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IDEA Lab is an annual opportunity to work with a seasoned team of MIT Executive MBA students (near the end of a rigorous 20-month program) on an intensive four-month engagement.
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Institute for Work and Employment Research
Can We Find The Employment High Road In Low-Wage Indusitries?
CAN WE FIND THE EMPLOYMENT HIGH ROAD IN LOW-WAGE INDUSTRIES?
Alumni
Sustainability
Can eco-friendly routing reduce emissions?
Rubén Lozano Aguilera, MBA ’13 identified pollution as a key challenge for the future of transportation in urban areas. With the introduction of eco-friendly routes on Google Maps, Lozano Aguilera and team have prevented an estimated 2.4MM+ metric tons of CO2 emissions—equivalent to removing 500K fu...
Apr 23, 2024
Alumni
Sustainability
Accessible Sustainability for All
The 2023 MIT Sustainability Summit in April tackled carbon markets from the perspective of consumers, small companies, and big corporations.
May 19, 2023
Action Learning
Operations Management
Creating an effective sourcing and supply chain decision tool
A decade into launch, 3D printing company Formlabs needed a structured process by which to evaluate supply chain and sourcing decisions — so it made perfect sense to bring in current MIT Leaders in Global Operations (LGO) students for help. As part of their Operations Lab (Ops-Lab) project, Zoe Hint...
Feb 14, 2023
Institute for Work and Employment Research
Diversity
Identifying the U.S. Locations that Most Facilitate Cross-Class Mingling
Hint: They Involve food.
Aug 24, 2023
Institute for Work and Employment Research
Career
Who Benefits from Internal Hiring?
Career ladders within organizations are often seen as one way to create opportunities for low-wage workers to move into better-paying jobs. But, in practice, how common is it for low-wage workers in the U.S. to benefit economically from moving to a new job within the same organization?
Faculty
Roberto Rigobon
Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management, Professor, Applied Economics
MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship
Innovation
The Creative Industry — The Future of Africa's New Narrative
Africans are waking up to their intrinsic creative prowess. The talent in the film, music, arts, crafts, fashion, design, and multimedia industries that are now available on the continent present infinite opportunities for creative jobs for Africans.
Jun 25, 2021
MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship
Food Safety
Mighty Microbes for Africa!
In the second blog of her two-part series, Dr. Nadia Shalaby explores how cutting-edge microbial technology could revolutionize agriculture across Africa. Building on research from MIT’s Furst Lab, she introduces “Mighty Microbes”—bioengineered, antioxidant-coated organisms that survive extreme cond...
Apr 10, 2025