Video: George Day Interview About “Innovation Prowess: Leadership Strategies for Accelerating Growth”

David Heckman, practice leader, senior management at the Wharton School’s Aresty Institute of Executive Education, recently spoke with Mack Institute Co-director George Day about why innovation prowess is the key to growth leadership. The interview addresses the questions that Professor Day explores in his latest book Innovation Prowess: Leadership StrategiesRead More

Progressive Business: Where Turning a Profit and Saving the Planet Collide

A forest scene with tall trees and a small stream running through a rocky and leaf-covered ground, suggesting an autumn setting.

If I had a nickel for every time I forgot to recycle, I would approach Richard Branson status. But even Branson himself, the billionaire founder of Virgin Group, has taken the initiative to promote more responsible behavior when it comes to our planet, a move that Wharton-sponsored research says couldRead More

Student Post: User-Driven Change: Replacing Competition With Collaboration in the Music Industry

DJ Steve Aoki

My generation consumes media at a startlingly rapid pace, bouncing between audio, video, text, and back again in the blink of an eye.  This behavior, termed ‘media multiplexing‘ in recent Mack Institute funded research, reflects a distinctive generational mindset that is entirely reconfiguring how music is marketed.  Instead of tryingRead More

George Day Featured in the European Business Review

Innovation Prowess featured in European Business Review

George Day is featured in the May/June edition of The European Business Review in an article titled “The 3 C’s of Growth Leadership: Culture, Capabilities, and Configuration.” Professor Day’s article provides insight on how companies can increase their potential for innovation by attending to the three C’s: culture, capabilities, and configuration. ReadRead More

Michael Mandel Discusses Mobile Broadband Regulatory Prospects for New FCC Head

Michael Mandel

Michael Mandel discusses the implications of the nomination of a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) head for domestic mobile broadband regulation in an article co-authored by Diana G. Carew. As Mandel and his co-author illustrate, the regulatory framework governing mobile broadband has gone undecided for several years. What is atRead More

Student Post: Friends That Pay Together Stay Together: How Venmo has Gained Recognition by Exploiting Social Ties

Venmo

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend.” Polonius’s sage advice handed down throughout the generations lost its urgency for Penn students a year ago. Venmo, a startup by Penn graduates Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail, has revolutionized reciprocity between friends by makingRead More