John Paul MacDuffie, Director of the Program on Vehicle and Mobility Innovation at the Mack Institute, was featured in the Wall Street Journal alongside other experts discussing innovations in green technology. MacDuffie weighed in on the development of more efficient EV batteries, which could speed along the adoption of electric…Read More
Listen to John Paul MacDuffie, Director of our Program on Vehicle and Mobility Innovation in conversation with Maniv Mobility principal Meir Dardashti on vehicle electrification and how traditional OEMs can catch up to Tesla.…Read More
Knowledge@Wharton has reproduced a segment from Mack Co-Director Harbir Singh and Wharton’s Michael Useem’s book, The Strategic Leader’s Roadmap, on how adopting a “layered” leadership model helped Apple create its most iconic and successful products.…Read More
Christian Terwiesch and Nicolaj Siggelkow have published a new article in Harvard Business Review discussing the biggest myths and pitfalls facing innovative firms today.…Read More
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
He shared insights into the intersection of government policy with business affairs, and the role of the U.S. as a beacon of innovation.…Read More
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines has announced an extensive partnership with American Airlines, a departure from its long-standing “neutrality” strategy.…Read More
Mack Institute executive Director Saikat Chaudhuri discusses the likely outcome of Xerox’s proposal to acquire its larger competitor HP.…Read More
Politicians love to blame greedy Big Pharma for our country’s rapidly ballooning health care costs. But Senior Fellow Mike Mandel argues that curtailing the cost of medical labor will have the biggest impact on reducing healthcare spending.…Read More
After years of making incremental changes to transform itself from a personal computer and server player into a company that could offer a wider array of products and services, Dell is punting its piecemeal approach in favor of a system-wide repositioning of its business by acquiring storage behemoth EMC for $67 billion — the largest M&A deal ever between technology firms.…Read More
Executive Director Saikat Chaudhuri spoke with Knowledge@Wharton about Nokia’s high-profile merger with French firm Alcatel-Lucent.…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
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 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
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
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
Saikat Chaudhuri on the globalization of innovation and what that means for R&D in India. India has not traditionally been a significant hub of research and development, but winds of change are blowing. Saikat Chaudhuri discusses the factors contributing to the shift in this interview at a recent conference at…Read More
How do big companies avoid inertia, stay nimble, and maintain their leading edge? “Intrapreneurship” is one answer: it’s the practice of empowering teams to adopt a start-up mentality and focus on entrepreneurial, innovative ideas from within the company. It’s also a way to hold on to creative thinkers, satisfying their…Read More
Nelson Mandela’s life story has long since become a legend, one that transcends borders, race, language, or culture. His leadership truly belongs to the world. Paul J. H. Schoemaker, Research Director of the Mack Institute visited South Africa this year, to meet with government and business leaders to discuss Nelson…Read More
