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Apr 13, 2022, 15:00 ET MIT Sloan announces new chair position supporting practitioners and educators of entrepreneurship

At today's New Frontiers of Entrepreneurship 2022 symposium, David Schmittlein, the John C Head III Dean at the MIT Sloan School of Management,...

Apr 12, 2022, 07:35 ET New research suggests that ethnic East Asians--but not ethnic South Asians--underperform in US business and law schools due to a cultural mismatch in assertiveness

In the US, Asians are often viewed as the "model minority" as a result of their outstanding academic achievements. Asians outperform other ethnic...

Mar 10, 2022, 08:08 ET MIT Sloan School of Management announces new Digital Product Management Certificate

MIT Sloan School of Management today announced the launch of its new Digital Product Management Certificate program, created in response to...

Mar 01, 2022, 07:45 ET MIT's Golub Center for Finance and Policy opens nomination period for the second biennial Miriam Pozen Prize, recognizing outstanding contributions to financial policy

The MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy (GCFP) today announced the solicitation of nominations for the 2022 Miriam Pozen Prize from researchers...

Feb 23, 2022, 07:05 ET Ukrainians who engage in more analytic thinking are less susceptible to Russia's disinformation campaign

In disinformation campaigns, like the long-standing pro-Kremlin campaign targeted at Ukraine by the Russian government and its allies, who is at most ...

Feb 16, 2022, 07:25 ET New research suggests that employees with high implicit aptitude learn new cultural norms faster than those with high IQs

Sending an employee to work abroad can be an enormous expense for companies and a great disruption for the employee. For example, a recent report by...

Jan 25, 2022, 07:46 ET The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy announces a new global research project with Capgemini Invent

"The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) today announced a new global research project with Capgemini Invent that will aim to better...

Jan 05, 2022, 07:26 ET Digital literacy does not predict people's likelihood of sharing false news

When it comes to false news and misinformation, are some people more susceptible than others? A new study by an MIT team led by Sloan School of...

Dec 22, 2021, 07:05 ET New MIT Sloan Research: How Multiethnic Networking Helps Break through the "Bamboo Ceiling"

When Parag Agrawal was recently named CEO of Twitter, he joined a roster of prominent South Asian CEOs who have secured leadership roles in such...

Oct 26, 2021, 07:05 ET MIT Sloan's Aggregate Confusion Project, an initiative to improve ESG measurement in the financial sector, welcomes four new investment firms as founding members

Capital markets and regulators are moving fast to integrate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into the investment decision-making...

Sep 30, 2021, 07:05 ET Buyer Beware: MIT Sloan study shows surprising algorithmic-driven price variations among online grocers

Many consumers assume that online shopping offers the most competitive prices, as they can easily compare prices across online retailers. However, a...
The Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) introduces the inaugural cohort of the Legatum Foundry Fellows.

Sep 28, 2021, 14:39 ET The Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) introduces the inaugural cohort of the Legatum Foundry Fellows.

Today the Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship at MIT introduced the inaugural cohort of Legatum Foundry Fellows. Hailing from eight...

Sep 23, 2021, 07:03 ET MIT Sloan senior lecturer to auction off the business school's first literary NFT

MIT Sloan School of Management Senior Lecturer Robert Pozen is auctioning off a non-fungible token (NFT) related to his book Extreme Productivity:...

Sep 21, 2021, 06:55 ET MIT Sloan study finds task complexity impacts group efficiency

Is the saying true that two heads are better than one? Or do too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth? A new study by MIT Sloan School of...

Sep 15, 2021, 07:05 ET Andy Sun announced as new Associate Professor of Operations Research and Statistics and the Iberdrola-Avangrid Professor of Electric Power Systems at MIT Sloan

MIT Sloan School of Management announced today that Andy Sun will be joining the faculty as Associate Professor (tenured) of Operations Research and...

Sep 10, 2021, 07:05 ET "Work Design for Health" framework and toolkit developed by researchers at Harvard Chan School and MIT Sloan School of Management offers employers effective alternative to employee wellness programs

The "Work Design for Health" framework—developed by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and MIT Sloan School of Management researchers—maps how ...

Aug 18, 2021, 07:55 ET New MIT Sloan research explores the paradox of employees' unethical pro-organization behavior and the harm it causes them

When employees participate in unethical behaviors meant to help an organization, such as lying about products or withholding negative information...

Jul 28, 2021, 14:10 ET New MIT Sloan research offers framework to better evaluate and plan regional, national and global pandemic responses

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, local and national governments worldwide set strict limits on human mobility. But as governments...

Jul 20, 2021, 12:37 ET MIT's Sloan School and Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab researchers together with leading pharma data scientists use crowdsourcing to better forecast drug approvals

In late 2019, researchers at the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering (LFE) and the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory...

Jun 10, 2021, 00:00 ET MIT REAP launches eighth cohort of its global program

Today the MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (MIT REAP) announced the launch of Cohort 8 of its Global program, which includes teams...

Jun 09, 2021, 07:05 ET MIT Leaders for Global Operations announces new industry partnership with NextEra Energy

The MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program announced today that NextEra Energy. Inc. (NYSE: NEE) —the world's largest electric utility...

Jun 01, 2021, 09:56 ET Technology companies testing anti-misinformation accuracy prompts developed by MIT research team

The spread of inaccuracies on social media – including political "fake news," and misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines – has led to a plethora...

May 26, 2021, 16:00 ET MIT Sloan study shows patient reluctance to seek care during COVID-19 pandemic

While there has been much focus on morbidity and mortality rates due to COVID-19, reluctance to seek necessary medical including emergency care had a ...

May 24, 2021, 09:23 ET MIT Sloan publishes case study on how the National Women's Soccer League thrived in the pandemic

The challenges women's sports face have drawn national attention in recent months, particularly when it comes to the inequities they encounter. A new ...

May 24, 2021, 07:55 ET New MIT Sloan research shows that a decrease in local news coverage can lead to individuals voting for the same political party across national and local elections

When consuming less local news, voters are more likely to vote consistently for just one party—essentially using national news to inform local voting ...