Philadelphia, PA – July 30, 2012 - Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS) and PwC today announced the convening of the PwC-KWHS Seminar for High School Educators on Business and Financial Responsibility. The all-expenses-paid financial literacy conference for 150 educators will be held Sept. 28-30 on the Philadelphia campus of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.  MORE

Scenario planning exercise helps global banks develop capabilities needed to succeed amidst regulatory and economic uncertainty.

New York, NY, July 23, 2012 -- Uncertainty about the global economy, particularly worries about the Eurozone and continued regulatory change, are clouding banks’ plans for the future. Banks need to cut costs while building their capital positions to meet regulatory requirements and seize new opportunities quickly. So, what should global banks do right now? Ernst & Young and Knowledge@Wharton answer this important question in their latest video series titled Using Scenario Planning to Guide Strategies. The series explores how global banks can use dynamic scenario planning to prepare for the future and highlights three key strategies: move into emerging markets, develop a nimble culture and invest heavily in technology.  MORE

Knowledge@Wharton's article on the use and safety of 401(k) plans is featured as a Philadelphia Inquirer "Web Wealth" pick.  (July 1, 2012)  MORE

Wired Academic highlights Knowledge@Wharton's article on massively open online courses (MOOCs), noting that they "particularly enjoyed the article's examination of why MOOCs may succeed now when they didn't in the past."  (June 25, 2012)  MORE

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. & PHILADELPHIA-- June 21, 2012 -- Knowledge@Wharton, the online research and analysis journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Social Strategy1, the preeminent social media monitoring and analytics firm, officially announce the inaugural Social Media Leadership Awards, presented with support from Ernst & Young. MORE

Freakonomics features a "particularly interesting bit" from Arabic Knowledge@Wharton's interview with Tyler Cowen.  MORE (June 18, 2012)

Asia Healthcare Blog highlights a China Knowledge@Wharton piece on the senior care housing industry, noting that "the article is a good overview of what has been going on in the market, with particular attention paid to some of the early entrants and what can be gleaned from their nascent endeavors."  (June 13, 2012) MORE 

About.com notes that "Knowledge@Wharton has a nice discussion of the [trade-offs] of going cashless." (June 7, 2012)  MORE

Philadelphia, PA, April 4, 2012 -- International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, who rarely gives interviews, sat down with Knowledge@Wharton, the Wharton School’s online journal of research and analysis, for an in-depth discussion of the European recession. Knowledge@Wharton met with Lagarde in her Washington, D.C. office in collaboration with ParisTech Review. In the interview Lagarde notes that IMF reforms will shift 6% of current quotas to dynamic emerging and developing countries, "Clearly, the BRICs will be among the recipients of these additional quotas," which cover voting power and financial contributions. The article delves into Lagarde's delicate task of restructuring the IMF so that fast-growing emerging economies have a voice in the institution that is commensurate with their increasing economic clout, without alienating other member countries. MORE

Miami-Dade, FL, April 2, 2012 — Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS), a member of the Wharton School’s Knowledge@Wharton network at the University of Pennsylvania, hosted an Entrepreneurship Competition for high school students in Miami-Dade Public Schools. The Entrepreneurship Competition began on February 13 and ended on March 23.  MORE