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With technology and policy developments roiling finance, it’s a good time to revisit the fundamentals. Here are 10 core concepts from MIT Sloan Nobel laureate Robert C. Merton and co-authors.

Organizations see success by starting with smaller AI transformations. Aiming for incremental value builds a foundation for sustainable results.

To realize the greatest gains from artificial intelligence, we must make the future of work more human, not less.

The AI hiring revolution doesn’t have to be a story of automated bias, argues MIT Sloan’s Emilio J. Castilla. Tough questions and constant monitoring can lead to fairer systems.

Commercial quantum computing is now years, rather than decades, away. It’s time for business leaders to start tracking its evolution.

These insights from business leaders, scholars, and scientists captured the business mood in 2025.

The year’s most popular terms find us reassessing merit, rejiggering professional and geopolitical networks, and reevaluating how and when we bring AI into the office.

Leaders who actively design for the widespread use of data assets generate three times the revenue from data monetization compared with their peers.

They’re nearly all about artificial intelligence, with a guest appearance from quantum computing.

Quantum computing is being mentioned more often in company earnings calls and public documents as industry and government leaders’ interest in the technology grows.