Charles Fine: conference wrap-up at "The Future of Manufacturing in the ...

Charles Fine, Chrysler LGO Professor of Management and Engineering Systems at MIT Wrap-up speaker at MIT LGO conference on "The Future of Manufacturing in the U.S." (May 8, 2012)

Charles Fishman December 14, 2011 (complete lecture)

Charles Fishman is one of America's most celebrated investigative journalists, specializing in business innovation and social responsibility. Currently an award-winning senior writer at Fast Company, he has reported, with striking authority, on everything from Wal-Mart ...

Charles Fishman December 14, 2011 (Excerpt)

Charles Fishman is one of America's most celebrated investigative journalists, specializing in business innovation and social responsibility. Currently an award-winning senior writer at Fast Company, he has reported, with striking authority, on everything from Wal-Mart ...

Cindy Estrada on "The Role of Labor in the Manufacturing Economy After the ...

Cindy Estrada, VP of United Auto Workers Keynote speaker at MIT LGO conference on "The Future of Manufacturing in the U.S." (May 9, 2012) This talk explores labor's role in the manufacturing economy in the wake of the financial crisis, and in particular the ...

Climate

With Ronald PrinnAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental initiative" at MIT. ...

Closing Remarks - Anjali Thakkar

Collaboration and Community

According to MIT EMBA program director Jonathan Lehrich, "in this program -- throughout all of MIT -- the abiding principle is collaboration." More info on the MIT Executive MBA at http://emba.mit.edu/

Coming Together to Redefine International Development: IDIN and CITE

Examining the International Development Innovation Network (IDIN), and the Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE)

Commercializing Stretchable Silicon Electronics

Startup company MC10 is commercializing stretchable silicon for smart surgical tools and wearable sensors. One of its first products will be a surgical tool that can quickly map and treat electrical problems in the heart.

Consumer-Driven Disruptions

A look at some of the small-scale innovations that went on to upend entire industries.(Licensed under the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia images from: Infrogmation, Priwo, Grm wnr, Atreyu, Rajkumar1220, Ericd, Crazy Louco. Other images courtesy

Contamination Mitigation

With Dara EntekhabiAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental initiative" at MIT. ...

Curriculum and Learning

Jonathan Lehrich, MIT Executive MBA program director, offers highlights from recent MIT EMBA courses on Microeconomics, Competitive Strategy, and the Analytics Edge. More info at http://emba.mit.edu/

David Simchi-Levi: "Is it Time to Rethink Your Manufacturing Strategy?"

David Simchi-Levi, LGO faculty co-director and professor of civil and environmental engineering and engineering systems Keynote speaker at MIT LGO conference on "The Future of Manufacturing in the U.S." (May 8, 2012) A growing number of U.S. executives are repatriating ...

Defining the Challenges Surrounding Innovation and Safety (Part One)

Frank L. Douglas, Executive Director, MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation; Professor of the Practice; Una Ryan, President & CEO, AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc.; Robert Tepper, President, Research and Development ; Millennium Pharmaceuticals; John A. Fallon, Chief ...

Democratizing Innovation

If you have ever come up with a work-around or improvement for a balky product only to find that it performs better than the original, you are not alone.