Business and management

“We are delighted that Andy Sellars will lead our newest clinical partnership with MIT,” says BU Law Dean Maureen A. O’Rourke.

Harvard attorney to head BU Law’s Technology and Cyberlaw Clinic

Andy Sellars to lead clinic that advises MIT students on laws regarding technology and the Internet.

March 15, 2016

“It certainly is the case that trade contributes to certain lower-priced goods and services, and on the average, that lowers the cost of living,” David Autor notes. “But for displaced workers, the fact that things are 10 percent cheaper at Walmart is just not making up for the fact that they’re not employed.”

Trading places

Economists take a new look at the evidence that the U.S. has lost millions of jobs to China.

March 9, 2016

Deputy Director Enoh T. Ebong welcomes a delegation of high-level Philippine Government officials at USTDA's headquarters.

Philippine USTDA delegates visit MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

Delegates from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency's Global Procurement Initiative visited MIT to learn about innovative life cycle cost analysis models.

March 8, 2016

MIT Professional Education advances innovation through new certificate program

New offering to improve innovative practices of managers, entrepreneurs, and professionals worldwide.

March 7, 2016

MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Jared Curhan

Seven keys to effective negotiation

Students learn essential negotiation tactics during Independent Activities Period.

March 2, 2016

“When the company is more stakeholder-focused, one very concrete consequence is that workers are being more protected,” Aleksandra Kacperczyk explains.

A stake in innovation

Laws allowing companies to prioritize stakeholders boost innovative activity.

February 17, 2016

“Today’s African Repats,” held on Feb. 4, 2016, was part of the Starr Forum series of events on global matters hosted by MIT’s Center for International Studies.

Into Africa

Entrepreneurs returning home to Africa find great promise, and many challenges.

February 5, 2016

A new book, “Politicized Enforcement in Argentina” (Cambridge University Press), by Matthew Amengual investigates worker safety and the global realities of labor-law enforcement. Here, a group of metal workers assist in steel production.

Reality check in the factory

MIT professor’s new book shows how labor laws actually get enforced, globally.

January 26, 2016

Professor Stephen Graves works with MIT Sloan undergraduates.

MIT Sloan launches three new undergraduate majors and minors

Course 15 will offer undergraduates three new majors — management, business analytics, and finance — starting this fall.

January 21, 2016

Learning and development heats up for winter

January 21, 2016

The DriveWell app runs in the background of a smartphone, collecting data on driving behavior. Drivers receive a score on a scale from 1 to 100, a route map, and tips for improvement. Scores can also be used for insurance discounts, or to compete with friends and other drivers worldwide.

Smarter driving, using your phone

App that rates drivers’ behavior yields promising safety results on the road.

January 5, 2016

“If you’re the kind of person who bought something that really didn’t resonate with the market, say, coffee-flavored Coca-Cola, then that also means you’re more likely to buy a type of toothpaste or laundry detergent that fails to resonate with the market,” MIT professor Catherine Tucker says.

Are you a “harbinger of failure”?

Study: Some consumers have an unerring knack for buying unpopular products.

December 23, 2015

MIT Professional Education students from South Africa use Lego bricks in a manufacturing game to assemble small cars.

MIT Professional Education trains South African managers from the manufacturing sector

December 14, 2015

Associate Provost Richard Lester, founder and faculty director of the Industrial Performance Center, listens to discussion and report analysis of "Growing Innovative Companies to Scale: How Does Massachusetts Measure Up?" held at MIT on Thursday, Dec. 10.

Growing innovative firms to scale

MIT study analyzes Massachusetts performance in growing tech-based companies to scale.

December 10, 2015

A new report estimates that, as of 2014, MIT alumni have launched 30,200 active companies, employing roughly 4.6 million people, and generating roughly $1.9 trillion in annual revenues.

New report outlines MIT’s global entrepreneurial impact

Alumni-founded companies have created 4.6 million jobs, generating nearly $2 trillion in annual revenues.

December 9, 2015

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