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Marketing

MIT Sloan’s Marketing group equips students with a deep understanding of behavioral and management science theories and methods, drawing from disciplines such as behavioral science, economics, operations research, and statistics. The group benefits from the pioneering work of faculty members like Duncan Simester, who explores consumer behavior and pricing strategies; Juanjuan Zhang, known for her research on social interactions and marketing; and Catherine Tucker, who investigates digital marketing and privacy issues. This collaborative environment fosters innovative research that addresses key challenges in marketing, including customer satisfaction and the psychological aspects of consumer behavior. 

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Fenway Farms

Fenway Farms is a 5,000-square-foot rooftop garden located on the third-base side of Fenway Park. Established in 2015, the farm supplies the ballpark’s kitchens with fresh produce and grows more than 6,000 pounds of organic vegetables each year.

Nov 5, 2026
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Inventing the Future for Humanity and AI

By Andrew Husband

The MIT Sloan School of Management recently debuted the new event series “Invent the Future: Leading in an AI-Enabled World” to explore how leaders and organizations can harness artificial intelligence while keeping people at the center of the enterprise.

Nov 3, 2026
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Sinan Aral

Sinan Aral

David Austin Professor of Management

Sinan Aral is a global authority on business analytics; award-winning researcher; entrepreneur, and venture capitalist who is ranked among the top 50 management scholars in the world and was rated the World’s “Top Digital Thinker” in 2021. He is the…

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Rahul Bhui

Rahul Bhui

Sarofim Family Career Development Associate Professor

Rahul Bhui is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and affiliate faculty of the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. His research combines cognitive science, computational neuroscience, and behavioral…

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Sharmila C. Chatterjee

Sharmila C. Chatterjee

Senior Lecturer, Marketing

Sharmila C. Chatterjee is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing and is the Academic Head for the MBA Track in Enterprise Management (EM) launched at MIT Sloan in Fall 2012. Chatterjee teaches the graduate course in B2B Marketing and is deeply engaged in…

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