Institute for Work and Employment Research
Can We Find The Employment High Road In Low-Wage Indusitries?
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CAN WE FIND THE EMPLOYMENT HIGH ROAD IN LOW-WAGE INDUSTRIES?
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Ideas Made to Matter
Consumer Finance
How retirement saving incentives amplify wealth gaps in the U.S.
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White employees receive nearly twice as much in employer and tax subsidies for retirement saving than Black and Hispanic workers.
Feb 1, 2024
Ideas Made to Matter
Supply Chain
Post-pandemic, supply chains retool for a new (ab)normal
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Supply chain guru Yossi Sheffi identifies post-COVID-19 trends, including blockchain, robotic process automation, IoT, dark stores, and “China plus one.”
Mar 23, 2021
Ideas Made to Matter
Public Policy
Jump-starting the creation of good jobs
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How government R&D still matters, and what makes Rochester, New York special.
Jan 27, 2020
Action Learning
Health Care
Providing operations help to increase patient treatment rates
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Boston Medical Center asked Ops-Lab for help developing a mechanism for deciding which patients to see in person.
Nov 3, 2021
Institute for Work and Employment Research
Career
Wilmers Becomes Fourth IWER Faculty Member to Receive Award for Mentoring Graduate Students
MIT Sloan School of Management Associate Professor Nathan Wilmers is one of 23 members of the MIT faculty who recently received MIT’s Committed to Caring award for 2023-25. The Committed to Caring program recognizes MIT faculty members who are exceptional mentors to graduate students.
Jul 8, 2024
Ideas Made to Matter
Innovation
Will regulating big tech stifle innovation?
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Short answer: Maybe. But there could be better ways of keeping market power in check.
Sep 27, 2018
Alumni
Entrepreneurship
Behind the Scenes at Demo Day
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On Friday, September 9, the MIT delta v accelerator returns to Kresge Auditorium for Demo Day 2022.
Sep 7, 2022
MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Saudi Arabia’s Biotech Renaissance
Saudi Arabia has the rare opportunity to leapfrog into the upper echelon of biotech nations. By coupling its manufacturing drive with an innovation ecosystem that nurtures startups, develops IP, and attracts global partners, the Kingdom can achieve both economic diversification and sustainable healt...
Action Learning
Health Care
Reducing turnaround times for imaging studies
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Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is often due to bottlenecks as patients wait for CT scan results. That's why Dr. Miriam Bredella, EMBA '22, set out to reduce turnaround times for ED imaging studies at a major urban hospital for her Organizations Lab project.
Oct 17, 2022