News & Views #2

December 2022 – Edition 16

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December 2022 • Edition 16 In this month’s edition, read about the School’s new equity and opportunity coalition; learn about the continued importance of human decision-making in the field of people analytics; and hear from Wharton undergraduate students who are recipients of life-changing scholarships. Wharton CEO: A Sustained Effort for…Read More

Dubai 2022 – Dean Erika James, Navin Valrani, W’93, GED’18, GRD’23, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Al Shirawi Group, and Pam Grossman, Dean of the Graduate School of Education

Wharton Impact Tour: Dubai 2022 Event Summary “At no other time,” remarked Erika James, Dean of the Wharton School, “have leaders in every industry and on every continent grappled with so many changes.” Visiting Dubai for the first time on the most recent stop of the #WhartonImpact Tour, James highlighted…Read More

Keeping People at the Forefront of People Analytics

Prasad Setty, WG'99, leading how organizations leverage data-driven people solutions. Prasad Setty, WG’99, has pioneered what we know today as “people analytics.” In his 15-year career at Google, as vice president of People Analytics, he helped the organization attract and retain top talent and infused rigor and objectivity in how…Read More

Wharton CEO: A Sustained Effort for Creating Change

Kenneth L. Shropshire, newly appointed director of Wharton's Coalition for Equity and Opportunity. Wharton’s newly convened Coalition for Equity and Opportunity (CEO) is set to become a go-to resource for identifying data-driven solutions to equity and opportunity issues, ranging from closing the wealth gap to defining workplace diversity, equity, and…Read More

Tel Aviv 2022 – Dean Erika James and Amir Yaron, Governor of the Bank of Israel

Wharton Impact Tour: Tel Aviv 2022 Event Summary The Tel Aviv stop of the Wharton Impact Tour was Erika James’ first visit to the city as Dean of the Wharton School. James spoke to attendees about how it is clear that Israel is a nation of innovators and creators. “Wharton’s…Read More

When dollars don’t make sense: When and why “reasonable” willingness- to-pay leads researchers astray

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November 2022 – Edition 15

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November 2022 • Edition 15 In this month’s special edition honoring Veterans Day learn about Medal of Honor recipient and Wharton Executive MBA graduate Edward Byers Jr., WG’21; hear how combat veteran Ben Crovella, WG’15, engages with Wharton veterans; and find out how Wharton supports veterans from their time as…Read More

October 2022 – Edition 14

Wharton's Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance Leads Development of Penn’s First NFT

October 2022 • Edition 14 In this edition, read about Dean Erika James’s vision for Wharton; learn about a new initiative to improve the management of chronic kidney disease; and find out how Penn Medicine memorialized its scientific breakthroughs addressing COVID-19. Acknowledging Hope, Optimism, and Opportunity Dean Erika James's fall…Read More

Tokyo 2022 – Dean Erika James and Ernest M. Higa W’74, chairman, president, and CEO of Higa Industries Co

Wharton Impact Tour: Tokyo 2022 Event Summary Dean Erika James visited the Wharton community in Tokyo for the #WhartonImpact Tour’s first stop in Asia. During the event, Dean James and Ernest M. Higa (W'74), chairman, president, and CEO of Higa Industries Co., Ltd., discussed their shared leadership principles of perseverance,…Read More

Stephen J. Kobrin WG’62

Professor Kobrin joined the Wharton faculty in 1987. In 1992, he was named as the Director of the Wurster Center for International Management studies and then named co-director of the Lauder Institute which succeeded it. In 2008, he launched Wharton School Press. Steve was known as an expert in International…Read More