Reliable innovation metrics help firms set strategic direction, but measuring innovation is far from easy. Our Fall Conference 2019 explored why and how firms should do it anyway.…Read More
Choosing Innovation Metrics for Success in the Digital Era
Events
Bright Idea: An Eco-Friendly, Affordable Lighting Solution Wins the 2020 Y-Prize
Four student teams wowed the judges at the 2020 Y-Prize Competition and took home prize money to invest in their ideas about how to repair and harvest energy from metal.…Read More
2019 Y-Prize Finalists Pitch Ideas to Heal Metal, Harvest Energy in Remote Locales
The four finalist teams will pitch their ideas live to a panel of judges for the $10,000 grand prize in the Y-Prize Grand Finale on February 3, 2020…Read More
Y-Prize Winners Avisi Technologies Land $225K Federal Grant for Glaucoma Treatment
The winners of Penn’s 5th annual Y-Prize Competition, Avisi Technologies, have secured a $225,000 National Science Foundation grant to continue developing their eye implant VisiPlate.…Read More
Connected Strategy: Building Continuous Customer Relationships for Competitive Advantage
The Mack Institute’s Spring Conference 2019 examined how companies are using new technologies and a “connected strategy” to improve the customer experience.…Read More
Penn Wharton Commercialization Workshop Guides Invention to Entrepreneurship
Clinicians and scientists explored the process of evaluating and creating business opportunities.…Read More
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