Companies are focusing more, not less, on issues of social responsibility, tackling such areas as the environment, climate change, income disparity, women’s rights, and racial justice.
What do pink hens, digital twins, and mighty microbes have in common? MIT – and global changemakers seeking to transform their regions.
MIT Startup Exchange supports MIT-connected ventures as they explore and assess new technologies. Here are eight companies that were featured in its recent Virtual Demo Day.
New technology, but also long-term relationships, and even lean manufacturing.
Two new MIT Sloan research papers explore how retail traders deal in crypto and why Terra Luna crashed in 2022.
It’s no longer enough to invest solely in single-point solutions. Here are nine ways impact investors succeed in driving systems-level change.
The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced CO2 and local air pollutant emissions, but what are the longer-term effects on the environment?
An entrepreneur identifies a clear gap in a market: traditional manufacturing businesses and factories were often not directly connected and were forced to go through many intermediaries across the supply chain – creating complexity, inefficiency, and impacting the bottom line.
To combat the negative effects of climate change, making a transition to green energy is vital. But what will happen to people whose jobs are significantly linked to fossil fuel use? And what policy options are available to mitigate the employment effects of such a transition? That was a question ex...
In the realm of crisis management, few leaders have as venerable a reputation as Thad Allen, SF ’89. Former Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Allen has been summoned by the country’s leaders to tackle the most formidable challenges of their presidencies. Former President George W. Bush ca...
