Wharton Research Centers
Wharton’s 20+ research centers and initiatives serve as an intellectual hub for faculty, students, and members of the business community. Individuals from all over the world come to Wharton to study and debate business challenges. Their work generates courses, academic programs, community outreach, published research, and partnerships among academics, industry, and government.
Behavior Change for Good
Behavior Change for Good Initiative
Katherine Milkman and Angela Duckworth, Co-Directors
Customer Analytics
Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative (WCAI)
Eric T. Bradlow, Director
Entrepreneurship
Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship
Karl T. Ulrich, Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center
Ian C. MacMillan, Director
Wharton Small Business Development Center
Celeste Corrado, Director
Environmental Management
Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL)
Eric Orts, Director; Joanne Spigonardo, Associate Director
Ethics
Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research
William S. Laufer, Director
Family Business
Wharton Global Family Alliance
Raphael (Raffi) Amit and Ian C. MacMillan, 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
Global Initiatives
Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL)
Eric Orts, Director; Joanne Spigonardo, Associate Director
Penn Wharton China Center
Z. John Zhang, Director
Wharton Global Family Alliance
Raphael (Raffi) Amit and Ian C. MacMillan, Co-Directors
Wharton-INSEAD Center for Global Research & Education
Thomas Robertson, Noah Gans, Mauro Guillen
Health Economics
Center for Health Management and Economics
Lawton R. Burns, Director
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Daniel Polsky, Executive Director
Human Resources
Center for Human Resources
Peter Cappelli, Director
Council on Employee Relations (formerly Labor Relations Council)
Peter Cappelli, Chairman
Innovation Management
William and Phyllis Mack Institute for Innovation Management
Harbir Singh, Nicolaj Siggelkow and Christian Terwiesch Co-Directors; Saikat Chaudhuri, Executive Director
Insurance and Pensions
Boettner Center for Pensions and Retirement Research
Olivia S. Mitchell, Director
Pension Research Council
Olivia S. Mitchell, Executive Director
Management and Leadership
Center for Leadership and Change Management
Michael Useem, Director
Neuroscience
Wharton Neuroscience Initiative
Michael Platt, Director and Elizabeth Johnson, Executive Director
Operations Management
Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management
Morris A. Cohen and Marshall L. Fisher, Co-Directors
People Analytics
Wharton People Analytics
Matthew Bidwell, Angela Duckworth, Adam Grant, Cade Massey, Katherine Milkman, Faculty Directors
Public Policy
Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative
Kent Smetters, Interim Faculty Director; Andrew Coopersmith, Managing Director
Real Estate
Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center
Joseph E. Gyourko, Director
Retailing
Jay H. Baker Retailing Center
Thomas S. Robertson, Director
Risk Management
Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
Howard Kunreuther and Robert Meyer, Co-Directors
Sports and Business
Wharton Sports Business Initiative
Kenneth L. Shropshire, Director