Departments
Management
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The brain in the supermarket
Study: Simple “index strategy” helps consumers make choices.
March 27, 2015 -
Economic detective work
Versatile scholar Jonathan Parker finds new ways to decipher riddles in economics.
March 19, 2015 -
Study: Prices of cancer drugs have soared since 1995
Researchers find a 10 percent annual increase, after inflation.
March 18, 2015 -
U.S. News ranks graduate programs in engineering, business highly
MIT is home to No. 1 graduate engineering program; Sloan is No. 5 business school.
March 10, 2015 -
Bringing “everyone wins” recycling to Nigeria
Across the slums of Lagos, a startup’s bikes have removed 600 tons of recyclables in return for rewards.
March 5, 2015 -
Six keys to sports analytics
Massive MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference reveals state of growing field.
March 2, 2015 -
High “return-on-learning”
“Business intelligence” software for schools links classroom technology and strategies to student achievement.
March 1, 2015 -
Fighting inefficiencies
Senior Sheldon Trotman designs computer programs to streamline human behavior.
February 27, 2015 -
Inventing “civilization 2.0”
Conference explores how wearables and other technologies are changing how we connect and conduct business.
February 24, 2015 -
3 Questions: Pierre Azoulay on the value of funding the NIH
New study shows publicly funded research spurs private drug development.
February 6, 2015 -
Novel method projects growth potential of new firms
Detailed study by MIT economists shows which tech businesses tend to thrive.
February 5, 2015 -
Study: More expensive emergency care does yield better results
Unique research method reveals significant return on additional health care spending.
February 4, 2015 -
Study: Disparities seen in immigrant application results
Latin Americans approved for labor certification less often.
January 5, 2015 -
Study: Industrial clusters fuel economies
New study shows clusters, across fields, help growth, jobs, and innovation.
December 19, 2014 -
Life in better light
EGG Energy brings solar-powered electricity to rural Tanzania, improving quality of life and the environment.
December 17, 2014 -
Tracking what students grasp
Socrative mobile quiz app saves teachers time and offers real-time data on student comprehension of material.
December 11, 2014 -
Hacking health care
PhD student Andrea Ippolito improves health care through engineering, entrepreneurship, and systems design.
November 19, 2014 -
Running the color gamut
MIT spinout’s quantum-dot technology makes LCD TVs more colorful, energy-efficient.
November 19, 2014 -
Q&A: Christopher Knittel on the EPA’s greenhouse gas plan
In Science, economists evaluate government’s proposed emissions policy for power plants.
November 13, 2014 -
3 Questions: Thomas Malone on the Climate CoLab’s progress
International effort aims to harness the intelligence of people worldwide to address climate change.
November 13, 2014