Knowledge at Wharton

The online business analysis journal of the @Wharton School of @Penn, sharing Wharton's intellectual capital with the world since 1999.

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🎙️ Get to know our five podcasts, where @Wharton professors bring you insights every week on the biggest issues shaping business: https://t.co/grAn9eVTtY

Featuring these hosts and many more experts: @EBradlow @BCMassey @AdiWyner @BarbaraKahn @AmReed2 @KHosanagar @SNetesin

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What will it take to keep pace as AI reshapes the future of work?

Increasingly, it may come down to our ability to learn, adapt and apply new knowledge. https://t.co/m4wGVSDLr2

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Their conversation is the latest in our "What I've Learned" series, featuring interviews with @Wharton faculty who've made a lasting impact in their fields.

They also explore Shropshire’s unconventional path to academia and lessons learned along the way: https://t.co/psm646fIaJ

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As valuations for sports franchises like the Lakers soar, @Wharton professor Kenneth Shropshire explains to dean @ErikaHJames why teams have evolved into an increasingly attractive asset class, and how sophisticated management and technology are creating opportunities for growth.

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How will the Sixers build a cohesive team with so many high-usage players?

The full @WMoneyball podcast interview with @DeanO_Lytics covers why predicting whether stars will fit together remains one of basketball analytics’ hardest challenges. https://t.co/c622T0z2Tf

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The Sixers' acquisitions of Jaylen Brown and LeBron James have made headlines this offseason.

How does basketball analytics pioneer & @ESPN data scientist @DeanO_Lytics feel about the moves, including the perception of Brown's value?

He joined @WMoneyball to share his thoughts.

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The LeBron signing, the Jaylen Brown deal, estimating synergy/chemistry -- a discussion with the Wharton Moneyball crew.

https://t.co/b7znyL34M0

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We are proud to have received HigherEd PodCon's Outstanding Institutional Podcast Network award at its 2026 conference.

Thanks to all who've helped build the @Wharton Podcast Network, especially the faculty and staff bringing industry-leading insights to feeds every week.

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Many assume the fastest path to expertise is to narrow your focus as early as possible.

@DavidEpstein, author of the new book, "Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better," argues on the latest @WMoneyball podcast that the opposite may often be true when it comes to sports.

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Last year, Americans wagered more than $160 billion on sports, a 23% jump from the year before and a figure that has ballooned 30-fold since the 2018 Supreme Court ruling that struck down a federal sports betting ban and let the apps flood in.

Prof. @MichaelLouisPl1, Director of the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative (@WhartonBrain), spoke with @WhartonKnows about the biological basis of gambling amid the proliferation of online gambling sites: https://t.co/YdwMPIhNEg

Testosterone, in particular, acts as a biological amplifier for risk-taking, especially in males. This hormonal effect “directly influences real-world behavior, making men more likely to desire luxury goods and take ‘wild gambles,’” says Prof. Platt.

Time pressures and exhaustion can push it even further, a fact that isn’t lost on modern online gambling platforms.

“What we’re seeing,” he adds, “is these platforms acting as hyper-stimulating substitutes for healthier, real-world interactions.”

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Whose work most influenced you?

Professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, @katy_milkman answers this question on a special episode of the Social Science Bites podcast.

Hear from today’s leading social and behavioral scientists: https://t.co/knNBLK5hTk

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When might adding friction be a positive?

Posing a question before sharing the answer can spark curiosity and boost engagement with health information.

BCFG-supported work on this topic–led by Team Scientist @erika_kirgios featured in @whartonknows: https://t.co/Ve7tShOKoA

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@Wharton @kwerb @lynnwu02 @ebradlow What have been the most transformative innovations in marketing over the United States' 250-year history?

We asked @Wharton faculty to share their thoughts as part of our “American Business Innovation” series.

Head to our YouTube channel for all 12 interviews 🎥

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🤔 Which would make your list?

We asked 12 @Wharton faculty members across fields to offer their responses as #America250 approaches.

Stay tuned to the Knowledge at Wharton YouTube channel every Monday for the rest of June as we launch our American Business Innovation series.

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@Wharton @kwerb @lynnwu02 @ebradlow What have been the most transformative innovations in management and operations over the United States' 250-year history?

We asked @Wharton faculty to share their thoughts as part of our “American Business Innovation” series.

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If your goal is to get someone interested in learning more, what's the better approach? (A) Lead with information. (B) Lead with a question and then provide the same information as the answer.

New research led by Prof. @erika_kirgios suggests that simply putting a question before an answer can significantly increase people's desire to keep learning more even after you've sated their initial curiosity.

In a series of field experiments with @Susan_Athey, @angeladuckw, @deankarlan, Mike Luca, and Molly Offer-Westort, we found that presenting information in a Q&A format can boost people's requests for more, related information.

Our findings were recently published in Management Science and are featured in a new Knowledge at Wharton article:
📄 Management Science Paper: https://t.co/xr6qZaoANO
📄 Knowledge at Wharton (@whartonknows) Summary: https://t.co/vxJMgB4LRZ

What question can you pose when you next have information to share?

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This perspective was one of several insights shared during a discussion on how sports can act as a local growth engine, moderated by @Wharton finance professor Kevin Kaiser and also featuring @VisitPhilly's Angela Val and @discoverPHL's Larry Needle. https://t.co/WwupEFocaW

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The @FWC26Philly starts this week, but for sports executives, the real opportunity extends far beyond the month of matches.

At a recent @WhartonSABI event, @PhilaUnion president Tim McDermott explained how the club is approaching the tournament as a long-term growth opportunity.

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On the full episode, @R_Thaler & @Benj_Robinson (@GrindingMocks) join the @WMoneyball team – Massey, @EBradlow, Shane Jensen & @AdiWyner – to discuss behavioral bias, pick valuation, and how emerging models are changing the way teams prep for draft day. https://t.co/Mf8fWIEt18

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Even with more data, more scouting, and better tools, NFL teams still struggle to predict which college players will perform best as pros. #NFLDraft

On @WMoneyball, @R_Thaler explains the striking "better than the next guy" stat uncovered in research with @Wharton's @BCMassey.