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The Mack Institute is pleased to announce its support of the university’s new NSF Innovation Corps Site.…Read More
The Mack Institute is pleased to announce its support of the university’s new NSF Innovation Corps Site.…Read More
Crowdfunding has exploded in popularity since 2009, and its pace shows no signs of slowing. Funded researcher Ethan Mollick argues that this trend poses important implications for established firms as well as entrepreneurs.…Read More
Read an excerpt of the new book, “Winning The Long Game: How Strategic Leaders Shape The Future,” co-authored by Research Director Paul Schoemaker. …Read More
The Mack Institute is thrilled to announce the winners in our third annual Y-Prize Competition.…Read More
It’s mid-September 2014, and my four teammates and I are clustered around a computer. We’re part of the Mack Institute’s inaugural Collaborative Innovation Program, and we’ve come together to find out what challenge we’re going to spend the rest of the semester tackling. …Read More
The Mack Institute’s Innovation Clinic workshops aim to empower a community of innovators at the intersection of medicine, engineering, and business.…Read More
At the Mack Institute Fall Conference, speakers shared valuable insight about how their respective businesses are trying to maintaining customer satisfaction while responding to the disruption created by software and technology.…Read More
A new study reveals the surprisingly pivotal role that narratives play when organizations forge a new strategic direction.…Read More
The Y-Prize is a competition in which student teams propose innovative commercial applications for technology invented by University of Pennsylvania researchers.We are thrilled to introduce the finalists in the 2014-2015 Competition.…Read More
Increasing competition, global markets and customers who are in control define today’s business environment. Many organizations are missing opportunities to gain a deeper perspective of their customers and business, be the first to act on trends and most importantly, seize new revenues and cut costs.…Read More
The Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program (CIP) pairs corporate partners with Penn students to tackle real-world business challenges.…Read More
One key piece of the Mack Institute’s mission is to enable innovation across the Penn community. To that end, on November 7th the institute hosted the first of its Innovation Clinics, a workshop series aimed at the intersection of medicine, engineering, and business.…Read More
Fifteen years into her legal career, Kelly Brown could see that the legal landscape was experiencing changes that were accelerating the need to innovate and transforming law firms into more complex businesses. She wanted to place herself at the forefront of innovation in her field.…Read More
While much of the country was staying up late on the first Tuesday in November to watch election results roll in, for Mack Institute staffers the night after was the real nail-biter. This was the deadline for entries in the Y-Prize, and our anticipation was well rewarded.…Read More
Mack Institute Senior Fellow Scott Snyder discusses how mobile technology is disrupting marketplaces and organizations in unprecedented ways. What’s behind this seismic shift, and what should companies do about it?…Read More
In crowdsourcing contests, choices about contest structure affect both number and quality of entries. Funded Researcher Pinar Yildrim shares knowledge about how firms can get their ideal results by manipulating contest structure.…Read More
Following a decade of unprofitable acquisition decisions, Hewlett-Packard is trying a new tack—splitting the company in two. In an interview with BloombergBusinessWeek, Saikat Chaudhuri discussed the merits and malfunctions of HP’s deals in years past. …Read More
The Y-Prize Competition asks students to take a fresh approach to the challenge of inventing new applications for Penn research. At last week’s Kick-Off, students from diverse corners of the Penn community gathered in the Singh Center for Nanotechnology.…Read More
Over the summer of 2014, the Mack Institute worked with student Karan Juvekar on a guided project examining the market potential of Uber. In this guest post, Karan explores the reasons behind Uber’s success and the risks and opportunities in its future.…Read More
The Mack Institute is proud to announce the opening of the third annual Y-Prize competition.…Read More