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Institute for Work and Employment Research Healthcare

Using Staffing Platforms to Address Long-Term Care Workforce Shortages During the COVID-19 Outbreak and Beyond

By Katherine C. Kellogg

In this article, MIT Sloan Professor Katherine Kellogg and a team of coauthors describe a project they have been working on involving the use of a specialized online jobs platform to bring new job applicants to open positions at skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts during the COVID-19 pandemi...

Jul 28, 2020

Alumni Entrepreneurship

Seeing a New Path to Transforming Ophthalmic Care

By Andrew Husband

Brett Sternfield, MBA ’20, found himself at a crossroads this past January.

Jun 24, 2020

Ideas Made to Matter Human Resources

3 ways to retain workers in a competitive environment

By Meredith Somers

How Patreon, Levi Strauss, and Coursera open source their culture and bootcamp their technology needs to encourage employees to stay.

Jul 12, 2022

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Action Learning Sustainability

Extending precision agriculture beyond aerial imaging

By Kathryn M. O’Neill

Ceres Imaging, a venture-backed agriculture technology company, approached PM-Lab to inform their decisions about launching a new product.

Oct 28, 2021

Institute for Work and Employment Research

Climate Change and Migrant Workers

Research by New York University (NYU) professor Natasha Iskander, who is an alumna of the MIT IWER PhD program, finds that there are companies targeting regions experiencing climate stress when recruiting migrant workers.

Jan 26, 2022

Alumni Entrepreneurship

Kathleen Stetson, MBA ’14

Kathleen Stetson, MBA ’14, joins Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, on this episode of Sloanies Talking with Sloanies.

Dec 9, 2019

Alumni Healthcare

Babak Movassaghi, SF ’14, & Christopher Lee, PhD ’18

InfiniteMD co-founders Babak Movassaghi, SF ’14, and Christopher Lee, PhD ’18, join Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, on this episode of "Sloanies Talking with Sloanies."

Oct 22, 2020

Alumni Cryptocurrency

Transforming China’s Fintech Innovation Ecosystem

By Andrew Husband

Chi-Won Yoon, SB ’82, SM ’86, recently met with students in China Lab, an Action Learning course, to discuss the future of fintech and cryptocurrencies in China.

Jun 14, 2021