Wharton’s 20+ research centers and initiatives serve as a hub for exchange and study where faculty, students, and members of the business community address pressing global business challenges. Their work generates courses, academic programs, community outreach, working papers, published research, and partnerships among academics, industry, and government.
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Analytics
Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative (WCAI)
Eric T. Bradlow and Raghu Iyengar, Co-Directors
Wharton People Analytics
Matthew Bidwell, Angela Duckworth, Adam Grant, Cade Massey, Faculty Directors
Behavioral Economics
Behavior Change for Good Initiative
Angela Duckworth and Katherine Milkman, Co-Directors
Wharton Neuroscience Initiative
Michael Platt, Director
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center
Karl T. Ulrich, Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
William and Phyllis Mack Institute for Innovation Management
Nicolaj Siggelkow, Harbir Singh, and Christian Terwiesch Co-Directors
Finance
Alternative Investments Initiative
Bilge Yilmaz, Academic Director
Financial Institutions Center
Richard J. Herring, Director
Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research
Christopher Geczy, Academic Director
Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research
Donald Keim, Director
Health Economics
Center for Health Management and Economics
Lawton R. Burns, Director
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Daniel Polsky, Executive Director
Insurance & Pension
Boettner Center for Pensions and Retirement Research
Olivia S. Mitchell, Director
Pension Research Council
Olivia S. Mitchell, Executive Director
Operations Management
Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management
Morris A. Cohen and Marshall L. Fisher, Co-Directors
Public Policy
Penn Wharton Budget Model
Kent Smetters, Faculty Director
Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative
Risk Management
Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
Howard Kunreuther and Robert Meyer, Co-Directors