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.
Five from MIT named AAAS fellows
The professors were recognized by their peers for their efforts to advance science or its applications.
Catalyst for business
Startup Rive Technology is commercializing an MIT-developed invention that improves catalysts used in oil refining, leading to greater yields.
Doing the math
MIT management professor Vivek Farias crunches the numbers to see how complex systems can be optimized.
Powering better online document viewing
Fast-growing startup Crocodoc is developing technology that converts documents into HTML for easy viewing and embedding.