Finalists Advance to Last Phase of Global Event

Philadelphia, PA - April 26, 2011- Knowledge@Wharton, the online research and business analysis journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, along with Wipro Technologies, a provider of transformational IT solutions, has identified 15 confirmed finalists for the second global Wipro-Knowledge@Wharton Innovation Tournament. The finalists have proposed bold new ideas and implemented solutions, ranging from using hair to clean up oil spills to using software to track students’ progress. Four subcategories will serve as the final themes: new ideas in the area of sustainability; implemented solutions related to sustainability; new ideas in the area of customer-centric innovation; and implemented customer-centric solutions. MORE

In the Financial Times, the AACSB's Dan LeClair "praises the University of Pennsylvania’s Knowledge@Wharton website as an example of communicating research to a wider audience." (Apr. 25, 2011) MORE

PHILADELPHIA-- April 11, 2011 --The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announces the launch of Wharton Digital Press (http://wdp.wharton.upenn.edu), an innovative global all-digital publishing initiative that will publish books electronically, including ebooks, enhanced ebooks, mobile apps, and print books available through print-on-demand technology. In collaboration with Knowledge@Wharton, the School’s online journal of research and business analysis, Wharton Digital Press will take advantage of the Wharton School’s global presence to communicate relevant business knowledge from experts throughout the world to readers wherever and whenever they need it. Knowledge@Wharton reaches 1.7 million subscribers in 189 countries in five languages.  MORE

The New York Times mentions Knowledge@Wharton High School in an article about teaching financial literacy to teenagers. MORE (Apr. 7, 2011)