Business and management

Fine tunesPhilip Cohen MBA ’13 brings his personal startup history to the Beehive.

MIT Sloan Fellows Program is vehicle to successMIT Sloan Fellow talks about the concept of car sharing.

U.S. News ranks MIT sixth overall among U.S. universitiesInstitute’s undergraduate engineering program is again ranked No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2.

Graves named Engineering Systems Division interim directorSloan, ESD and mechanical engineering professor succeeds Sussman.

Better product design through a simple square chartHow Design Structure Matrix analysis has helped heavyweight companies improve their products, production lines and organizations.

Glen Urban, former MIT Sloan dean, retires to focus on research; leaves behind $1 million giftEstablishes a PhD marketing fellowship at the school

3 Questions: Andrew Lo on JP Morgan’s multibillion-dollar trading lossMIT financial markets expert addresses the need for better risk management — and a simple way to tell if JP Morgan’s failed gamble was a trade or a hedge.

Entrepreneurial students dive into product design and developmentJoint MIT-RISD course yields concepts from iPad-friendly backpacks to waste-free sugar.

Exploding the myths of manufacturingMIT conference explores the complex state of an industry showing signs of revival.

Alumnus, incoming MBA student win Soros Fellowships

The secrets of the systemMIT’s venerable Beer Game, a table contest, sheds light on the mysteries of manufacturing and the difficulties of running a business.

Taking flight at BoeingChen uses LGO internship to improve manufacturing operations at the company's Charleston, S.C. plant

Time magazine names Lo, Sadoway among the world’s ‘most influential’ peopleSeveral MIT alumni also named to annual list.

Studying the effects of coconuts being made into biofuelDivya Agarwal travels to Fiji as part of an independent study project.

A taxing issueIn book talk, MIT economist Simon Johnson and co-author James Kwak emphasize need to raise revenues to cope with national debt.

3 Questions: Simon Johnson on the national debtIn new book, MIT economist surveys history of debt battles and offers a prescription for fiscal recovery.

A rocket man settles into SDM

Sloan PhD student walks the walk in sustainabilityParrot helped accelerate sustainability efforts at the Institute alongside academic work.

Hail to the geeksAt this year’s MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference: cutting-edge basketball research and, yes, plenty of discussion about Jeremy Lin.

Fuel for thoughtEconomist Christopher Knittel uncovers surprising facts about the cars we drive — and about the price of gas.

Game onAs MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference kicks off, scholars and fans have produced a growing avalanche of quantitative research.

They’re mastering manufacturingA distinctive MIT program trains engineers and managers who want to build careers on the leading edge of industrial production.

Scientists: This man has your numberPierre Azoulay knows why scientists thrive, flounder and have bursts of creativity — and he has the numbers to back it up.

An EMBA student teaches self-defense for everyone

MIT team promotes prostate cancer prognosis toolGroup is a semifinalist in MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition

Katy O’Brien, SDM ’12: the power of engineering and management