Key Insights From Collaborative Innovation Projects: Environment, Sustainability, and Governance

Each semester, the Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program (CIP) brings Wharton and Penn students into some of the world’s top companies to solve organizational challenges. This past semester (Fall 2021), students consulted on a diverse lineup of live business challenges in industries ranging from metalworking to green banking. The projectsRead More

Key Insights From Collaborative Innovation Projects: New & Emergency Technologies

Each semester, the Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program (CIP) brings Wharton and Penn students into some of the world’s top companies to solve organizational challenges. This past semester (Fall 2021), students consulted on a diverse lineup of live business challenges in industries ranging from metalworking to green banking. The projectsRead More

Data in the Evolving Mobility Ecosystem

Data strategy for the future of mobility may be one of the greatest opportunities for firms to capture value from their innovation investments in connected vehicles. At the same time, adoption of data-first strategy presents potential pitfalls for data usage.Read More

Sarah Chung WG’22 On The Collaborative Innovation Program

Sarah Chung

This past fall semester, Sarah Chung WG’22 participated in the Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program (Management 892), a project-based course that brings Wharton students into real companies to help them solve problems and drive innovation strategies.  While Sarah has mostly worked in finance and retail (including stints at Capital GroupRead More

NYTimes: Rivian I.P.O. Is Embraced by Investors Looking for Another Tesla

John Paul MacDuffie was quoted in a New York Times in a story about Rivian, an electric truck manufacturers who shook the stock market after releasing their first product: a fleet of only 150 pickup trucks, launched after ten years of research and development.Read More

“Mobility Becomes Electric”: New White Paper With Engine No. 1

We’re proud to announce the publication of a new white paper written by John Paul MacDuffie, Director of the Program on Vehicle and Mobility Innovation, and published by investment firm Engine No. 1. Entitled “Mobility Becomes Electric: The Role of Automotive OEMs in Speeding the Battery Electric Vehicle Future,” theRead More

The Future of Mobility: Strategy, Technology, and Geopolitics

Discussing the “once in a century” transformation of the auto industry, including electric and autonomous vehicles, data and AI, and global supply chain issuesRead More