MAY 4 – 2023 “BankThink: No, FHFA is not encouraging a race to the bottom.” Recently, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, acting in its capacity as conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, made some modest changes in the pricing of mortgage risk. These modest changes [...]
The state must amend state law to provide competitive wages and a path to CNA certification for frontline workers who stepped up to serve as nurse aides during the pandemic.
We are making breakthroughs almost weekly in our understanding of cancer and other deadly diseases, both in how to treat and – in some cases – how to cure them [...]
Allbirds, a footwear and apparel company committed to sustainability, asked S-Lab for help developing an end-of-life strategy for its shoes.
Persistent racial and ethnic disparities in access to homeownership have created the need to examine whether—and how—to change aspects of the complex and rapidly changing housing US finance system. This challenge, and the foundational questions it raises, will be [...]
For Kerry James, SB ’95, MBA ’01, innovating through education and making such advances widely available is of great importance. This is why she currently serves in leadership roles at national, regional, and local nonprofits like uAspire, Custom Collaborative, and the Boston Arts Academy Foundation...
Sriram Emani, MBA ’14, and Shahil Patel, MBA ’19, who founded IndianRaga and BollyX respectively while attending MIT Sloan, discussed their ongoing efforts to scale-up their startups with India Lab students.
As the executive director of an incubator that develops youth and adult programs at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Ye-Her Wu, SF ’14, has had a sweeping vantage point on how the pandemic has accelerated change for students, staff, and faculty.
The December 2023 issue of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) newsletter includes a special focus on women and work.
Most companies enter new markets with a simple plan: launch products, outpace the competition, acquire innovative technologies. They deliver profits, but miss the real goldmine. The most powerful, sustainable strategy is to create shared prosperity, where the company wins while also enabling local b...
