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This Week in Business

Bringing together top leaders, innovators and renowned faculty from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania discussing topics that matter to consumers and the business world.

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The End of the CMO with Brad Grossman Mar 23, 2018

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Brad Grossman, Founder and CEO of Zeitguide, joins host Americus Reed to discuss marketing trends noted in this year’s Zeitguide report, including the potential end of the CMO, on Maketing Matters.

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Wharton Prof Kent Smetters Responds to the White House Mar 22, 2018

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The Penn Wharton Budget Model's dynamic analysis of investment in public infrastructure was released following the White House release of President Trump's plans. Recently the administration criticized the PWBM's calling it "flawed" and suggesting "one cannot help but question whether the authors who produced it had any bias.” Host Dan Loney speaks with Kent Smetters, Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School and Faculty Director of the PWBM, to discuss how PWBM has responded to this criticism and why they're confident in their model projections on Knowledge@Wharton.

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SEC Charges Theranos Founder with Fraud Mar 22, 2018

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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it had charged Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes with fraud. Under an agreement the former billionaire startup founder is stripped of her voting control of the company, banned from being an offer or directed of any public company for at least a decade and required to pay a $500k penalty. Host Dan Loney talks with Wayne Guay, Professor of Accounting at the University of Pennsylvania, and James Angel, Professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, to discuss the details of the case on Knowledge@Wharton.

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Humanity United: Stopping Labor Trafficking with Ed Marcum Mar 22, 2018

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Ed Marcum, Managing Director of Humanity United, joins hosts Sandi Hunt and Katherine Klein to discuss the foundation's dedication to bringing new approaches to global problems that have long been considered intractable on Dollars and Change.

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Protections for "Whistleblowers" via Digital Reality Trust Inc v Somers with Joseph Sirbak Mar 16, 2018

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Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case on protection of corporate ‘whistleblowers.’ According to the unanimous vote of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. V. Somers, employees may now go straight to the Securities and Exchange Commission instead of their internal organizational channels to complain about corporate misdeeds. Host Dan Loney speaks with Joseph Sirbak, Labor Attorney at Cozen O'Connor, to discuss his views on this case and how qualifying as a ‘whistleblower’ is hard to define on Knowledge@Wharton.

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The Economist Special Report on Autonomous Vehicles with Tom Standage Mar 16, 2018

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The Economist has a new report on the changing car/AV/tech industries, congestion, city planning safety, policymakers and the vision required to make them work. Host Dan Loney speaks to the author of this report Tom Standage, Deputy Editor/Head of Digital Strategy for The Economist, to go over key findings on Knowledge@Wharton.

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Panel Discussion: Comcast's Bid for British Satellite Broadcaster Sky Mar 14, 2018

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Comcast is offering $31Billion for the British satellite broadcast company Sky, outbidding Fox's bid. Host Dan Loney talks with Hemant Bhargava, Professor of Technology Management at UC Davis, Randall Smith, Professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and Ian Whittaker, Head of European Media Research at Liberum Capital Limited, to discuss why the Sky is so valuable to both entertainment giants on Knowledge@Wharton.

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President Trump's New Steel & Aluminum Tariffs with Wharton's Jeremy Siegel and Matt Gold Mar 13, 2018

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President Trump announced plans for steel and aluminum tariffs last week. The decision has been widely criticized by economists, law makers and academics, among others as a move that could hurt many other American industries and lead us into a trade war. Host Dan Loney talks with Jeremy Siegel, Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at Wharton, and Matt Gold, Former Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for North America and Adjunct Professor at Fordham University School of Law, to discuss the potential fallout of these tariffs on Knowledge@Wharton.

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Let's Talk Major League Soccer with NY Red Bull's GM Marc de Grandpre Mar 13, 2018

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Marc de Grandpre, General Manager of the New York Red Bulls and Red Bull Arena, joins host George Perry to discuss how he came to be GM and what changes have evolved for the NYRB and Major League Soccer on The Wharton Sports Business Show.

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Strategy & Analytics in Skiing with Olympic Silver Medalist Nick Goepper Mar 13, 2018

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Nick Goepper, two-time Olympian, and most recently Silver Medalist in Men’s Ski Slope, joins hosts Cade Massey, Adi Wyner, Eric Bradlow, and Shane Jensen to discuss his career and overall strategies for skiing competitions on Wharton Moneyball.

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