Gala dinner celebrates 'innovation diplomacy' at MIT
MIT hosts Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP) participants and marks MIT’s global role in innovation.
Modeling cyberspace control worldwide
Nazli Choucri analyzes issues of governance, politics, and participation in online communications.
Give him the hook: New data shows baseball managers when to replace the starting pitcher
As MIT’s major sports analytics conference begins, novel research provides data-based guidance for big-league skippers.
The surprising value of waste
MIT spinout Sanergy is impacting the entire ‘sanitation value chain’ — from franchised toilets to waste collection and conversion — in Nairobi’s Mukuru slum.
Thomas Roemer to be LGO's new executive director
Former MIT Sloan faculty member succeeds retiring director Don Rosenfield.
How ‘dark pools’ can help public stock markets
New paper suggests private exchanges actually increase the ratio of well-informed investors participating in public markets.
Kenya under the microscope
MIT economist Tavneet Suri explores finance, agriculture and even politics in her homeland of Kenya — and elsewhere in Africa.
When the job search becomes a blame game
MIT professor’s book explores how white-collar job hunters in the U.S. blame themselves unnecessarily — and suffer as a result — when they cannot find work.
How the ‘Matthew Effect’ helps some scientific papers gain popularity
Fine-grained research shows boost for leading-edge and low-profile work in the life sciences happens after authors are honored.
Mobile money helps Kenyans weather financial storms
New study shows how electronic cash transfers help people cope with income problems.
Better bankruptcies for banks
New study shows that more transparent accounting helps bidders, lowers costs when financial institutions fail.
Observing the observers
MIT Sloan’s Juanjuan Zhang studies how people make decisions — even life-and-death decisions — based on observation and inference.
Catching (radio) waves
ThingMagic, founded by five MIT alumni, helped bring radio-frequency identification technology to the supply chain.
New medical operations
At MIT’s ‘Innovations in Health Care’ conference, industry experts discuss how to maintain quality while reining in costs.