Faculty

The MIT Sloan Accounting Group’s research spans many areas of accounting, including the impact of accounting information on capital markets, the use of accounting information for contracting purposes, corporate disclosure practices, executive compensation, and taxation.

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The MIT Sloan Applied Economics Group uses economic theory and econometrics to address the practical challenges facing humanity. 

Our research spans a wide variety of fields, theoretical and empirical, and integrates a broad spectrum of tools. Our focus: high quality research with real-world implications. The Applied Economics group studies organizations, health economics, macroeconomics, pricing, markets and industrial organization, development economics, and energy and environmental economics.

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At MIT Sloan, the Finance Group is dedicated to:

• Conducting rigorous and relevant research in finance,
• Educating a broad range of students and executives in their latest financial models and methods
• Advising regulators and policymakers on critical issues. 

We are thought leaders in the field, pushing the boundaries of finance to solve complex problems and fuel progress through a unique global network of people, programs, research, and partnerships.

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The Global Economics and Management Group (GEM) is an explicitly interdisciplinary group that includes faculty with backgrounds in economics, political science, sociology, finance, strategy, management and energy. The group's research and teaching focuses on the global business environment through a range of disciplines—including macroeconomic, institutional, and strategic perspectives—and the strategy and organization of firms operating internationally.

The goal of Global Economics and Management faculty research is to increase understanding of the international economy and influence global economic policy for the better. 

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The MIT Sloan Information Technology group integrates perspectives from economics, computer science, sociology, psychology, and organization science in order to address some of the most critical technological challenges and opportunities of our time, from generative AI to the future of work and the design of ethical digital systems.,  The multidisciplinary foundation of the MIT Sloan Information Technology group allows us to investigate the social and economic implications of technology at every level—for individuals, groups, organizations, and society as a whole.

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MIT Sloan’s Law Unit offers courses that explore the various areas of business and technology-related law. They are designed to prepare managers and entrepreneurs to exercise effective leadership and judgment in confronting the law-sensitive issues they will face as they guide their organizations and plan their own careers. 

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The Managerial Communication group at MIT Sloan offers theory and skill development in oral, written, interpersonal, cross-cultural, and leadership communication.

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The MIT Sloan Marketing Group’s research uses the best state-of-the-art methods to the highest degree of rigor to solve problems that matter. Our research has changed and influenced theory, that our research has addressed important and relevant topics, and that our research has been adopted by industry.

For over fifty years, continuing today, the marketing group at MIT Sloan has published top-journal papers that address both theory and practical relevant problems. 

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The Operations Management group at MIT Sloan researches efficiencies in planning, organizing, and supervising in production and manufacturing. It is delivery-focused, ensuring that an organization successfully turns inputs to outputs in an effective manner.

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The Operations Research and Statistics Group conduct award-winning research and teaching, in a wide variety of theoretical, applied, and cutting edge issues in the fields of operations research, statistics, analytics, machine learning, and data science.

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System Dynamics was born at MIT Sloan in the 1950s and developed by Prof. Emeritus Jay W. Forrester. System Dynamics helps us understand, design, and manage change. Using data and technology, System Dynamics models the relationships between all the parts of a system and how those relationships influence the behavior of the system over time.

Current research at the MIT Sloan System Dynamics Group focuses on organizational capabilities and strategy, process improvement, environmental and social sustainability, climate change policy, alternative fuel vehicles, and global public health.

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MIT Sloan's Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management (TIES) Group represents a group of scholars and practitioners with a shared interest in understanding the challenges of innovation—moving ideas from the earliest stages of basic research to effective products and services with an impact on the world. 

Within this broad set of interests our community explores:

•  the factors that enable effective production of basic research, 
• the role of entrepreneurship and strategy in bringing ideas into the market, 
• and the strategic challenges faced by large organizations as they strive to remain at the innovation frontier. 

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At MIT Sloan, the Work and Organization Studies group studies the nature of work, the organizations in which people work, and the social institutions that shape work and work organizations have changed dramatically in response to social and technological changes, from the Industrial Revolution to the Computer Revolution, from the rise of unions to the diversity of workers throughout the economy.

This group reflects the diverse disciplinary backgrounds and research methods of the faculty, including social psychology, sociology, history, anthropology, labor economics and industrial relations.

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