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Healthcare: There’s an app for that
Digital doesn’t necessarily mean impersonal. At least not in the healthcare industry, according to Dapo Tomori, SF ’09, Senior Director of Medical Affairs, CNS, at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. “Digital...
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Building better buildings with digital tools
Ingenious apps are exploding on the marketplace daily, but they have little worth if the people they’re designed for have no interest in using them. Keiko Miyazaki, SF ’14, head of global strategy and...
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What’s in that apple? Elif Buluç can tell you.
Don’t think that digital tools can bring you closer to nature? Elif Buluç SF ’08, might be able to convince you otherwise. Buluç is CFO of Anadolu Etap, Turkey’s largest fruit producer and distributor....
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Finding new ways to connect with consumers
Burnout. That was the only word for it. In the early years of the 21st century, marketing professionals were beginning to find that customers had grown immune to traditional promotions. Direct...
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“Speed-dating” for job hunters reinvents the search
It’s called Happie, and even before reaching its one-year anniversary, the pioneering job search startup has earned a right to the name. Happie leverages digital matchmaking innovations to connect job...
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Platform companies: Does the chicken really come before the egg?
Platforms make the digital world go round. Apple, Microsoft, Google—they’re all platform companies. So are billion-dollar startups like Uber and Airbnb. But what exactly is a platform? MIT Sloan...
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Annual EmTech Conference—a window on the digital frontier
Every fall, technology, business, and culture converge at MIT for the EmTech Conference, organized by MIT Technology Review. The 16th annual EmTech, which takes place October 18-20, 2016, at the MIT...
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What bumps in the road lie ahead for autonomous vehicles?
Rubber bumpers, airbags, shatterproof windshields—such were the hallmarks of vehicular safety before the advent of the driverless vehicle. For the passenger in a driverless car, however, it’s the...
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In “The Conversational Firm,” MIT Sloan’s Catherine Turco Looks at Motivating...
Is it possible for a company to shed some of the key trappings of traditional bureaucracy and still be competitive in the marketplace? Catherine J. Turco, an associate professor of work and...
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Matchmakers: Finding marketplace compatibility for multisided platforms
We live in a world of matchmakers. Airbnb matches people needing a room to people with an extra to rent. Lyft matches people needing a ride to people with a vehicle and an empty seat. eHarmony matches...
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Smart phones are outwitting poverty
Alexander Graham Bell would be astonished at the power of today’s smart phones. Yes, the app that makes it possible to find a Starbucks along an unfamiliar highway can feel like a miracle, but the true...
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Machine. Platform. Crowd. The three most influential words in the new economy?
Over the last decade, MIT Sloan researchers Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee have become adept navigators of our digital future, and their most recent book, Machine Platform Crowd: Harnessing our...
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Shaping the Commerce of Sport: MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference starts...
What is the secret to building a team around a superstar? What is the future of ticket selling at sporting events? What’s the best way to engage the modern sports fan? These are just three of the...
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Digital solutions for Africa: The 2018 MIT Sloan Africa Innovate Conference...
Africa. In many ways it has a long way to travel to compete as a peer in the contemporary global marketplace. But from another perspective, the population is highly motivated to find solutions to...
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AI can forge richer human-to-human interactions
In the digital marketplace, online chat has become a key asset to consumers and companies alike, allowing sales personnel to help customers make decisions and resolve issues in real time. Enter Vee24....
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What do we [really] want from technology?
Erik Brynjolfsson, Schussel Family Professor of Management and director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and Andrew McAfee, principle research scientist at the MIT Center for Digital...
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The light and shade of AI
How much artificial intelligence (AI) can you pack into a Manhattan apartment? How much could it improve your life? When digital expert Pieter Nel, SF ’14, moved into his new place in 2017, he decided...
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Deep mind thinking about AI and ML
Companies that know how to harness machine learning and artificial intelligence are clear winners in the 21st century economy. And, arguably, few companies on Earth rival Google for its ingenuity in...
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Eat–or shun–that apple pie? Check your DNA
Fredric Abramson, SF ’77, has an extensive background in genetics, biology, entrepreneurship, and the law. All paths converge at his most recent startup, Digital Nutrition, which is using AI and...
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Intentional analytics
How fresh is your data? Do you know why you gathered it in the first place? Is there a rhyme to your reason when it comes to analytics? Abhi Yadav, SF ’13, launched the MIT spinout ZyloTech because he...
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