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New research by MIT Sloan Professor Nathan Wilmers and two coauthors finds that having certain kinds of tasks in a job description allows new employees, including frontline workers, to earn more.
The Fall 2024 newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research is available online. The theme is “What Helps—Or Hinders—Career Progress.”
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After her daughter's traumatic brain injury (TBI), Lynne Becker became an entrepreneur on a mission—a mission to share with others what she learned about TBI. And ultimately, a mission to accelerate research and clinical trials. Two student teams taking MIT Sloan’s Analytics Lab (A-Lab) helped her t...
The MIT Climate Pathways Project has been selected by the Paris Peace Forum as one of 10 civil society projects that over the coming year will receive customized advisory support from the Forum’s Scale-up Program, an accelerator program that aims to help these projects increase their visibility and...
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The fall semester is the perfect time to get a head start on your sustainability internship search, even though the process will vary for everyone. Fall is ideal for refining your search, particularly if you’re interested in climate or sustainability roles. With “sustainability” spanning so many sec...
In this special episode of Sloanies Talking with Sloanies, host Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, sits down with two distinguished guests: Admiral Thad Allen, SF ’89, former Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, and Frank Finelli, SM ’86, a senior advisor at The Carlyle Group and founder of the ...
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This year, the MIT Sloan alumni community had a lot to say. Look no further to see what Sloanies thought about literacy, technology, artificial intelligence, and MIT Sloan itself—among other things—in 2024.
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Members of the Sustainability Initiative leadership team facilitated several LEAD week workshops that explored how we are better suited to combat issues like climate change when we, as a global society, value diverse perspectives.
In this blog, Micheil Banoub, Director of Programs at Kuo Sharper Initiative (KSI), shares his firsthand experiences navigating the complexities of currency risk management in Zambia. Drawing insights from over 23 meetings with financial leaders and SMEs in Lusaka, Micheil explores the challenges of...
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In his presentation during the October MIT Sloan Alumni Online series, George Eastman Professor Arnold Barnett, PhD ’73, used his understanding of statistical sampling to discuss the United States political system and the standards and biases in polling methodology.
