When digitalization began to gather pace two decades ago, the political narrative in Europe too often cast it as a threat to jobs - and now Europe lags behind. We must not make the same m...

Werner Hoyer 15 Jan 2019

Private Investors

Here are 4 ways investors can influence more secure and responsible innovation

Cyber attacks against businesses have almost doubled in the last five years. Given that security is fundamental to any sustainable investment, investors must recognize they have a key rol...

Algirde Pipikaite 19 Dec 2018

Future of Economic Progress

How impact investing could move from the margins to mainstream

The amount of money that goes towards impact investing globally is far short of what is needed to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

Knowledge@Wharton · Knowledge@Wharton 17 Dec 2018

Long-Term Investing, Infrastructure and Development

Why is private investment in public infrastructure declining?

Joao Gomes pinpoints the origins of the decline of private investment in infrastructure and considers how we need to do things differently.

Knowledge@Wharton · Knowledge@Wharton 08 Nov 2018

Ageing

To be fair or to be sustainable? That is the (retirement) question

Chile's pensions system is one of the most sustainable in the world, but it scores less highly on measures of adequacy. The government is proposing reforms to address this, and close the ...

Amish Gandhi 05 Nov 2018

Digital Economy and Society

The crypto hedge fund market is growing rapidly

While the crypto market has had a tough run this year, the number of new crypto hedge funds is soaring.

Madeline Shi · Business Insider 26 Oct 2018

Future of Health and Healthcare

How we can work together in the fight against NCDs

The WHO wants to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by 25% by 2025 – and the private sector has a part to play.

Jan Kimpen and Pete Troilo 26 Sep 2018

Private Investors

Sustainability will require more trust in markets, not less

With public debt at record highs and confidence in institutions at an all-time low, we should put business at the forefront of our sustainability efforts.

Afsaneh Beschloss 20 Sep 2018

Blockchain

5 ways blockchain can transform the world of impact investing

From enhancing transparency to lowering transaction costs, here are some of the ways blockchain can play its part as we bid to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

Renat Heuberger and Ingo Puhl 20 Sep 2018

Values

Being a good communicator is more important than ever. Here's why

Storytelling and communication are vital skills in the modern economy.

Knowledge@Wharton · Knowledge@Wharton 20 Sep 2018

Private Investors

Activist investors are more powerful than ever. Here’s what that means for the economy

They buy a stake in large companies such as Nestle and P&G, and set about enforcing their own goals. But is this pushy new breed of shareholder good or bad for business?

Dominik Breitinger and Sophie Hardach 05 Sep 2018