Fresh Off Its IPO, Can GM Stage a Comeback?
After years of declining market share and unprofitability -- and a multi-million dollar bailout by the United States government -- General Motors is once again a publicly held company. The automaker, which raised some $20 billion through last week's initial public offering, is on sounder footing than it has been in years. Yet the new GM still must compete in a tough global market. So the question remains: Can the new GM perform better than the old GM? Knowledge@Wharton posed this question and ot
Why Kenya's Elkanah Odembo Believes All Roads Should Lead Investors to Africa
Africa today contributes barely 1.5% to world trade, but its future is brighter than that number might suggest. The continent has a growing middle class, institutions that are investing heavily in infrastructure, and in another decade, it will emerge as a market of one billion consumers. Elkanah Odembo, Kenya's ambassador to the U.S., visited Wharton recently and spoke with Knowledge@Wharton about the potential rewards and risks of investing in Africa.Author(s):
The Line between 'Confidence and Arrogance': UBS Americas CEO Robert Wolf on Work and Wall Street
A "cowboy"-like confidence propelled UBS Americas CEO Robert Wolf from the football field to Wall Street and up the leadership chain. But much like the industry that supported his 26-year rise, Wolf has discovered that brazen bravado has its limits. During a recent Wharton Leadership Lecture, Wolf discussed his career in the banking industry, why he is stepping down from his current role and why Wall Street is better off now than it was before the crisis.Author(s):
Education@Google: Inspiring the Next Generation of Computer Scientists, One High School At a Time
Education@Google: Inspiring the Next Generation of Computer Scientists, One High School At a Time
Presented by Evan Glazer and Shane Torbert.
Interview with 2010 Economic Laureates
Short excerpt from an Interview with the 2010 Laureates in Economic Sciences Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides, 6 December 2010. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editorial Director of Nobel Media. For the complete interview, see: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2010/diamond-interview.html
Sino-U.S. Trade Relations: 'They're Playing Football; We're Playing Baseball'
While the dust settles on the U.S.'s midterm elections, questions abound about where the country's international trade and economic policies go from here. As it stands, the U.S. is squarely "at a disadvantage" with countries like China, argues economist Clyde Prestowitz, a former trade negotiator and author of The Betrayal of American Prosperity. Wharton management professor Stephen J. Kobrin and Knowledge@Wharton spoke with Prestowitz about the elections and beyond, how the U.S.'s economic lead
Reality bites as China prices rise
Rising inflation is making it harder for Chinese to keep their dreams of owning a home and educating their kids.
JFK 50th Anniversary Celebration Video
Fifty years ago, a young Senator from Massachusetts ignited a country by challenging them to dream, take action, and achieve like no other world leader had before. John F. Kennedy's presidency defined an era. Today the flame that Kennedy's administration lit still burns bright in our country and around the world. Visit www.JFK50.org.
Extrait du film n° 4 - Holbein - Les Ambassadeurs - Rendez-vous avec la mort
Quatrième extrait du film les Ambassadeurs : au coeur de la géopolitique mondiale...
Acheter le DVD : http://goo.gl/cWtp1
La page du film : http://goo.gl/Eu6iH
Frank Chodorov, Non-Voter Musings of Sir Mohammad Iqbal on the Place of Muslims in late Colonial India: Letters to Edward John Verifying La Bella Principessa - The science behind the art Ethics, Hospitality and Radical Atheism: A Dialogue 017 Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Experiment and Bell's Inequality IP3S 2010 - Session UNSPF 3 : Numérique et Francophonie (audio)
IP3S 2010
11e Congrès International Internet et Pédagogie de la Santé et du Sport
12 & 13 Novembre 2010 – Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux 2
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Session UNSPF 3: Numérique et Francophonie
Engineering in the Headlines - Driven to Distraction Liberalization of Airport Frisking: Federal versus Private Security Screeners It may seem odd to associate an invasive, property-denying measure like frisking with the principles of the free market. There's little room for individual sovereignty when it comes to national security — at least that's how the government thinks and acts: we are guilty until proven innocent; individuals aren't rational enough to make decisions about their well-being, so government officials have to ste Order, Order! European Heart Journal - My Cardio Interview: Christoph Kaiser & Thomas Luscher Tubularia
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Professor Humayun Ansari (RHUL) - 'Musings of Sir Mohammad Iqbal on the Place of Muslims in late Colonial India: Letters to Edward John Thompson, 1933-1934'
Martin Kemp discusses 'La Bella Principessa', a profile portrait of a Milanese lady, a newly rediscovered work by Leonardo Da Vinci. In this podcast, Martin Kemp discusses the science of verifying the painting as a genuine Leonardo painting
Dialogue between Martin Hägglund and Derek Attridge in Wadham College discussing Philosopher Jacques Derrida's ideas on hospitality and the challenge of Radical Atheism
Seventeenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010
Mobile phones, PDAs, GPS devices, and glowing digital dashboards can easily draw a driver's attention away from the road. Serious accidents occur and states pass laws, but will our driving habits change? Professor Linda Ng Boyle of the UW College of Engineering is developing systems that can help drivers stay focused on driving and make roadways safer.
This video shows a class doing an activity that requires them to put in order a set of numbers that they come across on a journey that the teacher sends them on around the school.It shows a good idea for a game.
Christoph Kaiser in conversation with Thomas Luscher
BASKET PROVE: the BASKET PROspective Evaluation Examination (BASKET PROVE)
Sessile organism,A large hydroid found attached to rocks on the seabed
