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How to keep people out of the emergency room
Help for immigrants in arranging primary care visits leads to substantial drop in ER visits and costs, a new study shows.
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Legacy admissions: What it is and why colleges are reconsidering it
"We found strong evidence that the college we studied benefits economically from admitting legacies."
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Want to make friends from a different economic class? Try your local Applebee’s or Olive Garden.
Chain restaurants represent places that have the potential to break class barriers, according to a new study.
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The best bosses know how to subtract work
In “The Case for Good Jobs”, a new book, Zeynep Ton of MIT Sloan School of Management argues that doing less can often make commercial sense.
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Encourage worker consistency, not more personal investment, MIT Sloan study says
"Giving half consistently is better for performance than fully investing yourself on some days and not at all on others.”
Casa e Jardim | November 3, 2024
Sterman: Claims that wood bioenergy carbon neutral based on false assumption
John Sterman makes the cases that wood bioenergy is not carbon energy and, in fact, worse for the climate than coal
E & E News | Nov. 1, 2024
Climate Change Shifting ‘Energy Poverty’ to US South, Study Finds
This article, published in E&E News by Politico, highlights a study coauthored by MIT Sloan economist Christopher Knittel, who is Faculty Director of the MIT Climate Policy Center.
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This Lowell startup is getting buzz for quicker coffee service
Studies show startups with older founders are more likely to succeed.
The Hill
Stansbury on Why CEOs Should Want Better Enforcement of U.S. Labor Law
In an article for The Hill, MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Anna Stansbury makes the case that ethical business executives would benefit from better enforcement of U.S. labor law.
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How synergistic is the combo of AI and humans?
"A growing number of studies reveal that human–AI systems do not necessarily achieve better results than the best of humans or AI alone."