing Your Candidate: There’s an App for That
A new app called Voter promises to bring clarity to the task of choosing the best political candidate for you based on the issues and your own beliefs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 27, 2016 • 24min
Will Yahoo’s Data Breach Help Overhaul Online Security?
The largest data breach in history -- affecting 500 million Yahoo accounts -- could trigger an industry-wide overhaul of user authentication procedures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 26, 2016 • 22min
How Big Data Connects Bankers Politics and Insider Trading
Insider trading by politically connected bankers spiked just before the massive bailouts of October 2008 research by Wharton professor Daniel Taylor shows. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 23, 2016 • 25min
What’s My Dog Thinking? Getting Inside Fido’s Head
Pets are more like people than you think. They suffer from emotional and mental issues too says renowned vet Nicholas Dodman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 23, 2016 • 29min
Why the Wells Fargo Hearing Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Wells Fargo chairman and CEO John Stumpf’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee raised new questions about banking culture and incentives but offered little clarity on what went wrong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 21, 2016 • 24min
The Right Way to Take Risks -- in Business and Life
In business and life people take all sorts of risks. But they must be balanced with prudence. Aureus CEO Karen Firestone explains how. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 21, 2016 • 15min
How Uncertainty Impacts Funding for Microfinance Organizations
New Wharton research examines how political and economic turmoil in a country can impact how microfinance organizations are funded. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
