Ideas Made to Matter Research

Thinkers50 awards recognize 13 from MIT Sloan

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Researchers studying good jobs, digital transformation, misinformation, and innovation were nominated for the 2023 Thinkers50 awards.

Nov 7, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Finance

Couples miss out when they fail to coordinate retirement benefits

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Better communication between spouses could translate to saving an average of almost $700 more every year, new MIT Sloan research shows.

Nov 7, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Economy

How Olive Garden and IHOP build relationships across income classes

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Research from MIT Sloan finds that casual chain restaurants like Applebee’s and Chili’s are the best places to meet and socialize with people from different income classes.

Nov 6, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Research

How informed are voters about political news?

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Journalistic truth isn’t dead, a new study has found, but socioeconomic factors affect people’s ability to identify real news.

Oct 23, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Artificial Intelligence

How generative AI can boost highly skilled workers’ productivity

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Generative AI can boost highly skilled worker productivity, if organizations establish a culture of accountability and encourage role reconfiguration.

Oct 19, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Gender

Why female STEM PhDs are less likely to become new inventors

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New research finds that female STEM PhD students are less likely to be advised by top faculty inventors or become new inventors themselves than male STEM PhD students.

Oct 12, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Behavioral Science

To truly boost productivity, focus on consistent worker engagement

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New research explores worker engagement, its impact on job performance, and its connection to a worker’s level of emotional stability.

Oct 11, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Artificial Intelligence

Study gauges how people perceive AI-created content

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Companies that intend to use generative artificial intelligence should first consider how people regard work created by AI, humans, or some combination of the two.

Oct 3, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Data

How to make data ‘everybody’s business’

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Decontextualize data and prepare data assets that can be reused for many purposes. A new book from MIT CISR researchers explains how.

Sep 26, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Platform Strategy

Why B2B platforms struggle to succeed

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New research identifies four types of business-to-business platforms and three ways they can think about success.

Aug 29, 2023
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