by Prof. Veda Purdy
Published 2 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
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Wharton EMBA Students Share How They Benefit from a Bicoastal Program
Mark Spector, WG’15, uses knowledge and tools from Wharton to negotiate real estate deals and lead development projects for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Lessons This Healthcare Management Student Took Away from a Trip to Ethiopia
The Wharton Fund has to reach 1881 donors by June 30 in order to unlock another $1 million in funds benefiting the School.
Vice Dean Peggy Bishop Lane on the Importance of Global Business Week
When San Francisco student Chad Liu helped welcome the East Coast EMBA class to the West Coast campus for Marketing Week, he strengthened his connections to the second network of classmates he interacts with as part of Wharton’s bicoastal program.
What is a research seminar at Wharton?
The research seminars for Wharton Research Scholars and Joseph Wharton Scholars are designed to promote skills that will assist students in both understanding and performing analytical research. This will be accomplished over two semesters, in which students will:
What is JDM class?
This class provides a high-level introduction to the field of judgment and decision making (JDM) and in-depth exposure to the process of doing research in this area. Throughout the semester you will gain hands-on experience with several different JDM research projects. You will be paired with a PhD student or faculty mentor who is working on a variety of different research studies. Each week you will be given assignments that are central to one or more of these studies, and you will be given detailed descriptions of the research projects you are contributing to and how your assignments relate to the successful completion of these projects. To complement your hands-on research experience, throughout the semester you will be assigned readings from the book Nudge by Thaler and Sunstein, which summarizes key recent ideas in the JDM literature.
Is MATLAB required for engineering?
Prior programming experience is useful, but not required or presumed for this course.
Inside Insight on Marketplace Changes in The Region
When Camila traveled to London for her GMC on Finance in Europe in March 2017, Prime Minister Theresa May was getting ready to trigger the two-year process for the United Kingdom to exit the European Union. During their stay, Camila and her classmates had the opportunity to meet with many business and government leaders in the UK to discuss the ben...
The Opportunity to Engage with Prominent Regional and Business Thought Leaders
GMCs enable Wharton students to talk with top executives and public leaders who are shaping the regional business environment and facing its unique challenges and opportunities every day. “Being in the country for a Wharton GMC, you have incredible access to key leaders,” Camila said. “We had speakers like the former head of policy for Margaret Thatcher and many other leaders …
Blending Wharton classroom concepts with international immersion, Wharton GMCs expose students to new experiences. Learning about the emerging business issues affecting a country while you’re inthe country makes a difference, Camila said. “You can study an issue like Brexit in class and read news stories, but by visiting companies and talking to leaders, you really underst…
In addition to the GMCs, Camila has found plenty of global perspectives on campus. “I knew Wharton’s EMBA program would be diverse, but there really are people here from all different countries and cultures. As you talk about issues in class, students share those perspectives,” she said. “If we talk about a case where a company is trying to enter the market in India, a student w…