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Last week’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris brought unprecedented political consensus on curbing emissions. Now the focus is on how business and technology can help.
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Significantly more men launch startups than women but it’s not because they are better at being entrepreneurs. New research by Wharton’s Ethan Mollick offers some answers as to why.
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As a father to an autistic child Topher Wurts realized autism families could use an app and website that listed resources to help them find appropriate places services and products -- with reviews. So he created Autism Village.
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Time was when governments and nonprofits were the only ones pushing planet-saving agendas. Wharton professor Sarah Light has done new research on what has changed and why.
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Bestselling author Mitch Albom speaks with Wharton management professor Adam Grant about his new book ’The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto.’
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is touted as the most powerful single institution in the country. But many people don’t have the foggiest clue about the ‘epic struggle’ involved with launching the central bank in the early 1900s.
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The American Medical Association’s call for a ban on direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs could have both positive and less desirable effects say Wharton experts.
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In a wide-ranging new book Simon Winchester examines the role of the Pacific Ocean in the modern world where “East meets West.”
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Silicon Valley dreads “patent trolls” -- companies whose main business is to own patents and enforce their rights by charging fees or suing. But research shows they could also be a force for good.
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Ecofiltro began as a nonprofit with a goal of helping the rural poor in Guatemala get access to clean water. But CEO Philip Wilson realized that becoming a for-profit company actually helped fulfill his social goals.
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