Philadelphia, June 30, 2011 -- The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania's Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS) is responding to the challenge posed by both local and global leaders to improve financial literacy and workforce development among teenage students. 

This summer, KWHS is hosting a free Business, Entrepreneurship & Leadership Program for 140 high school students from across more than 30 different schools in Philadelphia, Pa. The program's curriculum, which will consist of approximately 400 lesson plans, will be made available in mid-August -- at no cost -- to teachers around the world who access the KWHS website.  MORE

As emerging market growth strategies sweep across the global banking industry, global banks are fighting to build out their presence. The second installment of the Global Banking: Foresights and Insights video series focuses on developing trends and best practices for seeking growth in emerging and developed markets.

New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA - June 27, 2011 -- There is a critical choice on the horizon for senior leaders at global banks. To what degree does their organization deploy scarce resources in emerging markets as opposed to developed markets? As emerging market growth strategies sweep across the global banking industry, global banks are fighting to build out their presence. This requires a deep understanding of the regulatory and growth challenges that await foreign banks. The second installment of the Global Banking: Foresights and Insights video series titled “Regulatory and Growth Challenges Face Global Banks”, brings together leading international academics from Knowledge@Wharton and global banking thought leaders from Ernst & Young’s Global Banking & Capital Markets practice to discuss developing trends and best practices for seeking growth in the global banking industry.  MORE

New ebook offers a definitive checklist to help leaders act decisively when it counts the most

Available free for download from June 21-28, 2011

Philadelphia, PA, June 14, 2011— Today Wharton Digital Press announced its first ebook, The Leader’s Checklist, from world-renowned leadership expert Michael Useem. In this fast-reading and illuminating book, the author provides 15 guiding principles that form the core of the Leader’s Checklist.

Wharton Digital Press was launched in collaboration with Knowledge@Wharton, by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, as an innovative all-digital publishing initiative that publishes relevant, accessible and empirically based business knowledge to readers wherever and whenever they need it. To celebrate its first publication, Wharton Digital Press is making The Leader’s Checklist available as a free download from June 21-28, 2011 at leading retailers, including Amazon, Barnes&Noble.com, and Sony. For a full list of retailers, visit wdp.wharton.upenn.edu.  MORE