Bob Boland Archives

How J&J Uses Consumer Data to Enhance the Customer Experience

Robert Boland discusses consumer data with J&J

Robert Boland (WG’13) explains how J&J applies external and internal data to build lasting connections with patients.…Read More

How Companies Are Organizing For Innovation Today

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The Mack Innovation Doctoral Association (MIDAs) recently hosted our second industry-academia panel, this time focusing on recent trends in organizing for innovation and featuring perspectives from local government, Wharton faculty, Mack Institute corporate partners.…Read More

Strategies for Success in the New Era of Connected Ecosystems

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Our Fall Conference 2015 stressed the need to trade places with consumers in order to identify opportunities in a landscape where digital technologies have changed all the rules.…Read More

Darden-Wharton Collaboration Brings Together Innovation Scholars and Business Leaders

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This year, the Mack Institute teamed up with Darden’s Batten Institute to co-host the bi-annual Product Innovation and Technology Management Mini-Conference. The sixth iteration of this one-day event attracted more than 30 scholars to the Wharton School for lectures, discussions, and camaraderie.…Read More