Vivian Graves, MBA ’19, founded Otis to alleviate the many medical and financial burdens on pets, pet owners, and veterinarians.
Can giving low-wage workers more of a voice on the job improve their mental health? A just-published paper in the American Journal of Public Health finds signs that the answer may be “yes.”
Funding from Dean’s Circle donors benefits initiatives and centers across MIT Sloan, in Cambridge—and beyond—including the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship’s MIT delta v program.
Is working from home good for employees? New research finds that the answer depends on the circumstances—and in particular, whether at-home work is replacing time in the office or adding to it.
A majority of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo lack access to electricity. At Nuru, Juliana Kerrest, MBA ‘18, Chief People and Sustainability Officer, is dedicated to enhancing connectivity. Nuru builds mini solar grids allowing those in remote areas to tap into a power source.
How do you make and sell products that lead to business profitability—without further damaging the environment? Janelle Heslop, LGO ’19, didn’t just tackle this in her graduate thesis at MIT. She’s planning on making a career out of it.
Club Demonstration Services (CDS), the powerhouse partner behind retail giant Costco, provides product samples and demos in more than 800 Costco warehouses across 12 countries, with a strong focus on food. There’s just one problem: Demonstrations, food especially, appeal to in-person customers. The ...
In March, Senior Lecturer and MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative Director Jason Jay, PhD ’10, demonstrated the En-ROADS simulation tool at the MIT Better World (Sustainability) virtual event.
New research suggests that taking a 30-minute nap during work can increase productivity and prompt more deposits into your savings account.
Furniture giant Wayfair is committed not only to providing customers with a wide variety of quality products, but reevaluating and improving their own processes as well. That’s why they initially tasked a team of MIT Sloan Action Learning Operations Lab (Ops-Lab) students with streamlining their Way...
