Monthly Archives: October 2011

Can Private Sector Firms Be Good Public Citizens?

Is it possible for companies to make a positive local impact — and a profit, even during an economic downturn? The question is being debated in cities nationwide as one of the focal points of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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Can Technology Help Solve India’s Education Problems?

Multinational IT firms are seeing opportunities in India’s education sector. But how much of a role can technology really play?

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Occupy Wall Street Raises Concerns about Banks

Protestors participating in Occupy Wall Street want to make a point about the risks posed by the financial services industry following the financial crash, among other things. Recent Knowledge@Wharton articles offer some insight.

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Let Them Eat Apps?

Following widespread disruptions last week in its email service in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and elsewhere, Research in Motion is offering free apps to appease its outraged customers. But is the gesture enough?

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All the World’s a Kindle

Does Amazon’s recent introduction of its Kindle Fire tablet, and CEO Jeff Bezos’s description of it as “an end-to-end service,” suggest that publishers no longer will have a role in the time-honored process of getting a book to market?

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Defining Innovation — and Converting Words to Action

Panelists at the recent Wharton Women in Business conference were asked to give their unique definitions of innovation — and detail how they are putting them into practice.

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Two-wheelers in India Are Now Filling All Niches

With car sales experiencing a slowdown in the wake of the economic crisis, two-wheelers are taking up the automobile sector’s slack in India.

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Agents of Change in the Middle East

When it comes to fostering education and economic development, can global venture capital be more effective than traditional government-sponsored aid programs?

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