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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 ...
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The faculty of the Work and Organization Studies Group are a highly collaborative array of leaders from across MIT, including experts in sociology, anthropology, and management.
Does 'Food as Medicine' Make a Big Dent in Diabetes?
Study of rigorous trial, co-authored by Erwin H. Schell Professor Joseph Doyle, shows mixed results and suggests need to keep examining how nutrition can combat a pervasive disease.
An Obligation to Deliver Knowledge, Advance Careers in Finance
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Hong Ru, MFin ’10, PhD ’15, and Juno Wei Chen, MFin ’10, are grateful for the chance to give back to the place where they met and set off on their respective career paths.
Former Aetna CEO on Reframing Identity and Possibility in Leadership
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As Ron Williams, SF ’84, explained to MIT Sloan students at the iLead Speaker Series in April, Aetna's successful turnaround was the result of a tremendous team effort.
Identifying the U.S. Locations that Most Facilitate Cross-Class Mingling
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Hint: They Involve food.
When Managerial Discretion about Compensation Brings Lower Pay
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New research finds that when U.S. companies switched away from standardized pay rates for blue-collar jobs in the late 1970s and 1980s, workers’ real wages declined.
Stansbury Named One of 40 Best MBA Professors Under 40
MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Anna Stansbury has been named to the “40-Under-40 Best MBA Professors” list for 2023 by Poets & Quants, an online publication focused on graduate business education.
Spring 2023 IWER Newsletter Available Online
Read the Spring 2023 newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research