Ideas Made to Matter Research

How social influence drives online gift giving

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Receiving a gift makes you 56 percent more likely to do some giving of your own.

Dec 12, 2018
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How ‘credibility-enhancing displays’ drive people to action

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In a new study, residents were far more likely to purchase solar panels if the person pitching them was a convert themselves.

Nov 26, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Sustainability

'This Old House' goes modern with MIT energy pioneer

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The show's season premiere features David Miller's net-zero home.

Nov 5, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Research

Using data to triage health care waste

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An economic analytics of health care experiments could save money.

Oct 31, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Career

The 1 thing your company should add to its retirement benefits

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Why you should develop mutually beneficial plans for managing one of life's biggest transitions.

Oct 29, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Research

Public science relies on private sector support

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35 percent of grants produce research that influences private sector efforts.

Oct 29, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Climate Change

This tool is pushing people to take action on climate change

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New research suggests the best way to understand climate risks is interactive learning.

Oct 11, 2018
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How mobile banking is impacting lives in Africa

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An affordable technology has economic and social network benefits.

Oct 10, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Data

Big data helps large firms grow even bigger

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New research shows big data benefits large firms over small ones.

Oct 1, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Public Policy

Undocumented immigrant population roughly double current estimate

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New research shows the population could have been mismeasured for decades.

Sep 21, 2018
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