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The best academic minds devoted to business research and teaching

Wharton's top-notch faculty create new knowledge from research to foster business innovation. With 261 standing and associated faculty across 11 academic departments, Wharton comprises the world's largest and most published business school faculty.

Research With Impact
Knowledge@Wharton
Access to news, insights, research, and working papers from Wharton faculty

Wharton faculty shape new knowledge across all major disciplines through 20 research centers and initiatives. At any given time, faculty members are exploring hundreds of research topics, synthesizing their results into usable information that is changing the way business is done. Recent projects include research on effective corporate governance, social security reform, employment policy in the Middle East, and the use of derivatives by non-financial firms.


Business Engagement
Wharton professors grapple with real questions that affect global business. Not only does Wharton research emphasize application to real-world questions, but faculty also provide and build leadership for current business challenges by consulting and working directly through industry partnerships with corporations, government, and executives. Faculty bring their findings directly into the classroom. Graduate and undergraduate students and senior executive participants benefit from the emerging research and also help to shape it by bringing their "on-the-ground" knowledge into the classrooms.


Channels of Influence
Wharton School Publishing
Books and tools from a select group of the world's foremost business thinkers

The knowledge generated by Wharton faculty reaches every corner of the business community. Faculty research is cited by international media and reaches industries through the influence of Wharton alumni and 7,000 Executive Education participants per year. To reach an even wider audience, Knowledge@Wharton, a biweekly online resource, offers the latest faculty business insights, information, and research to more than 300,000 subscribers in 188 countries.

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