Why the environmental impact of COVID-19 could outweigh short-term benefits
The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced CO2 and local air pollutant emissions, but what are the longer-term effects on the environment?
The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced CO2 and local air pollutant emissions, but what are the longer-term effects on the environment?
Tana Utley, SF ’07, would like to make a pitch for curiosity. In fact, she might say it’s her fuel source, a perspective not to be taken lightly by the woman who leads the production of some of the most powerful engines in the world.
“The media landscape is full of futurists, academics, and members of think tanks making erratic predictions about robots eating jobs,” says Tom Kochan, George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management at MIT Sloan.
New research by MIT Sloan Professor Nathan Wilmers and two coauthors finds that having certain kinds of tasks in a job description allows new employees, including frontline workers, to earn more.
This summer, Lexi Chu joined our team in Botswana for the launch of our early-stage entrepreneurship bootcamp hosted at the Botswana Digital & Innovation Hub (BDIH). Tasked with capturing video and content from the three-day program, Lexi connected with over 30 early-stage founders, listening, docum...
Ana Escandon, EMBA '19, is Head of Sales at Citrofrut in Monterrey, Mexico.
As credit cards have become a popular form of payment method, researchers have noticed an interesting trend. People tend to spend more when using credit cards than cash. Not only are they more likely to buy something at a higher price, they also are likely to give larger tips and make more impulse b...
Diane Rucker, EMBA '14, is the Executive Director of University Enterprise Laboratories in St. Paul, MN and a Lecturer at the University of Minnesota.
Reaching back to his childhood in Monterey, Mexico, Mauricio Chapa, SFMBA ’19, can remember the ways the company he works for now shaped his life.
MIT Sloan finance faculty write in support of a stimulus package that focuses on combating the Coronavirus pandemic directly as well as helping economically vulnerable households and small businesses which are most affected by the pandemic. However, unrestricted cash injection into large corporation...