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MIT Sloan launches the MITx MicroMasters® Program in Finance
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Available on the edX platform, the program offers individuals an opportunity to enhance their financial skill set or fast-track a master’s degree in finance from MIT Sloan.
Gamification techniques to improve online teaching and learning
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A new study led by MIT Sloan Prof. Andrew W. Lo finds that borrowing ideas and tools from the gaming community can improve online teaching techniques and improve learning outcomes for students.
Miriam Pozen Prize for outstanding contributions to financial policy
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The $200,000 prize, the first ever awarded by MIT in the area of financial policy, will be given biennially starting in the spring of 2020.
2008 Financial Crisis: A Ten-Year Review Conference
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Annual Reviews, MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy (GCFP) and NYU Stern will convene to present new review articles focused on the 2008 financial crisis.
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 ...
Mud Bay's Good Jobs Journey
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This case describes how leaders at Mud Bay, a chain of pet products based in Pacific Northwest, changed the way they operated their business from 2014 to 2017. They adopted a framework that included heavy investment in people with operational choices that leverage that investment by increasing produ...