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A new financing technique may reduce the risk associated with investing in the treatment of new diseases and potentially unlock new levels of funding for developing so-called “orphan” drugs.

The researchers found that the social perceptiveness—or social intelligence—of group members is a significant predictor of group intelligence, both for face-to-face groups and online groups.

In the study, MIT Sloan's Prof. Rahmandad and his colleagues looked at the energy imbalance gap (EIG) - an individual’s average daily excess energy intake minus the total daily energy expenditure.

Studying this issue against the backdrop of the apparent lack of risk aversion that led to the recent financial crisis, MIT Sloan Prof. Andrew Lo has developed an evolutionary model of behavior.

The event is part of the long-running MIT-China Management Education Project based out of the MIT Sloan Office of International Programs.