The most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world, Wharton bridges research and practice through our broad engagement with the global business community. Wharton established the first business school research center in 1921, and today continues to deliver real-world, real-time knowledge through more than 20 research centers and initiatives. Highlighted below are the research centers that illustrate Wharton’s commitment to partnering with industries in the interest of aerospace and defense.
- Center for Leadership and Change Management
Increasingly, organizations worldwide are confronting turbulent markets, demanding shareholders, and discerning customers; and many firms are restructuring to meet these challenges. Their success depends largely on the quality of leadership that exists at all levels of management. Dedicated to building a basic and practical understanding of leadership and change, the Center explores and communicates effective strategies for restructuring.
- The Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management
The Center funds research to identify, explore, and develop insights relating to operations management issues relevant to the manufacturing and services sectors.
- William and Phyllis Mack Center for Technological Innovation
Bringing together leaders from business, government, and labor, the Mack Center provides a forum for probing critical issues, discussing research, and planning future study. As the umbrella organization for all of Wharton's technology management initiatives, the Center supports the research and publishing activities of Wharton faculty members, creates an endowed professorship, and supports a student-run conference. In the field of technological change, the Center sponsors the Emerging Technologies Management Research Program.
