Robert Merton (School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management, 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics and GCFP co-director) has long advocated for better ways to save for retirement. His concept of Retirement Security Bonds (RSB’s) would allow [...]
Could a negative income tax replace the welfare system?
Data literacy is an in-demand skill for many workers and a stepping stone to becoming a data-driven organization. Here’s how to get started.
As evidenced by recent elections around the world, the need to build trust in government is clear. While public sector financial management (PFM) is typically [...]
Samia Bahsoun, EMBA '17, is cofounder and CEO of Capwave Technologies in Asbury Park, NJ.
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.
Boston Medical Center asked Ops-Lab for help developing a mechanism for deciding which patients to see in person.
Information Technology PhD students Alice Cai and Peyman Shahidi from MIT Sloan have been named 2026 Rafel Lucea Memorial Research Award recipients, with Cai as winner and Shahidi as honorable mention.
Andrea Ippolito, SDM ’12, and Mark Rangell, SM ’89, met through the MIT network and partnered to provide breast and baby feeding support to babies and their parents.
Apollo Global Management, a high-growth alternative asset management company, asked a team of students taking MIT Sloan's Proseminar in Corporate Finance/Investment Banking to develop a white paper outlining the opportunities for investment in agricultural real estate. They not only learned more abo...
