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PayPal and the Financial Wellness Initiative
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In 2015, when Dan Schulman became CEO of PayPal, a digital payments company, many people thought of it as the button they clicked when paying for online purchases. In 2015, PayPal embarked on a new mission: using technology to democratize financial services. In Schulman’s words, it would “turn the ...
Advancing Social Studies at MIT Sloan
Associate Professor Dean Eckles studies how our social networks affect our behavior and shape our lives.
Solving Food and Agriculture Challenges
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Professors Retsef Levi and Karen Zheng discussed their work in addressing food and agriculture issues across the globe at MIT Sloan Reunion 2023.
Lessons in Innovation Based on Values of the Cherokee Nation
At an MIT event, speakers profiled four Cherokee innovators and traced their success back to the communal and egalitarian culture they came from.
Optimizing Health Care Logistics in Africa
Emma Gibson seeks to improve patient care by helping facilities use their limited resources more effectively
Mud Bay's Good Jobs Journey
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This 2019 MIT Sloan case by Zeynep Ton and Katie Bach describes how the executive team at Mud Bay, a privately held pet store chain based in Olympia, Washington, implemented a good jobs strategy by offering better wages and benefits and seeking to recoup the costs by increasing sales growth and lowe...
This Nonprofit Is Proving That Creating Good Jobs Is Good Business
The Good Jobs Institute, founded by Professor of the Practice Zeynep Ton, helps companies improve frontline jobs and company performance.
Exploring entrepreneurship in Africa
MIT Sloan students visited startups in Ghana and Kenya to learn from founders.