This month's Knowledge@Wharton newsletter is better than usual ... and it is usually pretty good. Highlights include a nice review of David Denby's book, American Sucker, a co-report with CNet about "what's next" and a look at the Dick Grasso situation as seen through Wharton-colored glasses.
How to Lose Your Shirt in the Dot-Com Meltdown and Make Money by Writing about It
For David Denby, film critic for The New Yorker, his wife's announcement that she was ending their marriage was the moment when, as he notes in his recent book, American Sucker, his life "wandered off the tracks." An eloquently candid, if wordy, memoir, filled with rich observations on greed, lost love and the destructive pursuit of wealth, American Sucker is the tale of Denby's ill-fated attempt to ride the dot-com wave in 2000.
The Emerging Face of Technology
(A Special Report by CNET News.com and Knowledge@Wharton)
With the economy rebounding and the technology sector once again focused on new partners, products and opportunities, the Wharton Technology Conference on Feb. 27 emphasized the future with the theme: “From Survival to Growth: The Emerging Face of Technology.” Panelists and speakers from industry, the government and academia discussed entrepreneurship and business innovation, new technologies, and hot-button issues such as outsourcing and open source software. Knowledge@Wharton and CNET News.com covered several of the panels and keynote speakers.
Should Dick Grasso Return the Dough?
It’s today’s $139.5 million question: Why doesn’t Richard Grasso, former chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, give back at least some of the nearly $140 million in compensation that he was granted by the NYSE’s board of directors? That the question is even being raised, of course, speaks to the sudden change in thinking about such issues as corporate governance and executive compensation. While some say that the New York Stock Exchange should be held as accountable as Grasso, right now it’s the former chairman who is facing the most outrage. The sentiment among corporate governance experts at Wharton is that Grasso should a) give some of the money back, or b) at least start talking about giving it back.
Knowledge@Wharton: 2004
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Thursday, March 11, 2004
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