The Mack Institute is launching a new tool for business leaders who want to harness proven innovation strategies. …Read More
Mastering Innovation, the Newest Business Radio Show, Launches on Sirius Radio
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Innovation, Digitization in the Spotlight at 22nd Wharton India Economic Forum
India’s diversity is real, and so are the challenges of doing business there, said the panelists on Innovation and Digital India at the 22nd Wharton India Economic Forum.…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
Inaugural WINDS Conference Creates a New Community for Innovation Researchers
The inaugural Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium brought together PhD candidates from all over the world and across a range of disciplines.…Read More
Vying for Amazon HQ2: Wharton and Philadelphia Come Together to Woo the Tech Giant
Pictured: Winning teams (Team Wharton Prime and Team Delphi) and judges The Mack Institute for Innovation Management co-sponsored the Amazon to Philadelphia Case Competition for Penn students to analyze why Amazon should locate their new headquarters in Philadelphia. The event brought together Penn and Wharton faculty, students, and the city…Read More
How A Luxury Swiss Watchmaker Learned to Embrace the Smart Watch
Mack Institute Sr. Fellow Felipe Monteiro discusses TAG Heuer’s pivot to digitization, a daring choice that took it away from its area of expertise and into partnership with Silicon Valley.…Read More
Do E-Visits Help — or Hurt — the Doctor-Patient Relationship?
Mack Institute co-director Christian Terwiesch has co-authored two new studies related to technology and health care. The first, which examined the impact of e-visits on primary care, found some surprisingly negative results about connectivity.…Read More
How European Airline Consolidation Will Impact Both Sides of the Atlantic
Saikat Chaudhuri joins Ken Button on K@W radio to discuss Air Berlin’s recent bankruptcy and the potential impact of European airline consolidation for U.S. carriers.…Read More
How a Fractured Election Outcome in Germany Will Impact the EU
The changes to Germany’s political landscape have implications for the country and for the European Union as a whole. Wharton experts, including Mack Institute executive director Saikat Chaudhuri, speak on the recent election.…Read More
The Road Forward for Electric Vehicles
The electric vehicle market seems poised to take off, with high demand for Tesla’s Model 3 and growing attention from big automakers. Yet challenges that stalled EV growth in the past, namely sparse charging infrastructure and high costs, persist. John Paul MacDuffie looks at the role policymakers can take to support, or sink, the EV renaissance.…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
A Diverse Team Takes on the Industrial IoT Challenge
Dylan Hooe came to Wharton to build versatile skills, meaningful experiences, and enduring relationships. He found them in the Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program.…Read More
To Fend Off Disruption, Firms Must Rethink their Priorities, Even their Identities
In the digital era, even companies that have distinguished themselves as disruptors cannot afford to rest on their laurels. If they do, they face the chance of being disrupted themselves.…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
What We Learned, and What’s Next, In Our Vehicle Innovations Forecasting Challenge
2016 turned out to be a mixed bag for vehicle innovations, as we learned through our 2016 forecasting tournament. The 2017-2018 Challenge launches July 14.…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
Innovation Pathways: Wharton Grad Sid Kumar on Managing Innovation in the Tech Sector
Wharton Grad Sid Kumar talks about how innovation management comes into play in his current role as Global Head of Digital Sales at CA Technologies.…Read More
Unraveling the Forces that Drive Industry Evolution
Wharton emeritus professor Sid Winter discusses how innovative activity affects industry evolution, as described in his new book “Innovation and the Evolution of Industries.”…Read More
Penn Fintech Challenge Winners Offer Student Debt Management Solution
The Citi Ventures FinTech Challenge was a first-of-its-kind competition that asked Penn students to find solutions to some of the most pressing questions facing financial services today.…Read More