The conventional wisdom is that BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street get their way through voting power. New Wharton research argues persuasion — not pressure — is their real source of influence.

The blockchain, a form of distributed ledger technology, has the potential to transform the financial sector by bringing lower costs, faster execution of transactions, improved transparency, ...

To keep Hitler’s war machine going, the Nazis captured bullion from European central banks that today would be worth $19 billion, writes George M. Taber, author of 'Chasing Gold: The Incredible Story ...

A new study from Wharton’s Adam Grant finds narcissism is the common denominator among CEOs who are most resistant to remote and hybrid work.

Attacking a competing firm with negative advertising can have unintended consequences, warns research co-authored by Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim. In the 1980s, the business world witnessed an epic battle ...

Credit card lending delivers a much higher return on assets than the banking sector, according to new research co-authored by Wharton’s Itamar Drechsler. The authors analyzed four potential ...

Wharton’s Exequiel (Zeke) Hernandez speaks with Wharton Business Daily on SiriusXM about the future of globalization. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink thinks the war in Ukraine is accelerating the end of ...

Wharton's John Paul MacDuffie and Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discuss the life and career of legendary auto executive Lee Iacocca. True to the tradition of union-management relationships, in the late ...

Sitting down recently with the head of a leading Spanish bank, Wharton management professor Mauro Guillén asked the CEO if he foresaw any bottlenecks in the bank’s rapid growth around the world.

Students who rely on generative AI to help them learn may be missing out on basic skills, according to a paper co-authored by Wharton’s Hamsa Bastani. A new study led by researchers at Wharton and ...

Smartphone bans are sweeping through schools — about half of the schools around the world have already banned phones in classrooms. New evidence from Wharton suggests these bans can meaningfully ...

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 ...