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Experts think Papa John’s is playing to win by hiring NBA legend and entrepreneur Shaquille O’Neal as its first African-American board member and brand ambassador. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paying people more to do a physically dangerous job doesn’t absolve companies of the ethical question of whether it is permissible to expose employees to risk a new Wharton paper argues. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

California’s lack of affordable housing has reached a breaking point in cities like San Francisco. Experts from Wharton and the University of San Francisco discuss why the problem extends beyond the state. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Digital technologies do more than cut costs. They can also drive strategic growth says Wharton’s Christopher Ittner. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With policies that encourage innovation India could avoid becoming a food importer again says economist Ashok Gulati. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A survey released by the American Economic Association reveals a disturbingly high level of gender and racial biases in the field. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Companies are slowly increasing their efforts to employ adults with autism but doing so requires training preparation and support. Two experts discuss the benefits of neurodiversity in the workplace. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It’s not technology that drives disruption but rather customer behavior says Harvard professor Thales Teixeira in his new book. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Emotional blind spots lead to common mistakes in managing your money according to a new book by former Wall Street trader and current CBS News analyst Jill Schlesinger. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has solidified her party’s growing disenchantment with Big Tech by proposing to break up Amazon Google and Facebook -- but doing so could result in unintended consequences experts say. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Algorithms now make lots of decisions but they have their own biases writes Wharton’s Kartik Hosanagar in his new book. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Using a text-based approach to assess a company’s risks by analyzing its own disclosures yields surprising results according to new Wharton research. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The SEC is after the German automaker’s CEO for allegedly defrauding bondholders by not coming clean on its emissions “defeat device.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amazon’s new grocery stores are expected to merge bricks-and-mortar and online experiences then power it with data analytics. Will it work? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Elon Musk’s confrontational behavior with the SEC and seemingly erratic decision making elsewhere are distracting from his core vision for Tesla say Wharton’s John Paul MacDuffie and Charles Elson of the University of Delaware. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Entrepreneur Mpho Sekwele discusses how her background and years in the retail sector have influenced the way she runs her startup ventures. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Last week’s fatal crash of a Boeing 737 Max aircraft -- the second in five months -- is impacting the company on multiple fronts. How quickly can it recover? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The “Varsity Blues” scandal uncovered by the U.S. Department of Justice shines a harsh light on the entitlement and systemic racism that pervades the college admissions process. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The U.S. national debt has crossed $22 trillion -- the highest ever. Addressing the problem now rather than delaying the inevitable would be the best approach to keeping the economy strong experts say. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Authors Joshua Goldstein and Staffan Qvist say switching to nuclear and renewable energy is the most feasible path forward for humans to slow down climate change. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.