Two big shocks, rapid technological change and COVID-19, have recently rocked retail. But the effects on workers have not been uniform.
Entrepreneur and MIT Sloan MBA Student, Britt Chong, is building an innovative tool to help communities take action against climate change.
Panic buying and hoarding are once again in the news, as fear induced by the pandemic strikes across the world. Why is this happening and what can we do about it? Is hoarding a rational, if anti‐social, response to scarcity, or an emotional reaction driven by fear and panic?
Christina Peña’s goal is to “innovate in the sphere of education.” Mission-driven with a passion for education technology, she arrived at MIT Sloan without a background in business, excited to dive into data analytics and entrepreneurship—and even start an EdTech venture of her own.
Nearly 300 MIT alumnae gathered in Boston for the 2025 MIT Women’s Conference.
At a Glance: Is Africa ready for the AI era? This article argues that current optimism is dangerous if it masks our structural reality. While the world’s superpowers treat AI as a matter of national security and industrial policy, many African nations are still treating it as a side project.
For years, physicists tried to answer a deceptively simple question: why do some things like cities, ideas, innovation ecosystems grow disproportionately larger and more influential than others? Why do a few nodes attract attention, resources, and talent, while most remain peripheral?
Faculty presented the latest insights from their work in corporate leadership, precision medicine, climate policy, personal finance, and deep tech during MIT Sloan Reunion 2025.
Every year for 50 years, the U.S. Coast Guard has nominated a senior officer to apply to the MIT Sloan Fellows MBA program.
Africa’s financial landscape is undergoing a seismic shift driven by the rapid ascent of digital banking. However, as its influence grows, it is imperative to critically assess whether digital banking authentically fulfills its pledge of inclusivity or inadvertently perpetuates the pre-existing disp...
