This Week in Business

Hosts Dave Reibstein and Suneal Bedi talk with AnneMarie Suarez-Davis, Vice President of US Snacks Marketing at Kellogg Company, and Luke Cole, Head of Brand Build and Marketing for at The Kraft Heinz Company, about their Super Bowl LIII ads and their brand strategies for 2019 on Measured Thoughts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gillette released a new one minute, 48 second commercial on Twitter recently that has generated a lot of divided, emotional reactions from consumers. The ad tackles the issues of “toxic masculinity” – bullying, sexist talk, and violence – linking them to their signature tag line “the best a man can get.” It's the latest example of a brand taking on social issues of the day...

Host Ann Greenhalgh talks with Rob Nabors, Director of Policy and Government Affairs at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to learn more about how his team develops and implements strategies to help mobilize the resources, political commitment, and public commitment necessary to achieving the foundation’s programmatic goals on Leadership in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Business Radio Special: Wharton Moneyball is broadcasting LIVE from Radio Row at the Atlanta Conference Center in preparation for Super Bowl LIII. Tune in this half as they talk to NFL Network Analyst Bucky Brooks about NFL analytics, scouting, and performance evaluations. They also talk with Alex Anthopoulos, EVP and General Manager of the Atlanta Braves, about his career path to GM by age 32, ba...

Business Radio Special: Wharton Moneyball is broadcasting LIVE from Radio Row at the Atlanta Conference Center in preparation for Super Bowl LIII. Tune in this half as they talk to President of the NFL Players Association and current Wharton Executive MBA candidate Eric Weston and SVP of Football Strategy and Business Development at the NFL Damani Leech. We'll talk about NFL analytics, industry sa...

Hosts Catharine Hays and Jenny Rooney talk with Melina Engel, CMO of SimpliSafe, and Dean Evans, CMO of Hyundai, about their advertising strategies for the Super Bowl on The CMO Spotlight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bob Glazer is the CEO of Acceleration Partners , a global performance marketing agency, and the Founder and Chairman of Brandcycle. He joins host Stew Friedman to discuss Acceleration Partner's progressive approach to elevating people to perform at their best in all parts of their lives on Work and Life. http://www.workandlifepodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Laura Zarrow talks with Patti Williams, the Ira A. Lipman Associate Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School and recently named Academic Director of Wharton’s Executive Development Program, about her program goals and the importance of education on Women@Work. Wharton's Executive Development Program is an intense two-week course that prepares fast-track leaders to move from mastery of one...

Pathologists examine organs, tissues, body fluids cells and molecules to look for clues to disease and injuries. Penn Vet does this same work ... but with animals. We look at how veterinary pathology impacts the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health through extensive disease surveillance. Penn Vet's research has direct influence on agricultural...

We're featuring a series this month called “2019: A Look Ahead” and continue with a look at the future of the auto industry. In 2018, car makers announced the end of many lines of sedans and coupes to focus on more popular SUVs and trucks. Companies like Ford, General Motors and Toyota are looking to spend more resources on autonomous vehicles and electric cars.&...

Legendary investor and Vanguard founder John "Jack" Bogle passed earlier this month at the age of 89. Bogle is credited with making the investment industry accessible to millions of people because of his development of low-cost, low-fee indexed funds. Vanguard, which Bogle started in the late 1970s, now has over $5 trillion in investor assets. Host Dan Loney talks with Jer...

Dingding Chen, Professor of International Relations and Associate Dean of Institute for 21st Century Silk Road Studies at Jinan University, joins hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Liqian Ren to discuss Chinese foreign policy, how Dingding was the first to predict Trump's victory 3 years ago, China's stance on the current trade war, emerging technology, and more on Behind the Markets. Hosted on Acast. See...

Cris Collinsworth, game analyst for NBC’s Sunday Night Football and former wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, joins hosts Cade Massey, Shane Jensen, Adi Wyner, and Eric Bradlow to discuss his career in the NFL and as an analyst and broadcaster on Wharton Moneyball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Tracey Wilen, researcher and speaker on career trends, joins host Dr. Dawn Graham to discuss the shifts in the career landscape for 2019 on Career Talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're featuring a series this month called “2019: A Look Ahead” and continue with a look at climate change.  Several major studies, including the federal government's National Climate Assessment and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, showed that global warming is already having a deadly impact around...

We're featuring a series this month called “2019: A Look Ahead” and continue with a look at technology. The tech sector went through a lot of ups and downs last year: executives from several companies testified before Congressional committees regarding their use of customers personal data, employers were held accountable by their own workers over business decisions,&n...

We're featuring a series this month called “2019: A Look Ahead” and continue with a look at the real estate markets. Mortgage interest rates are easing after rates passed five percent in 2018 for the first time in eight years, making consumers uncertain about either buying a new home or refinancing an existing loan. But at the same time, changes in the tax law hi...

We're featuring a series this month called “2019: A Look Ahead” and continue with a look at trade issues. The U.S. and China recently held another round of trade talks, which ended with both sides reportedly feeling positive. The U.S. is also preparing for talks with the European Union later this year, with agriculture being one of the tougher, negotiating issues.&nbs...

We're featuring a series this month called “2019: A Look Ahead” and continue with a look at impending changes to US tax law and policy. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act went into effect in 2018 and the majority of us will feel its impact when we file our taxes in the coming weeks or months. However it's already left a mark on the federal budget deficit. Although the Trump ad...

We're featuring a series this month called “2019: A Look Ahead” and continue with a look at the future of Latin America. In the last 12 months leadership has changed in Latin American countries including Brazil, Cuba and Mexico. Brazil elected a far right president, Jair Bolsonaro, while Mexico has its first leftist president in seven decades, Andres Manuel Lopez Obra...

Ruth Zukerman, Co-Founder of SoulCycle and FlyWheel and current Creative Director at FlyWheel, joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss her inspirational founders story and journey from dance to cycling on Women@Work. Ruth's new book is called " Riding High: How I Kissed SoulCycle Goodbye, Co-Founded Flywheel, and Built the Life I Always Wanted". Book: https://www.amazon.com/Riding-High-SoulCycle-Co-Fou...

Vikram Dewan, CEO of the Philadelphia Zoo, President of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, and Wharton alum, joins hosts Sandi Hunt and Sherryl Kuhlman to discuss the Philadelphia Zoo's many impact programs that span from the community here in Philadelphia to the wildlife all over the world with efforts in Conservation, Sustainability, Social Impact, Education, and more on Dollars and Change....

Charles Best, Founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org, joins host Nicolaj Siggelkow to talk about how the nonprofit website, which enables anyone to help a classroom in need, is making a real life impact in education on Mastering Innovation. To date, teachers at more than 80% of all the public schools in America have created classroom project requests on DonorsChoose.org, and more than 3 million peopl...

"Few books can credibly claim to offer a way to save the world, but this one does." That's the eye-catching first sentence in forward to the new book  A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and The Rest Can Follow . The authors, Joshua Goldstein , Professor Emeritus of International Relations at American University, and Staffan Qvist , Energy Engineer, j...

We're featuring a series this month called “2019: A Look Ahead” and continue with a look at retail in the US. In 2018, 13 retail companies filed for bankruptcy protection, which is about half as many as 2017. While some like David’s Bridal and Mattress Firm may be able to reorganize their debt and find a way out of financial trouble, Sears Holdings look...