This Week in Business

Michelle Young, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Merchant Solutions for Financial Institutions at Worldpay joins the show to discuss the rise of digital wallets following the pandemic and how different generations are adopting it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Finance Professor Itay Goldstein joins the show to talk about a conference that explores the impact of AI on the finance sector, hosted by the Wharton Initiative on Financial Policy and Regulation (WIFPR) and the International Monetary Fund, as well as his own research on AI-powered collusion in stock trading. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Assistant Professor Thomas Winberry joins the show to discuss his recent study, which reveals that financially constrained firms face a trade-off between investing in existing ideas and pursuing new ones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner at SkyBridge Capital and Former White House Communications Director, joins the show to discuss his new book "From Wall Street to the White House and Back" and his viewpoint on the state of cryptocurrency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Professor of Marketing Cait Lamberton joins the show to talk about the state of corporate activism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Dean Erika James joins the show to discuss Wharton's new AI & Analytics Initiative. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Professor of Marketing, Psychology and Neuroscience Michael Platt joins the show to discuss the impact of declining fertility rates on the workforce. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Lecturer Mori Taheripour joins the show to discuss spring cleaning for our professional lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liz Ann Sonders, Managing Director & Chief Investment Strategist for Charles Schwab & Co. recently joined the show to talk about today's inflation data and tomorrow's CPI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Professor of Management John Paul MacDuffie joins the show to discuss the business of electric vehicles (EVs) and why so many EV startups fail. This interview originally aired as part of Wharton Business Daily's EV special. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Craig Copeland, Director of Wealth Benefits Research at the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI), discusses the company's new retirement confidence survey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Assistant Professor Sean Myers joins the show to discuss his recent paper that looks at the connection between price movement on stocks and future earnings growth and returns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Odland, CEO of The Conference Board, joins the show to discuss consumer confidence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian Feinstein, Wharton Assistant Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics, joins the show to discuss how key aspects of financial regulation will be overturned if former President Trump is reelected. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Erin Terkoski Young, Director of Health, Equity & Well-Being at WTW, joins the show to discuss how companies can focus on mental health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brands pay millions for mega-influencer endorsements, but new research from Wharton’s Ryan Dew and Raghuram Iyengar finds more followers don’t always yield the biggest bang for the buck. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lindsey Cameron, Wharton Assistant Professor of Management, joins the show to discuss the gig economy and how it pits customers against workers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Coykendall, Deloitte's Vice Chair of US Industrial Products & Construction, joins the show to discuss hiring in the manufacturing sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Penn Assistant Professor Jisung Park joins the show to discuss his new book, Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World, in honor of Earth month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Maslansky, CEO of Maslansky & Partners, joins the show to discuss the political and fiscal debate over ESG. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Black founders have long struggled for their place in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, but a new study from Wharton’s Tiantian Yang shows they are thriving in intrapreneurship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wharton Assistant Professor of Management Tiantian Yang joins the show to discuss workforce reentry for mothers and the way personal networks impact that process. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seth Berkowitz, Co-Founder & CEO of Insomnia Cookies, which he started while a student at Penn, joins the show to discuss their new headquarters and four-day workweek. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Morris Cohen, Wharton Professor Emeritus of Manufacturing & Logistics, joins the show to discuss how AI will transform supply chain management. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jock Payten, Founder & CEO of Nubian Square Investment Advisors, recently joined the show to discuss responsible investing and closing the wealth gap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.