Ideas Made to Matter Career

Midcareer advice from 3 finance professionals

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Three MIT Sloan alumni share insights on the future of finance, what’s challenging right now, and what advice they’d offer rising professionals.

Mar 31, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Finance

Barclays CEO lays out 3 top risks to business

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As a former chief risk officer, C.S. “Venkat” keeps an eye out for the unexpected. Here are the three business risks that concern him the most.

Mar 30, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Cryptocurrency

How to move crypto regulation forward

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Hester Peirce, Neha Narula, and other regulatory experts unpack some of cryptocurrency’s thorniest questions.

Mar 29, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Diversity

How corporate philanthropy got racial justice wrong

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To advance racial justice, companies must reform their lending practices. Here’s how.

Mar 16, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Data

New research puts a price on the value of financial data

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Financial data is an asset. New research from MIT Sloan provides a framework to help companies and investors place a monetary value on that data.

Feb 23, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Leadership

4 leadership insights from Stripe’s CFO

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CFO Dhivya Suryadevara went from General Motors to the most valuable startup in the U.S. Here's what she learned along the way.

Feb 17, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Finance

Want better forecasts? Start with better management

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New NBER research shows that savvy management can help companies better predict the future — and better position themselves for profitability.

Feb 2, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Leadership

CFOs expand their reach beyond the back office

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Sitting at the helm of an organization, CFOs are uniquely suited to weigh in across all parts of the business. Here’s how the role of finance executives is evolving.

Jan 24, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Finance

How credit conditions affect housing prices

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New research from MIT Sloan shows that changes to credit conditions affected housing prices during the 2000s housing boom and bust — and they’re still relevant today.

Jan 20, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Data

How chief financial officers are optimizing their KPIs

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CFOs kick their key performance indicators up a notch by taking ownership of the data model and data governance.

Jan 6, 2022
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