In November 2006, with the launch of the Sony PlayStation 3 a mere weeks away, Sony Corporation’s CEO Sir Howard Stringer reflected on the past 30-year history of the video game industry, while crossing his fingers that the PS3 would have a successful launch in an increasingly cut-throat industry.
In late 2008, Vermont City Electric (VCE), a municipal electric utility company, needed to determine which investments in demand-side management (DSM) programs to undertake in the context of the budget restrictions it faced. Based on the information contained in the case, students must construct and...
Two studies by Prof. Hazhir Rahmandad, Prof. John Sterman, and PhD student Tse Yang Lim find that this apparent tradeoff is a false one.
While the U.S. patent system is designed to protect innovation, it is unclear how many firms are racing for patent protection and what effect racing has on innovation. To gain insights on these questi
Dr. Frank Young, who joined Huntington University Hospital’s Center for Cardiac Medicine in 2011, was confounded when he discovered that the percentage of patients who received blood transfusions was significantly higher than the national average. It was no secret that patients who received blood tr...
Research finds Democrats and Republicans react to persuasive messaging in ways that don’t always align with their party leader’s stated positions.
Before it’s in the boardroom, it’s on the syllabus at MIT Sloan — including a new course on pursuing a meaningful life.
Researchers found a significant link between the presence of Facebook and increases in anxiety and depression among college students.
The study estimates that total welfare is reduced dramatically when reopening is not coordinated among states and regions.
New research shows the population could have been mismeasured for decades.
