Boards & Corporate Governance
How to Bring ESG Into the Quarterly Earnings Call
Corporate leaders should put environmental, social, and governance issues at the center of the quarterly earnings call.
Financial Management & Risk
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IT Governance & Leadership
How Should the Biden Administration Approach Tech Regulation? With Great Care.
The incoming U.S. president should resist overreaching and adopt a tempered approach to tech industry oversight.
Larry Downes
Platforms & Ecosystems
The Rising Risk of Platform Regulation
Platform companies should act quickly to temper regulation that erodes network effects.
D. Daniel Sokol and Marshall Van Alstyne
Customers
To Cut Costs, Know Your Customer
In B2B, pandemic-driven cost initiatives should be guided by an intense focus on customer value.
Vikas Mittal, Shrihari Sridhar, and Roger Best
Boards & Corporate Governance
Why Your Board Needs a Plan for AI Oversight
Boards will need increased technology fluency to provide adequate oversight of AI risk management.
Karen Silverman
Crisis Management
Responding to Crises With Speed and Agility
The pandemic has shown how both speed and agility can help drive global business during a crisis.
Bernadine J. Dykes, Margaret Hughes-Morgan, Kalin D. Kolev, and Walter J. Ferrier
Financial Management & Risk
Boosting Business Value by Reducing COVID-19 Transmission Risk
Risk mitigation is an important new priority for business operations during the pandemic.
Seth G. Benzell, Avinash Collis, and Christos Nicolaides
Global Strategy
Why Our Knowledge Economy Can Survive the New Age of Pestilence
Past pandemics changed the course of history, but our knowledge economy may limit the impact of COVID-19.
Joel Mokyr
Analytics & Business Intelligence
The Best of This Week
The emerging frugal economy, ethical employee surveillance, and building organizational AI capabilities.
The MIT SMR Editors
Corporate Social Responsibility
The Rising Frugal Economy
Today’s leaders can reinvent our dysfunctional economy for increased financial, social, and ecological benefits.
Navi Radjou
Technology Innovation Strategy
Cybersecurity for a Remote Workforce
In a virtual work environment, organizations must reassess their cybersecurity risk profile and IT strategy.
Rico Brandenburg and Paul Mee
Analytics & Business Intelligence
The Best of This Week
Shareholders and stakeholders, data science’s pandemic shift, and combating workplace discrimination.
The MIT SMR Editors
Financial Management & Risk
How to Reconcile Your Shareholders With Other Stakeholders
Identify which stakeholders will create long-term value for shareholders.
Paul Strebel, Didier Cossin, and Mahwesh Khan
Marketing Strategy
The Cost of Confidence
Consumer confidence will be the new currency of business; here’s how companies can respond.
Brian Whipple and Mark Curtis
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Teva Pharmaceutical Reengineers Compliance With Data Analytics
A pharmaceutical giant enlists a consultant to help create an industry-leading global compliance system.
MIT SMR Connections
Developing Strategy
Office Space — Sized Extra Large
The pandemic may bring sweeping changes to economic and workplace structures we take for granted.
Bruce Posner and Elizabeth Heichler
Developing Strategy
Will COVID-19 Make Companies Rethink Cities?
Our panel of academic experts discusses whether COVID-19 may push companies to migrate out of cities.
Leadership Skills
The Best of This Week
Time signals you send employees, overcoming interview mistakes, and workspaces that inspire and energize.
The MIT SMR Editors
Boards & Corporate Governance
Boards Can Guide Businesses Through a Crisis
Boards of directors can help leaders identify critical survival factors and uncover new opportunities.
Rutger von Post and Robert C. Pozen
Social Media
Are You Managing Your Risks From Social Media?
Many organizations aren’t fully aware of or adequately minimizing the risks posed by social media.