Ideas Made to Matter Operations Management

In Nobel Prize lecture, lessons for managing employee incentives 

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MIT’s newest Nobel laureate, Bengt Holmström, discusses challenges and opportunities offered by contract theory.

Dec 9, 2016
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How will an on-demand economy work?

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As Uber, Airbnb, and others grow, answering questions about employment and benefits becomes urgent

Mar 17, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Innovation

On innovation, roles of startups and big business are shifting

More and more MIT grads head for startups. Are established companies missing out?

Dec 3, 2015
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Ideas Made to Matter Labor

Unrealistic leave: A Q&A with Erin Kelly

Outdated work-life policies are leaving service workers and hourly workers behind, professor says

Aug 31, 2015
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