Business
MIT Sloan Management Review
What an FTC Noncompete Ban Could Mean for Workers and Businesses
Research shows that noncompete agreements depress worker wages and mobility and make it harder for new businesses to start, scale, and hire talent. So why are they everywhere?
7 min |
Spring 2023
MIT Sloan Management Review
New Threats to the Subscription Model
Inflation and supply chain disruption might make it harder for businesses to meet their obligations to customers on subscription plans.
8 min |
Spring 2023
MIT Sloan Management Review
Why Companies Employee Chart a Career Path Should Help Every
Providing career development to all employees requires a commitment to clarifying pathways for growth and giving everyone opportunities to build new skills.
10+ min |
Spring 2023
MIT Sloan Management Review
Become a Better Problem Solver by Telling Better Stories
One of the biggest obstacles to effective decision-making is failure to define the problem well. Invoking the power of narrative and a simple story structure can help ensure that teams are solving the right problem.
10+ min |
Spring 2023
MIT Sloan Management Review
Why Innovation Depends on Intellectual Honesty
Fostering psychological safety isn’t enough if managers don’t pay particular attention to creating conditions for healthy debate.
10+ min |
Spring 2023
MIT Sloan Management Review
strategizing Across Organizations
Capitalizing on big opportunities and solving systemic problems will require organizations to come together to develop strategies as a group.
8 min |
Spring 2023
MIT Sloan Management Review
Rethinking Hierarchy
We need to reconceive managerial authority for today’s business environment not eliminate it.
10+ min |
Spring 2023
MIT Sloan Management Review
Mining Underground Innovation
Many R&D employees proactively engage in innovation efforts not sanctioned by their managers. Organizations must find ways to surface these projects so that they can gain broader benefits.
10+ min |
Spring 2023
MIT Sloan Management Review
Level Up to Strategic Data Sharing
Your data assets are key to developing new value for your customers and giving you clout in digital ecosystems.
10 min |
Spring 2023
MIT Sloan Management Review
HR for Better Reimagining Well-Being and Performance
Organizations must rethink historical divisions between talent and benefits groups if they are to more effectively help workers develop the psychological skills to thrive now and in the future.
10+ min |
Spring 2023
MIT Sloan Management Review
The CEO Is Leaving. Now What?
A three-phase process can help your organization navigate the boss’s departure and transition smoothly into new leadership.
6 min |
Fall 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
Saving Management From Our Obsession With Leadership
Lofty notions of leadership have captivated our collective imagination — and we've underappreciated and underinvested in the everyday management skills that organizations desperately need.
10+ min |
Fall 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
Women Are Stalling Out on the Way to the Top
Here’s what we’ve learned from 40 years of data on executives in the largest U.S. corporations.
10 min |
Fall 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
Can Design Thinking Succeed in Your Organization?
Many leaders become discouraged when design thinking doesn't get the results they expect. They can improve the odds of success by assessing the readiness of their organizations and preparing their teams for a different problem-solving process.
10+ min |
Fall 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
Meet the New Board — Same as the Old Board
Many companies are just going through the motions of recruiting more diverse board members. It’s time to get serious about board refreshment.
9 min |
Fall 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
Closing the Governance Gap in Joint Ventures
Businesses are increasingly partnering to meet their strategic objectives but neglecting governance puts JVs and their shareholders at risk.
10+ min |
Fall 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
The Cognitive Shortcut That Clouds Decision-Making
Merely repeating false claims increases their believability, leaving business leaders vulnerable to basing decisions on misinformation. Here are four strategies to prevent this.
10 min |
Fall 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
Strategically Engaging With Innovation Ecosystems
Where startups, researchers, and investors cluster, opportunities to accelerate corporate innovation abound.
10+ min |
Fall 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
How Smart Products Create Connected Customers
The data streams generated by customers using smart, connected products can lead to new products and services.
9 min |
Fall 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
Why Innovators in China Stay Close to the Market
Businesses in China increasingly source their innovations from customers, competitors, and front-line employees, bucking trends seen elsewhere in the world.
9 min |
Fall 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
Manage Your Customer Portfolıo for Maximum Lifetime Value
How converting customers to closer relationships, leveraging them, and defending them can drive future revenue and lower costs.
10+ min |
Fall 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
AI on the Front Lines
AI progress can stall when end users resist adoption. Developers must think beyond a project's business benefits and ensure that end users' workflow concerns are addressed.
10+ min |
Summer 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
Why Some CFOs Make Better M&A Deals
When chief financial officers have greater influence in the C-suite, companies are far less likely to destroy value by overpaying for acquisitions.
10+ min |
Summer 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
Working Values: How Purpose, Morals, and Meaning Build Stronger Organizations
VISIONARY LEADERS ARE DEMONSTRATING that a foundation of positive core beliefs, a unifying higher purpose, and a strong ethical code create fertile ground for employee engagement, customer loyalty, and organizational growth.
1 min |
Summer 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
Unlock the Power of Purpose
A new framework helps companies derive business value from a clear, consistent corporate purpose that drives collaboration, innovation, and growth.
10 min |
Summer 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
Manage the Risks of Software Reuse
Whether or not your organization develops software, it's likely exposed to the risks of vulnerabilities buried deep within code.
6 min |
Summer 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
IPO Disclosures Are Ripe for Reform
Current financial disclosure rules let would-be public companies shape a rosy narrative about their prospects and obscure information that investors should know.
10+ min |
Summer 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
CYBERATTACKS - The Ransomware Dilemma
The decision on whether to pay up when cybercriminals hold data hostage is shaped by choices leaders made long before an attack.
8 min |
Summer 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
The Loneliness of the Hybrid Worker
Having supportive colleagues in the workplace is key to feeling less isolated when working from home.
8 min |
Summer 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
Improve Creative Brainstorming With Constructive Criticism [CREATIVITY]
Does criticism help or hinder creativity in brainstorming? It depends on the context.
4 min |