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Workers have been conditioned to check their feelings at the door but love makes for better business all around says the author of a new book. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GE’s move trims employee benefits and could depress morale as the company consolidates -- and struggles to find a sustainable new business model note Wharton experts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Journalist and author Rebecca Fannin dives into what is behind China’s surging dominance in technology from social media to 5G. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cost management in the digital age is about more than reducing costs or driving growth. It must be part of a larger transformation process that also includes digital technologies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Algorithms are supposed to be neutral but they are packed with the same biases built into the data used to create them. Wharton statistics professor James Johndrow has developed a method to remove those biases. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With rents at all-time highs and house prices out of reach for many the squeeze is on to find affordable homes. A recent Wharton Public Policy Initiative brief looks at possible solutions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If employers are grumbling that they can’t find qualified applicants for vacancies they only have themselves to blame says Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Relaxing some laws changing the kinds of treatments for which payers reimburse and lifting the stigma around opioid addiction would go a long way in addressing the epidemic experts say. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Spider-Man will be staying in the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- for now. What will the Sony-Disney deal mean for the two companies and Spider-Man fans? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A new California law that allows for monetary compensation for student-athletes could spur a wave of changes to the status quo though experts expect the NCAA to be slow to adapt. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Farooq Kathwari shares his remarkable life’s journey which has taken him from the politically divided region of Kashmir to Wall Street to the C-suite at Ethan Allen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a new book New York Times reporter Mike Isaac chronicles the meteoric rise of Uber and the ultimate downfall of its hard-charging founder Travis Kalanick. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Zvi Eckstein dean of the Tiomkin School of Economics at IDC Herzliya and a visiting professor at Wharton shares his insights on what lies ahead for the Israeli economy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New Wharton research finds that productivity increases when strong restaurant servers are paired with weaker ones with implications for how firms should approach teamwork. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jeff Kavanaugh head of the Infosys Knowledge Institute explains why manufacturers are moving toward a more service-style strategy to build a longer relationship with consumers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mindfulness practiced just a few minutes each day makes employees more helpful and productive according to new Wharton research. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A landmark 1968 paper discovered the relationship between earnings data and stock prices revolutionizing Wall Street forever. This year the paper’s authors received Wharton’s annual Jacobs Levy Prize. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Can kindness love and a strong sense of community actually make you healthier and happier? Research says yes according to author Kelli Harding. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The spiraling cost of health care is pushing more working families with employer-sponsored insurance to cover their kids through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program according to a recent study from the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author and journalist Julian Guthrie writes about the stories of four exceptional women VCs in her new book. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.