Wharton Professors Discuss Open-Space Workplaces (06-21-13)
For a report on GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK’s) new open-space workplace in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard, Knowledge@Wharton spoke to a number of Wharton professors.
For a report on GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK’s) new open-space workplace in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard, Knowledge@Wharton spoke to a number of Wharton professors.
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