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After a year of rising mortgage rates and shortages in both supply and demand, the best option for prospective homebuyers and homeowners is to bide their time, says Wharton’s Susan Wachter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time-limited sales are a marketing staple in retail stores, but those same scarcity tactics don’t work online to move products and increase profits. Wharton marketing professor Cait Lamberton explains why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton management professor Iwan Barankay isn’t too worried about the possibility of a recession in America. Inflation, however, is still a threat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many managers worry that algorithms alienate those who would rather deal with a real person than a robot. New research from Wharton’s Stefano Puntoni looks at how the attitudes of customers are influenced by algorithmic versus human decision-making. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The worst of inflation is over, the Federal Reserve may begin to pare the funds rate, and equities are undervalued, says the Wharton professor emeritus of finance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nonprofits and charitable organizations can increase contributions simply by offering multiple-choice options that signal to potential donors what is appropriate to give. Wharton’s Alice Moon shares the results of her latest study. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton’s Kevin Werbach speaks with Wharton Business Daily on SiriusXM about the fall of FTX and the need for better cryptocurrency regulation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk must reconcile his dream of a free-speech paradise with the reality of a business based on ad revenue. With so much money on the line, the billionaire is changing his approach, says Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton’s Katherine Klein talks to Corey Rosen, founder of the National Center for Employee Ownership, about how employee ownership plans are structured and why they yield great financial benefits for companies and workers alike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Worried about backlash, some companies don’t openly share the steps they may be taking to reduce their carbon footprint. Wharton’s Mirko Heinle explains this troubling trend of “greenhushing” and what it means for climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton management professor Samir Nurmohamed talks about his latest paper, which finds that underdog self-narratives can help employees offset the negative psychological effects of prior discrimination and boost their confidence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of her Leading Diversity at Work podcast, Wharton’s Stephanie Creary and two guest experts tackle the thorny issue of microaggressions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘The Customer-Base Audit,’ co-authored by Wharton’s Peter Fader, argues that firms cannot make fully informed decisions without first understanding their customers’ buying behavior and the actual health of their customer base. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton marketing professor David Reibstein unveils his annual Best Countries ranking and explains why Switzerland takes the top while the U.S. has never cracked No. 1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Federal Reserve’s fiscal policy is meant to curb inflation, but it has a countervailing effect of squeezing an already tight real estate market, according to Wharton’s Susan Wachter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton’s Katy Milkman shares the lessons learned from last year’s Philly Vax Sweepstakes, a Penn-funded and designed project designed to evaluate ways of increasing COVID-19 vaccines in the city. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton real estate professor Benjamin Keys offers a bleak forecast for home buyers, despite mortgage interest rates rising above 6% for the first time since 2008. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Dean Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten, president of Simmons University, discuss their new book The Prepared Leader and how they found the motivation and the staying power during the pandemic to write it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton’s Matthew Bidwell explains why employers have bigger things to worry about than employees who are quiet quitting, a phrase that describes doing the bare minimum at work. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

The proposed income-driven repayment program in the Biden Student Debt Relief Plan “could radically change how people finance college,” according to Kent Smetters, faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.