MIT Sloan Surveys Growing Vertical Farm Movement
MIT Sloan published an article this week about AeroFarms, an innovative Newark, NJ vertical farm situated in a 70,000-square-foot facility more akin to a “sci-fi movie set” than the green pastures one traditionally associates with farms. Continue reading…
MIT Sloan Surveys Long-Term Implications of Raising the Minimum Wage
MIT Sloan published an article by Kara Baskin on its blog this week that surveyed three prominent Sloan faculty experts on whether the hourly minimum wage should be raised from $7.25 to $15/hour and its long-term implications.
MIT Sloan Uncovers How To Predict Which Employees Will Thrive Under Pressure
MIT Sloan posted an article on its blog this week about a recent paper published by operations research professor Juan Pablo Vielma, operations management professor Tauhid Zaman, and graduate student Carter Mundell on predicting that rare breed of employee who seems to relish performing under pressure. Continue reading…
Robin Chase, MIT Sloan Grad and Visionary of the Sharing Economy
Robin Chase, MIT Sloan Graduate School of Management MBA (1986) and co-founder of Zipcar, is a visionary in the brave new world of the sharing economy and peer-to-peer technology.
It’s easy to take for granted the omnipresence of the sharing economy in our everyday lives. For some millennials, it’s hard to recall that there was ever a time before they could walk outside, wave a gadget to a car windshield, and go on an unexpected road trip.
Robin Chase’s Zipcar gave birth to a phenomenon.
Top MBA Recruiters: Boston Consulting Group
Boston Consulting Group – A Dominant Force in Consulting
When it comes to consulting firms there are a few names sure to show up on any MBAs dream job list: McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company, Deloitte Consulting, and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). While McKinsey reigns on top in Vault.com’s ranking of the most prestigious consulting firms on Earth, BCG has had a lock on the number two spot for almost 10 years. Continue reading…
Sloan Team Works to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in India
MIT Sloan recently published an interview on its blog with Jessica Lu ’17, who discussed her experience participating in an India Lab action learning project with the Jodhpur School of Public Health and MIT alumni-founded mobile health technology company ClickMedix.
