This past spring semester, Vishoka Balasubramanian WG’23, Shounak Mishra WG’22, Andres Ramirez WG’23, and Jordan Woodard WG’22 participated in the Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program (MGMT 892), a project-based course that brings Wharton students into real companies to help them solve problems and drive innovation strategies. The students in the…Read More
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Insights From CIP: The Future of Leisure & Hospitality
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 (Spring 2022), students consulted on a diverse lineup of live business challenges in industries ranging from hospitality to crypto. The projects offer…Read More
Insights From CIP: Creating A Digital Supply Chain Sales Playbook
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 (Spring 2022), students consulted on a diverse lineup of live business challenges in industries ranging from hospitality to crypto. The projects offer…Read More
Insights From CIP: Rolling Out A New Alcobev
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 (Spring 2022), students consulted on a diverse lineup of live business challenges in industries ranging from hospitality to crypto. The projects offer…Read More
Key Insights From Collaborative Innovation Projects: New Players & Expanding Ecosystems
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 projects…Read More
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 projects…Read 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 projects…Read More
Sarah Chung WG’22 On The Collaborative Innovation Program
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 Group…Read More
2021 Citi x Mack Institute Case Competition Presented Real-World Business Challenge
Nearly 100 University of Pennsylvania freshmen and sophomores tackled a challenge at Citi with finance, technology, and strategy themes.…Read More
Interdisciplinary Teams Compete in Wharton Innovation & Design Club’s Coronavirus Innovation Challenge
The annual healthcare innovation challenge asked student teams to consider how to better connect groups with limited online presence to essential healthcare/vaccine services, given the impacts of COVID-19?…Read More
FemmeHacks Offers Inclusive Computer Science and Tech Experience
A guest post by organizers about 2021 FemmeHacks, which aims to empower, educate, and inspire women and non-binary individuals across the nation.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: An Engineer Maps a Path to Entrepreneurship
Mohit Patel MSE’20 believes engineers need to learn core management concepts in order to make a real difference in today’s business world.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Becoming an Effective Change Agent
Through Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program, Army officer Bethany Dumas WG’21 gained “eye-opening” insights into private sector innovation.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Managing Innovation Through Collaboration
Vineet Agarwal WG’20 talks key takeaways from his experience with product development, global teams, and adopting new technologies.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Combining Two Approaches for Customer Solutions
Vaibhav Katkade WG’20 finds merit in blending structured and unstructured methods to effectively identify and solve the most pressing customer problems.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Tapping Into the Power of Data Analytics
Matt Gates WG’21 talks about the power of data analytics and working in teams with a diversity of backgrounds and skill sets.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Start With Design Thinking
Isoken (Iso) Igbinedion WG’21 talks Amazon Prime Now, customer and employee engagement, a future of entrepreneurship, and more.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Finding Team Success Through Diversity of Experience
For our Innovation Pathways series, Jess Stokes WG’21 talks about pivots and trade-off decisions, design thinking, and commitment to social impact and sustainability.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Financial Services Takeaways Transfer to Healthcare
Social policy graduate student Linya Liu explains why she aimed to outperform delivery expectations during Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program.…Read More
Fintech Challenge Winners Offer Solution for the Retirement of the Future
The winners of the 2019 Vanguard Innovation Challenge describe “Ralph,” the retirement planning tool they designed to serve non-traditional employees.…Read More