New books this year cover ecosystems, entrepreneurship, dynamic work design, and the paradox of meritocracy.
Maurice F. Strong Career Development Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Operations Research and Statistics
Why being a host country is a bad investment, how streaming is shaking up audience metrics, and the art and science of sports analytics.
Here’s what two MIT business analytics students learned in the new From Analytics to Action class.
Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor, Professor of Operations Management
Toshiba Professor of Media Arts & Science, Professor, Information Technology
The Pre-Admission Testing Area (PATA) is an outpatient clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital responsible for conducting preoperative assessments of surgical patients prior to their procedures. Set in June 2009, this case study describes the conditions of this busy outpatient clinic prior to a pro...
In late 2008, Vermont City Electric (VCE), a municipal electric utility company, needed to determine which investments in demand-side management (DSM) programs to undertake in the context of the budget restrictions it faced. Based on the information contained in the case, students must construct and...
Ratings agencies could be using subjective factors to assign risk; or portfolio managers could be strategically using “window-dressing” to make CLOs appear less risky.
