Christian Terwiesch

Christian Terwiesch is a Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, affiliated with the Operations, Information and Decisions department. His research focuses on healthcare operations, innovation management, lean operations, and new service delivery models. He is also a Professor of Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine and co-director of the Mack Institute of Innovation Management. Terwiesch has authored several influential books, including 'Matching Supply with Demand' and 'Innovation Tournaments,' and has developed online courses on operations management. His work has been featured in leading academic journals and has contributed to the advancement of innovation and healthcare operations.

Christian Terwiesch is a researcher in healthcare, operations, and innovation, with a focus on concurrent engineering development. His work explores how innovation contests, open innovation, and multiagent problem solving can drive process improvement and service quality. Terwiesch investigates the impact of workload on patient safety, the role of communication in concurrent engineering, and the effectiveness of overlapping development activities. His research also addresses retail assortment planning, forecast sharing, and the valuation of R&D projects. By analyzing empirical data from hospital operations and semiconductor supply chains, Terwiesch contributes to understanding how to optimize service delivery and operational efficiency in complex systems.