Lisa Witter, founder of new ideas-sharing platform Apolitical, explains why technology can only provide half the solution for government initiatives of the future.

Azeem Azhar and Lisa Witter 28 Nov 2018

Workforce and Employment

Companies that put employees first perform better

Business is waking up to the fact that the culture of quarterly-earnings reports and shareholder short-termism is toxic.

Brian Tomlinson and Alison Omens 23 Nov 2018

Entrepreneurship

What this study of knitters tells us about entrepreneurship

Women who join so-called 'stitch n bitch' groups in the US were 25% more likely to turn their hobby into a business, finds a survey of 400,000 knitters and crocheters.

Andrew Van Dam · The Washington Post 20 Nov 2018

Entrepreneurship

Don't dismiss start-ups founded by millennials. This is how they succeed

You don't have to wait until you're 42 to found a successful start-up, as a recent MIT study advised. Millennial entrepreneurs are taking shortcuts, and building skills agility instead.

Bozhanka Vitanova and Johan Bjurman Bergman 16 Nov 2018

Entrepreneurship

How can we make entrepreneurship serve the greater good?

We think of entrepreneurs as people who act opportunistically to secure vast personal wealth. But what if there were a new, more socially responsible model for the 21st century?

Irene Arias, Jens Martin Skibsted, Lien De Cuyper, and Julie Ziskind 11 Nov 2018

Global Health

This simple reaction could make antibiotics more effective against drug-resistant bacteria

MIT researchers have managed to successfully link microbes to existing antibiotic drugs to make them more effective.

Anne Trafton · MIT News 07 Nov 2018

Entrepreneurship

100 years after Polish independence, 5 reasons to be cheerful for the future

Poland is the first country from the former Soviet bloc to achieve developed market status.

Kornel Koronowski and Vijay Raju 06 Nov 2018

Workforce and Employment

Here's how freelancers are changing the world of work

Following the trends of the 1800's, self-employment is reinventing the world of work and its effect on our happiness.

Stephane Kasriel · Fast Company 05 Nov 2018

Entrepreneurship

Immigrants make good entrepreneurs. This study proves it

Companies started by immigrants grow faster and survive longer than those started by native-born entrepreneurs, according to a US study.

Johnny Wood 02 Nov 2018

Leadership

This is what makes a successful leader

John Chambers, former CEO of Cisco Systems, discusses what makes a great leader.

Knowledge@Wharton · Knowledge@Wharton 02 Nov 2018

Cities and Urbanization

Intervene, don’t overthink – the new mantra of systems design

Some systems, like cities, are too complex to be envisaged in every single detail. Instead, forward-thinking designers should focus their energies on where they are most useful.

Tim Brown 01 Nov 2018

Africa

The future of African agriculture lies in entrepreneurship. Here's why

As young people leave rural areas, innovation, entrepreneurship and financing are vital for Africa's farmers.

Thin Lei Win · Reuters 22 Oct 2018

Entrepreneurship

These are the four traits of successful entrepreneurs

As the world of work becomes more turbulent and uncertain, entrepreneurs thrive. And by emulating how they behave, even non-entrepreneurs can make their working lives more satisfying.

Mark Dodgson and David Gann 18 Oct 2018

Gender Parity

Women ran just 1 in 20 top US companies last year

The number of female chief executives at the top 500 U.S. companies hit a high last year of 27 women, according to research that experts said shows a glass ceiling remains firmly in place.

Ellen Wulfhorst · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 09 Oct 2018

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