An overview of the past year’s activities, and what we’re looking forward to in the year ahead.…Read More
The Mack Institute’s Year in Review
Mack Institute News
Wharton Faculty Set the Record Straight on Disruptive Innovation
Wharton faculty discuss the term “disruptive innovation,” assessing its intended use and where that use has gone astray due to misapplications of the concept. …Read More
Taking The Temperature of Corporate Hierarchies
With outsourcing growing and core capabilities contracting, is hierarchy becoming a thing of the past? Faculty from the Mack Institute talk corporate hierarchies today versus in the past.…Read More
The Real Motive Behind Big Pharma Mergers
The past year has seen several merger attempts by large pharmaceutical companies. Executive Director Saikat Chaudhuri weighs in on the motives behind these deals.…Read More
Will Video Kill the Classroom Star?
A groundbreaking study that assesses the potential impact of Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on MBA programs.…Read More
How Firms Can Make the Most of Global Ties
Location, location, location! A growing body of research is shedding light on how the familiar real estate mantra is relevant for a firm’s innovation outcomes. …Read More
Incubating Innovation in Established Firms
Finding the path that will allow established companies to take advantage of their strengths while also giving them the flexibility to innovate is one of the most pressing concerns of many executives. This was the theme of the Mack Institute’s Spring Conference, titled “Incubating Innovation in Established Firms.”…Read More
“Think Big, Start Small, Learn Fast”
Chunka Mui wants you to know that the conventional narrative about start-ups versus large companies—the small and nimble Davids against the slow and clumsy Goliaths—doesn’t actually have much basis in reality.…Read More
Fostering Agility through HR Practices
How can an established firm foster innovation through its HR practices? Peggy Tayloe of Infosys shares how the company uses HR practices to stay flexible despite its size.…Read More
Nurturing the Ecosystem: Innovation within Corporate Culture
Intel’s Neil Blecherman shares how the company puts the mantra “innovation is everything” into action within its business ecosystem.…Read More
Report from the Wharton Global Forum: Beijing Edition
Executive Director Saikat Chaudhuri gives his perspective on the Wharton Global Forum in Beijing, themed “Growth through Innovation.”…Read More
Innovation Style: Everyday and Revolutionary
In an article for FedEx Small Business, Mack Institute corporate partner Michelle Proctor emphasizes the importance of choosing the right approach to innovation challenges. Proctor hones in on two styles in particular: incremental innovation, and revolutionary innovation.…Read More
Wharton Global Forum: “Growth Through Innovation”
The Wharton School’s 46th Global Forum, held in Beijing on June 12-14, will feature two Mack Institute faculty directors: Harbir Singh and Saikat Choudhuri.…Read More
Returns on Innovation Investment: Stop Asking When, Start Asking How
Managers can help cultivate breakthrough innovation by putting the right organizational habits in place.…Read More
Revamping Innovation in Healthcare
Co-director Christian Terwiesch and his colleagues make the case that when it comes to innovation in healthcare, importing solutions from other industries should take a backseat to “insourcing,” seeking insight from clinicians within the healthcare system itself.…Read More
Four Ways That Thinking “Outside-in” Can Grow Your Business
If you’re not thinking about your business as part of an ecosystem, you should. Mack Institute Co-director George Day and Research Director Paul Schoemaker identify four substantial benefits of adopting an outside-in mentality.…Read More
Innovation: Not Just for Startups
A corporate partner post by Connie Smallwood of CA Technologies discusses corporate innovation, and how the entrepreneurial-minded benefit from working for a large company.…Read More
Jitendra Singh Appointed as New Dean of HKUST Business School
The Wharton School has announced that Mack Institute Core Team member Jitendra V. Singh has been appointed Dean of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)’s School of Business and Management as of September 1, 2014.…Read More
Looking Ahead: Spring Conference 2014
With the memories of a frigid East Coast winter still fresh in our minds, we at the Mack Institute are looking forward to our now-traditional foray out to sunny California for our West Coast conference on June 10, 2014. …Read More
Saikat Chaudhuri Leading Wharton Seminar for Business Journalists
The Mack Institute is proud to announce that Executive Director Saikat Chaudhuri will co-lead the 46th annual Wharton Seminar for Business Journalists on June 11, 2014. The event, focused on the theme of “Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship,” will take place at Wharton’s San Francisco campus. Chaudhuri will speak on the topic of “Incubating Innovation in Established…Read More