In this Nano Tool for Leaders® from Wharton Executive Education, Wharton’s Sigal Barsade offers strategies for enhancing employee performance by managing the emotional contagion that occurs on teams.

Just how solid are U.S. Treasury bonds, long considered a "riskless" investment? Is a default possible? Desirable? Unthinkable? And what are the options for reducing the annual government deficits ...

It’s a crazy morning at home, and your spouse is furious at you. Harried, you slam the car door shut and race off to work where an important task awaits. Your ability to tune out the situation at home ...

ICOs are catching on as a new way for startups to raise money. But most don't succeed. New Wharton research looks at how that can change. The initial coin offering, or ICO, is catching on as a new way ...

Regulators in the United Kingdom and United States announced a settlement with Barclays bank over its manipulation of LIBOR, the benchmark interest rate used around the world. But this is hardly the ...

Digital technologies do more than cut costs. They can also drive strategic growth, says Wharton’s Christopher Ittner. When companies talk about cost management, their focus typically is on slashing ...

From Chapter 1: The Market at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Turn on your television and you will see calls for money to help the world’s 4 billion poor – people who live on far less than $2 a day. In ...

Changes in the economy, the nature of employment benefits and attitudes toward work more generally have made planning for retirement more complicated than ever. To ponder preparing for retirement in ...

It's still early days for Gen Z -- its oldest members are still in their teens or early 20s -- but marketers are trying to get a handle on what they want and expect from brands. It is a generational ...

Many commentators suggest that gender diversity in the corporate boardroom improves company performance because of the different points of view and experience it offers. However, rigorous, ...

On October 16, federal prosecutors charged Raj Rajaratnam and his hedge fund, Galleon Group, with insider trading. On November 5, 14 additional people were charged with the same crime, and prosecutors ...

Barry Salzberg has spent his entire 34-year career in one place, climbing the corporate ladder at Deloitte. From his first unsupportive manager at the New York-based professional services firm to the ...