Business

Marwan Hussein SDM '12: Complexity and Interplanetary Space Systems

For businesses, going green brings in greenbacksStudy finds manufacturers leading the drive to make sustainability a mainstream — and profitable — business practice.

How research goes viralWhat makes a new finding in biology circulate widely? An MIT economist knows: Make the original research materials accessible.

Former mining CEO: China growth will continue, Africa the ‘next battle for natural resources’Agnelli speaks at Sloan as part of Dean’s Innovative Leader Series

Japan’s supply chain ripple effectsMIT researchers assess how the crisis has affected the flow of goods to and from the island nation.

3 Questions: Liquidity lessonsEconomist Bengt Holmstrom on the problems of borrowing and lending in a post-crash world, and the role of government in responding to crises

In the World: Turning waste into profitStudents aim to improve Kenyan slum-dwellers’ access to basic sanitation — and generate renewable energy and jobs along the way.

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal in intellectual-property suitMIT had filed amicus brief in case supporting Stanford University and university technology transfer generally.