This Week in Business

Business Radio Insights: Jenna Fisher, Wharton Alumna and Global Corporate Officers Sector Leader for the executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates, joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss a few common pitfalls to avoid when working with executive search recruiters and how women can best re-enter the workforce on Women@Work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicholas Davis, Head of Society and Innovation and a member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum, talks with Host Mike Useem about the World Economic Forum’s work on “The Fourth Industrial Revolution”, focusing on how emerging technologies could disrupt industries, labor markets, societies and governments, and how technology can be used to empower communities to create a human-centered future on Leadership in Action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mitch Goldman leads a panel discussion on Apple's recent partnership with major health systems, allowing patients to download their medical records to their iPhone. We discuss what this means for the patient, for the hospitals, and our health care system as a whole on The Business of Health Care. Panelists include: Michael Restuccia, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Penn Medicine; Dr. William Hanson, Chief Medical Information Officer at Penn Medicine; and Aneesh Chopra, President of Care Journey and Former United States Chief Technology Officer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*NEW* Business Radio Monthly Special! CMO Spotlight is by CMOs, for CMOs - and everyone else who wants to know what today’s Chief Marketing Officers are thinking and doing, including where they are investing their time, energy, and resources for the future. Hosts Catharine Hays and Jenny Rooney talk with Elizabeth Rutledge, CMO at American Express, and Jay Livingston, CMO at BARK/Bark Box, about what it's like for a new CMO's first 100 days in the role on CMO Spotlight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenny Schuetz, David M. Rubenstein Fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, joins host Sam Chandan to discuss the latest Brookings Institution Report she co-authored, looking at the current housing shortage and how it's influencing home prices and thus people's capacity to become homeowners on The Real Estate Hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Renters made up the almost 43 billion US households in 2016. As demand for rentals is on the rise, price increases have outpaced median household income growth. According to a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts, a third of renters are now spending over 30 percent of there income on rent. Host Dan Loney talks with Erin Currier, Director of Pew's Family Financial Security and Mobility Project and it's Student Borrower Success Project, to discuss these findings and more on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One for the World is a new organization that helps young professionals chose where their charitable donation can have the greatest impact using a rigorous data-driven selection process. Host Dan Loney talks with the two Wharton graduates who co-founded this organization, Josh McCann, Associate Syndications Officer at the International Finance Corporation, and Kate Epstein, Engagement Manager at L.E.K. Consulting, to discuss how they are growing their impact and making charitable giving easy and effective on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Northern Ireland's border with the Republic of Ireland is a major issue as Brexit negotiations continue. The customs union has become a important aspect to Prime Minister Theresa May's dealings with the House of Lords and with the European Union. Host Dan Loney talks with Brendan O'Leary, Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, and Michelle Egan, Professor in the School of International Service at American University and Global Fellow at the Wilson Center, to discuss the latest in the impending Brexit on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

French President Emmanuel Macron is the first leader to make an official state visit to the US under the Trump Administration. Host Dan Loney speaks with Daniel Kelemen, Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Politics at Rutgers University, and Olivier Chatain, Associate Professor Strategy and Business Policy Department at HEC Paris and a Senior Fellow at the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at the Wharton School, to discuss what goals Macron has in mind for his meetings with President Trump on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recently, Wells Fargo bank was recently fined a total of $1 billion dollars to two federal regulators. Host Dan Loney talks with David Zaring, Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School, Christopher Peterson, John J. Flynn Endowed Professor of Law at the University of Utah and former Special Advisor in the Office of the Director at the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Cindy Schipani, Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Business Law at University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, to discuss whether these fines were too steep, or not steep enough, and how Wells Fargo got itself into hot water on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

50 years ago, the United States Congress was trying to cut back on voting rights, housing and welfare regulations, and civil rights and entitlement programs. President, Lyndon B. Johnson was losing the Vietnam War, and Martin Luther King, Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy were assassinated. Host Dan Loney speaks with Kyle Longley, The Snell Family Dean's Distinguished Professor of History and Political Science at Arizona State University, to discuss his new book, "LBJ's 1968: Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval" on Knowledge@Wharton. Longley believes that no other year - except maybe 1929 - had hosted such turmoil and describes all the events and their affects on our society a half-century later in this new book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An entrepreneurial American Dream come true: Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac, Co-Founders of Cousins Maine Lobster, speak with host Dan Loney to share their story of growth and their new book Cousins Maine Lobster: How One Food Truck Became a Multimillion-Dollar Business on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Christian Terwiesch talks about the current innovation in the insurance world and what the future of insurance could look like with Mark Pitchford, Chief Marketing and Sales Officer at Esurance, and Kyle Nakatsuji, Co-Founder and CEO of Clearcover on Work of Tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave Johnson, Director for the Penn Relays, joins host George Perry to discuss the prolific Penn sporting event that features more than 15,000 participants from high schools, colleges, and track clubs throughout North America and abroad, competing in more than 300 events over three days on The Wharton Sports Business Show. Penn Relays 2018 is April 26-28; for more info: http://thepennrelays.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amol Navathe, Leonard Davis Institute Senior Fellow and Perelman School of medicine Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, joins host Dan Loney to discuss his new research looking at hospital savings in the first year of hip and knee surgery mandatory bundled payments, explaining how these findings affect health care organizations, clinicians and policy makers on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marla Beck, CEO and Co-Founder of Bluemercury Inc., joins host Loren Feldman to discuss how her iconic high-growth luxury beauty retail chain is for disrupting the beauty retailing industry with its creative approach to personalized beauty solutions on Mind Your Business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the first time in nearly 60 years, a Castro is no longer Cuba's head of state. Raul Castro, who took the reins from his brother Fidel in 2008, officially stepped down last week making way for Miguel Diaz-Canal. Host Dan Loney speaks with Lillian Guerra, Professor of Cuban & Caribbean History at the University of Florida, Richard Gioioso, Director of Latin American Studies Program at Saint Joseph's University, and Gustavo Arnavat, Senior Adviser for the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former Obama Administration official who represented the US at the Inter-American Development Bank, to discuss this political change for Cuba on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Individual tax cuts as outlined in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, are set to expire at the end of 2025. The newly released Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) analyses what would happen if they are extended to 2040, projecting over $5 trillion increases in government debt and reductions in GDP during the first 10 years and beyond. Host Dan Loney speaks with Kimberly Burham, Managing Director of Legislation and Special Projects at The PWBM, and Alan Auerbach, Director of the Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance at the University of California Berkeley, to discuss the impact of the tax cuts and the potential impact on the national debt on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Starbucks is trying to get past the fallout from the arrests of two black men who were waiting for a friend, then arrested, in a Philadelphia location last week. The coffee giant announced it will close eight thousand U.S. stores for racial-bias training for its employees. Host Dan Loney speaks with Stephanie Creary, Management Professor at the Wharton School, Mary Gilly, Senior Associate Dean at the University of California Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business, and Henry Boyd, Marketing Professor at University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, to discuss Starbucks' response to this issue and the move to mandate bias training on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What grade does Wharton Marketing Professor Americus Reed give Starbucks in their brand crisis management strategy? Last week, two African American men were arrested at a local Philadelphia Starbucks on the grounds of trespassing while waiting for a 3rd man to arrive for a business meeting. Starbucks declined to press charges and the men were released, but a national conversation has been ignited over racial discrimination by Starbucks at large. Professor and host Americus Reed dissects the incidents and resulting steps taken by Starbucks to make the situation right on Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joel Flory, CEO and Co-Founder of VSCO, joins host Doug Collom to discuss his Oakland-based photography and social network app on Bay Area Ventures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Heck, President of the Philadelphia 76ers, joins host George Perry to discuss his role of overseeing content, marketing and branding, ticket sales and service, sponsorship sales and activation, innovation strategy and business development for the Philadelphia 76ers on The Wharton Sports Business Show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katie O’Reilly, Chief Marketing Officer of the Philadelphia 76ers, joins host Dave Reibstein and guest host Suneal Bedi to discuss marketing strategies for the 76ers on Measured Thoughts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many of us want to die peacefully alone at home, but since the advent of medical procedures elongating the human life span, our elder population die, often painfully, in cold institutions. Host Dan Loney speaks with retired physician Sam Harrington, who lays out alternative and practical end-of-life steps for older patients’ health care in his new book "At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life" on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bruce Feldman, Reporter for FOX Sports and Author of "The QB: The Making of Modern Quarterbacks", joins hosts Cade Massey, Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, and Adi Wyner to discuss quarterback evaluations of the NFL Draft on Wharton Moneyball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women@Work brings you a special interview with Mary Barra, the CEO of General Motors, live from the Wharton People Analytics Conference 2018! Host Laura Zarrow and co-host Adam Grant talk with Mary about her career, (which started at GM as an 18 year old intern!), how GM uses data to help manage employees, and how she supports diversity in the workplace. Barra is one of three women that presented at this year’s Wharton People Analytics Conference.More info: https://wpa.wharton.upenn.edu/conference/https://www.gm.com/company/leadership/corporate-officers/mary-barra.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brendon DeSimone, Real Estate Expert and Author of "Next Generation Real Estate", joins host Kent Smetters to discuss Spring 2018 real estate trends and traps on The Real Estate Hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Christina Terwiesch speaks with Steven Dominguez, Vice President of Global Brands for Hyatt Place and Hyatt House, and Jeff Hurst, Chief Commercial Officer at HomeAway, about the future innovations of the hospitality industry on Work of Tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new study shows that about 36% of college students go hungry and an equal number lack adequate housing. Host Dan Loney speaks with researches W. Joel Schneider, Professor of Psychological Studies in Education at Temple University and Daphne Hernandez, Professor of Health and Human Performance at University of Houston, to discuss why this happening and what can be done to help feed and house these students on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Since 1952, The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany began its work negotiating payments to the remaining elder survivors and their families. The healthcare and other support has been necessary for the life extension of some of these families. Host Dan Loney speaks with Greg Schneider, Executive Vice President of The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, and Kristine Donly, Deputy Chief Program Officer as well as the Interim Director of the Levine Institute for Holocaust Education at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC., to discuss justice for the war crimes against Jewish Holocaust victims in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Karl Ulrich hosts a very special episode of Launch Pad, speaking to eight semi-finalists from the Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship Startup Challenge. If you’re not familiar, this is where our students spend the year building a company, and then enter our competition where they pitch their company to accomplished investors. They will be competing for 135-thousand dollars in cash and prizes. In Part II, we speak with: Rui Jing Jiang, Avisi Technologies; Philip Williams, Spectrum Scores; Federika Longinotti-Buitoni, Collecto; and Thomas Cavett, POWTI Innovations. More Info: https://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/startup-showcase/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Karl Ulrich hosts a very special episode of Launch Pad, speaking to eight semi-finalists from the Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship Startup Challenge. If you’re not familiar, this is where our students spend the year building a company, and then enter our competition where they pitch their company to accomplished investors. They will be competing for 135-thousand dollars in cash and prizes. In Part I, we speak with: Haley Russell, Chipper Pet Food; Seth Neel, Welligence Energy Analytics; Michael Wong, Instahub; and Shanel Fields of MD Ally. More Info: https://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/startup-showcase/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was on Capital Hill last week where he was grilled by Senators and Congressmen over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Host Dan Loney speaks with Lyle Ungar, Professor of Computer and Information Science at Penn Engineering, and Jennifer Golbeck, Director of the Social Intelligence Lab and an Information Studies Professor at the University of Maryland, to discuss the information revealed at the hearing and whether regulation is inevitable for social media giants on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Trump is expressing interest in rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a deal he walked away from last year. The president's trade and tariff battle with China has raised fears and criticism from corporations, farmers and others. However, the rest of the members of the TPP have moved on and it may be too late for the US to rejoin. Host Dan Loney talks with Ian Sheldon, Professor of Agricultural Economics and International Trade at Ohio State University, and Joshua Meltzer, Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution, discuss the current landscape on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne, Founder and CEO of Intent Manifesto, joins hosts Nick Ashburn and Katherine Klein to discuss how her company is now here to educate, inform and raise awareness and support for Women of Color startups to help tap into tremendous opportunities for investors and communities on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philip Reed, Automotive Writer at NerdWallet.com, joins host Kent Smetters to discuss his recent article "Car Negotiating Secrets for People Who Hate Haggling" on Your Money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Dan Loney talks with two 2018 Eisenhower Fellows on what issues they're tackling this year on Knowledge@Wharton. William Hurley (US), Founder & CEO of Strangeworks, is utilizing quantum computing to help businesses process and make sense of large amounts of data; Temitayo Etomi (Nigeria), General Manager of Operations at the Lagos State Signage & Advertisement Agency is focusing on youth empowerment marketing - helping students work and learn while they're young to be prepared for life after education. More information: https://www.efworld.org/meet-our-fellows Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lauren Smith Brody, Founder of The Fifth Trimester movement, joins host Laura Zarrow to discuss her new book "The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom’s Guide to Style, Sanity and Success After Baby" on Women@Work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One and a half years ago, CHOP surgeons separated conjoined twins, who are doing very well home in North Carolina. Host Dan Loney speaks with Dr. Gregory Heuer, Attending Neurosurgeon in the Division of Neurosurgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Dr. Alison Perate, Anesthesiologist with the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, who were on the case to discuss how 3D printing was used in this successful surgery on Knowledge@Wharton. Gregory and Alison were speakers at this year's TEDxPenn talks last week.More Info: https://www.tedxpenn.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Dave Reibstein and guest host Suneal Bedi talk with Sasha Koozel Reibstein, Director of the Boehm Gallery and Professor at Palomar College, and Jennifer Zwilling, Curator of Artistic Programs at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, about marketing the arts on Measured Thoughts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts Nicolaj Siggelkow and Harbir Singh talk with the authors of the new book “Managing Discovery in the Life Sciences: Harnessing Creativity to Drive Biomedical Innovation” on Mastering Innovation. Authors are: Philip Rea, Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, Mark Pauly, Professor of Health Care Management and of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School, and Lawton R Burns (Rob), Professor of Health Care Management at the Wharton School. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Radio Insights: Dr. Richard Marcus, Psychologist and Executive Coach, joins host Dr. Dawn Graham to discuss how people can find help in their career and their personal life by enlisting the help of a Therapist, Life Coach, or Career Coach on Career Talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Erica Volini, US Human Capital leader for Deloitte Consulting at Deloitte, joins host Peter Cappelli to discuss Deloitte's Global Human Capital Trends Report for 2018 on In the Workplace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Dan Loney speaks with Philip Martin, Professor Emeritus of UC-Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Chair of the Comparative Immigration and Integration Program at the University of California, and Beth Lyon, Clinical Professor of Law and Assistant Director of Clinical, Advocacy and Skills Program at Cornell Law School, to discuss the Trump Administration's recent crack down on immigration laws and how that could affect the farming industry's workforce on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gene Marks, Owner of The Marks Group PC, joins host Loren Feldman to discuss Apps that can help small business owners on Mind Your Business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Dan Loney talks with a panel of experts about the how China and the US have been raising taxes on certain trade products in light of the back and forth over the trade deficit the US has with China on Knowledge@Wharton. Panelists include: Jacques DeLisle, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law & Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and Matt Gold, Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law and a Former Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for North America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Dan Loney leads a discussion on the Trump Administration's recent Trade Agreement with South Korea on Knowledge@Wharton. Panelists include: Matt Gold, Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law and a former Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for North America, Michael Gadbaw, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Georgetown University's Institute of International Economic Law and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, and Marina Whitman, Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy at the Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Eichenwald, Advisory Leader at LRN, joins hosts Peter Cappelli and Dan O'Meara to discuss how LRN's research has shown "Nearly 80% of Big-Company Employees Say Their Bosses are NOT Moral Leaders, and 59% say the Business Would Perform Better if They Were" and we look at why these business leaders are not meeting their employee's ethical standards on In the Workplace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keefe Harrison, CEO of the Recycling Partnership, joins host Sherryl Kuhlman and Sandi Hunt to discuss how she's working to improve curbside recycling on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Wanzcyk, Associate Vice President at Braithwaite Communications, joins host Americus Reed to discuss recent brand crises at Facebook on Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.