Mack Institute News - Mack Institute for Innovation Management

2021 Citi x Mack Institute Case Competition Presented Real-World Business Challenge

2021 Mack x Citi Case Competition winning team

Nearly 100 University of Pennsylvania freshmen and sophomores tackled a challenge at Citi with finance, technology, and strategy themes.…Read More

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

Interdisciplinary Teams Compete in Wharton Innovation & Design Club’s Coronavirus Innovation Challenge

The annual healthcare innovation challenge asked student teams to consider how to better connect groups with limited online presence to essential healthcare/vaccine services, given the impacts of COVID-19?…Read More

Who’s Shaping Who? Tech + Automotive in the 2020s

In his Forbes column debut, PVMI Director John Paul MacDuffie examines Apple’s moves in vehicle development, Tesla’s business model, the dynamics between tech and automotive companies, and more.…Read More

Deploying Artificial Intelligence: Unlocking the Strategic Potential, Avoiding Pitfalls, and Getting the Organization Ready

Seven pitfalls that companies need to steer clear of to effectively leverage this novel technology, and a framework to help gauge readiness for adoption.…Read More

Metrics for Managing Innovation: Lessons From Growth Leaders

This Mack Institute white paper offers managers guidance, with insights drawn from a best practices survey of 192 companies, for creating a useful dashboard of innovation metrics.…Read More

Innovation Pathways: Becoming an Effective Change Agent

Through Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program, Army officer Bethany Dumas WG’21 gained “eye-opening” insights into private sector innovation.…Read More

Innovation Pathways: Managing Innovation Through Collaboration

Vineet Agarwal WG’20 talks key takeaways from his experience with product development, global teams, and adopting new technologies.…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

Innovation Pathways: Combining Two Approaches for Customer Solutions

Vaibhav Katkade WG’20 finds merit in blending structured and unstructured methods to effectively identify and solve the most pressing customer problems.…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

Innovation Pathways: Tapping Into the Power of Data Analytics

Matt Gates WG’21 talks about the power of data analytics and working in teams with a diversity of backgrounds and skill sets.…Read More

Innovation Pathways: Start With Design Thinking

Isoken (Iso) Igbinedion WG’21 talks Amazon Prime Now, customer and employee engagement, a future of entrepreneurship, and more.…Read More

Innovation Pathways: Financial Services Takeaways Transfer to Healthcare

Social policy graduate student Linya Liu explains why she aimed to outperform delivery expectations during Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program.…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