Clinicians and scientists explored the process of evaluating and creating business opportunities.…Read More
Penn Wharton Commercialization Workshop Guides Invention to Entrepreneurship
Events
2019 Y-Prize Winners’ Goal: Reduce Deaths from Hospital-Acquired Infections
The 2019 Y-Prize winners introduced a plan create a new, improved catheter designed to stop costly and deadly infections at the source.…Read More
The Battle for Talent in the New Economy: Opportunities and Hidden Challenges
The Mack Institute’s Fall Conference 2018 examined how a welter of emerging technologies are transforming not only the way we work, but how and whom we hire.…Read More
2018-2019 Y-Prize Finalists Take One Technology in Four Different Directions
The finalists in Penn’s seventh annual Y-Prize Competition have collectively proposed one of the most diverse slates of applications in recent memory, spanning infection prevention, saltwater desalination, green energy, and tissue engineering.…Read More
Benchmarking for Innovation Performance Amid Industry Convergence
As new technologies cause the boundaries between industries to blur, clear metrics for innovation become increasingly important to setting a firm’s strategic direction.…Read More
How Microsoft Is Working with Tech Startups to Build Win-Win Relationships
Tereza Nemessanyi (WG’97), Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Microsoft, shares how she works to create mutually beneficial relationships with competing startups.…Read More
How IBM Is Scaling Blockchain Solutions for Major U.S. Companies
Alain Neyroud, Principal Blockchain Architect at IBM, discussed the current state of blockchain technology, along with new initiatives that are putting it to work.…Read More
“A Clear Road Map to Commercialize an Idea” at Penn
The Penn Wharton Commercialization Workshop offers researchers a three-day innovation primer to help them turn their ideas into successful ventures.…Read More
2017 Y-Prize Champions Win Penn President’s Innovation Prize
The team will receive $250K to help them bring their revolutionary glaucoma treatment to market.…Read More
2018 Y-Prize Winners Reveal Their Secrets to Successful Teamwork
Michael Lee and Henry Zhou of Cellview Sciences share how they balanced their team’s expertise in business and science to win Penn’s 2018 Y-Prize Competition.…Read More
As Brands Embrace Artificial Intelligence, It’s The Human Touch That Will Drive Value
Justin Reilly (W’10), head of customer experience innovation for Verizon Fios, projects that 80% of value creation in artificial intelligence (AI) will be in business-to-business [B2B] applications, and the rest in consumer services.…Read More
Emerging Innovation Leadership Challenges for Global Firms
Our Fall Conference 2017 asked participants to consider how to effectively link strategy with strong organizational leadership.…Read More
2017-2018 Y-Prize Finalists Focus on Medical Applications, Aeronautics
This year’s Y-Prize finalists pitch their ideas live on January 30.…Read More
6th Annual Y-Prize Competition Now Open
Since 2012, the Mack Institute has helped host the Y-Prize Competition, a contest in which members of the Penn community compete to propose the best commercial applications for an emerging technology.…Read More
To Master Innovation in Today’s Markets, Think Outside the Firm
Saikat Chaudhuri and Harbir Singh discuss why companies need to cultivate their own innovation ecosystem in this interview on Wharton’s Business Radio.…Read More
Leveraging Ecosystems, Investments, & Acquisitions to Keep an Innovative Edge
The Mack Institute Spring Conference 2017 explored how firms can deploy externally facing strategies for innovation success.…Read More
Penn Wharton Commercialization Workshop 2017 Aims to Make Penn More Innovative
The second annual Penn Wharton Commercialization Workshop brought together researchers from across the university to learn about launching a new venture based on their work.…Read More
Sidney Winter Honored at 24th Annual CCC Conference
The Mack Institute recently hosted the 24th Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation (CCC), co-sponsored by the Management Department of the Wharton School. This annual event enables later-stage strategic management PhD students to share their research with leading scholars in the field.…Read More
Getting Beyond the Blockchain Hype
A series of interviews discussing how adoption of Blockchain technology will impact financial services, telecommunications, real estate, and more.…Read More
2017 Y-Prize Winner VisiPlate Offers Innovative Glaucoma Solution
Penn’s 2017 Y-Prize winner proposed using ultrathin aluminum oxide implants to release eye pressure that leads to irreversible optic nerve damage.…Read More