New Executive Thinking Social-Impact Technology Projects
About
In this course Aline Pezente applied blockchain technologies, AI, and analytics to improve small farming in her native Brazil. Image of a farm in Tietê, São Paulo, Brazil. (Photo courtesy of Scott Ogle on Flickr. License: CC BY.)
Instructor(s)
Dr. Anjali Sastry
MIT Course Number
15.960
As Taught In
Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
Level
Graduate
Course Features
Educator Features
Course Description
This customized independent study course puts Sloan Fellows MBA students into direct contact with innovators tackling global needs in education, healthcare, and energy/environment. Co-designed projects address low-income markets in the U.S. or globally, focusing on the application of new ideas and technology rooted in MIT innovations or the Boston ecosystem. Every project aims to develop better ways for the right innovations to reach scale, sustainability, and quality, thereby improving lives and uncovering opportunities in underserved markets.