What if, instead of certifying each farmer, palm oil buyers could contract with an entire village and let the community do the enforcement?
US regulators approved an investment product that will allow everyday investors to buy into bitcoin through their stock brokerage accounts.
"The effect of climate change is an enormous stress to many supply chains of companies and not just companies that are making physical products."
"Let the team decide what's best for the team. Let's figure out the goals and customize the success metrics that will best measure productivity."
If you've set clear priorities, micromanaging will be redundant "because you've told them: Here's what you need to accomplish.”
An AI assistant rolled out this year lifted the productivity of customer-support agents by 35%.
"CEOs are not randomly allocated to firms and their turnover is likely to be correlated with other changes that affect productivity."
Business leaders can choose to see their employees as drivers of growth and profitability, invest heavily in them and operate with low turnover.
Pacifiko, founded by Jorge Schippers, MBA ’13, is expanding access to affordable products in Latin America, starting with Guatemala and Costa Rica.
Experts explored the future of manufacturing at the second annual Manufacturing@MIT Symposium.
