Business and management
Business and management

Study: Firms often use automation to control certain workers’ wages

MIT economists found US companies tend to target employees earning a “wage premium,” which increases inequality but not necessarily productivity.

On algorithms, life, and learning

Operations research expert Dimitris Bertsimas delivered the annual Killian Lecture, providing a look at the past and future of his work.

Creating AI that matters

How the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab is shaping AI-sociotechnical systems for the future.

Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship welcomes Ana Bakshi as new executive director

Bakshi will help shape and scale entrepreneurship education and platform at MIT.

Improving the workplace of the future

Economics doctoral student Whitney Zhang investigates how technologies and organizational decisions shape labor markets.

How are MIT entrepreneurs using AI?

This year’s delta v summer accelerator offered an up-close look at how AI is changing the process of building a startup.

MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing

The Institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors.

Q&A: A roadmap for revolutionizing health care through data-driven innovation

A new book coauthored by MIT’s Dimitris Bertsimas explores how analytics is driving decisions and outcomes in health care.

New AI JetPack accelerates the entrepreneurial process

The digital adviser helps users swiftly navigate the 24-step “Disciplined Entrepreneurship” process.

A data-driven approach to making better choices

In the new economics course 14.163 (Algorithms and Behavioral Science), students investigate the deployment of machine-learning tools and their potential to understand people, reduce bias, and improve society.