Mack Institute News Archives

Mack Institute Welcomes Visiting Scholar Constance Helfat

The Mack Institute is thrilled to welcome Connie Helfat, who joins us as a visiting scholar from the Tuck School of Business.…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

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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

How Do Online Rating Systems Impact Service Providers?

Online rating systems obviously benefit consumers by providing transparency, but do these systems help or hurt the providers? Mack Institute researcher Chen Jin investigates.…Read More

Building a Connected Strategy: From Customer Experience to Technology Platforms

At the Mack Institute’s Fall Conference 2016, leaders from across industries discussed their companies’ pursuit of “connected strategy” defined by continuous customer engagement.…Read More

How to Gain a Predictive Edge in 2017

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Though uncertainty is a fixture in our fast-changing world, organizations can strengthen their forecasting capability and manage for an unpredictable future.…Read More

A New Commercial Approach to Carbon-Negative Energy Innovation

At an event hosted by the Mack Institute and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Dr. Daniel Sanchez proposed a new commercial strategy for adopting carbon-negative energy systems.…Read More

Introducing the 2016-2017 Y-Prize Finalists

The finalists in this year’s Y-Prize Competition have proposed ideas that would improve greenhouses, expedite heat removal in electronics, block sun from cars windows, and even defend against glaucoma.…Read More

Re-visioning the Law Firm as a Magnet for Entrepreneurship

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Ajay Raju, Chairman & CEO of the venerable Philadelphia law firm Dilworth Paxson, discusses his vision for innovative transformation in the legal industry with Mack Institute Executive Director Saikat Chaudhuri.…Read More

Weighing the “One-Stop Shop” as a Value Creation Strategy

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Though one-stop shops seem like an obvious business strategy, research finds that client-supplier relationships play a stronger role in value creation.…Read More

When Crowdfunding Crowds Out the Competition

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Crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter have been popular in the U.S. for several years, allowing everyday consumers to fund entrepreneurial ventures in return for the finished product. While such “reward-based” crowdfunding can open many doors for entrepreneurs, could it also close others?…Read More

Healthcare Innovation that Upends Traditional Attitudes

CIP student Emily Pell talks about what she learned working on healthcare innovation in sexual wellness – and how she snagged an internship in the process.…Read More

Harbir Singh on the Marriage of Strategy and Leadership

Mack Institute Co-director Harbir Singh discusses his new book, The Strategic Leaders’ Road Map, co-authored with Wharton professor Mike Useem.…Read More

Mack Institute Adds Visiting Assistant Professor and Research Associate

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We’re happy to introduce two new research-focused team members who will help broaden and deepen our exploration of our key research priorities.…Read More

The Strategic Leader’s Roadmap: A New Book Coauthored by Harbir Singh

Singh’s new book on integrating leadership and strategy is available as both a paperback and an ebook from Wharton Digital Press.…Read More

How Partnerships Drive Health Care Innovation in Africa

By learning to effectively manage a diverse organizational ecosystem, the NGO North Star Alliance is driving health care innovation in sub-Saharan Africa. Mack Institute researcher Aline Gatignon interviews its former executive director about getting organizational culture right.…Read More