Nearly 100 University of Pennsylvania freshmen and sophomores tackled a challenge at Citi with finance, technology, and strategy themes.…Read More
2021 Citi x Mack Institute Case Competition Presented Real-World Business Challenge
Events
Solution for Removing Alcohol From Beer While Preserving Flavor Wins 2021 Y-Prize
LiberTech proposes that brewers use a Penn technology to cost-effectively filter out ethanol and still preserve quality and taste.…Read More
Innovation Strategy During Times of Crisis
Strategies and actions from executives around the world for creating and maintaining workplaces where employees innovate and thrive; leading during crises; and elevating corporate social responsibility.…Read More
Y-Prize Winner Avisi Technologies Receives $1M Grant
The company, cofounded by Wharton alumni, will use the National Science Foundation award to continue pursuing its innovative glaucoma treatment.…Read More
How Businesses Can Shape ‘Response, Recovery, and Revitalization’ in 2020 and Beyond
Mack Institute’s global network members shared insights into emerging technology, human capital, supply chains, and more at the 2020 Partner Roundtable.…Read More
Choosing Innovation Metrics for Success in the Digital Era
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
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