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Putting the Squeeze on Consumer Choice
Heinz is jettisoning its old squeeze pouch individual ketchup packets for a new design the company touts as easier to open and less prone to splatters. But can improving the consumer ketchup experience also influence the bottom line?
Indian IT Firms Are Looking to Create Jobs Overseas
Facing increasing restrictions and protectionism in foreign markets like the U.S., Indian IT firms have adopted a new strategy: Hire more workers locally.
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Tagged hiring, India, India Knowledge@Wharton, IT industry, outsourcing
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Can Bangalore Become the Innovation Hub of Asia?
Already recognized as a business process and IT powerhouse, Bangalore has a new aspiration — to become the innovation hub in Asia. What will the city and stakeholders need to do to achieve this goal?
No Nukes for Siemens
In a surprising turnabout, Germany’s industrial giant, Siemens, no longer will make most nuclear energy generating equipment. Is nuclear energy on the ropes?
Posted in Finance and Investment, Knowledge@Wharton Today, Law and Public Policy, Managing Technology, Strategic Management
Tagged energy, energy mix, energy shortfall, fukushima, nuclear energy production, nuclear meltdown, nuclear plants, nuclear power, nuclear power industry, nuclear power stations, nuclear reactors, sustainable sources, U.S. Energy
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To Stave Off Arab Spring Revolts, Saudi Arabia and Fellow Gulf Countries Spend $150 Billion
Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries are investing in social programs in an effort to boost citizen well-being and temper tensions that could lead to more uprisings. But a new report cautions that their efforts don’t address the long-term nature of the problems that spurred the Arab Spring.
Netflix: Two Companies, Double the Headaches?
By splitting its business into two companies — one for streaming content and the other for mail-order DVDs — Netflix has further angered customers who have already faced price increases for both services. What’s more, according to research by one Wharton expert, companies who depart from their original businesses tend to suffer consequences.
Retirement Heist? Pensions, Past and Present
A book published last week exposes the many ways that companies have been bilking American workers out of their hard-earned pensions. But things have changed, including regulations, the labor market and the challenges facing Social Security and Medicare.
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Tagged Defined benefit pension planDefined benefit pension plan, Defined contribution planDefined contribution plan, Employee benefitEmployee benefit, insurance entity, Kent Smetters, Olivia Mitchell, Social SecuritySocial Security (United States), The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., Wharton's Pension Research Council
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Is India’s Auto Industry Really Facing a Recession?
The automobile industry is often considered to be a proxy for a nation’s economy. Nowhere is this truer than in India today.
