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David Autor is a Professor and Associate Department Head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Economics. He is also a Faculty Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and Editor in Chief of the Journal of Economic Perspectives (published by the American Economic Association), and has served on the Board of Editors at the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics and the Journal of Labor Economics. Autor received a BA in Psychology from Tufts University in 1989 and a PhD in Public Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in 1999.


His current fields of specialization include human capital and earnings inequality, labor market impacts of technological change and globalization, disability insurance and labor supply, and temporary help and other intermediated work arrangements

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Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy

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Digital Business & IT

Organizations & Leadership

Strategy & Innovation

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Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
Self-Paced Online

STARTING

Aug 20–Oct 1, 2025

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

6 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,850

STARTING

Aug 20–Oct 1, 2025

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

6 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,850

Oct 1–Nov 12, 2025

Online

6 weeks

6–8 hours/week

$3,850

STARTING

Oct 1–Nov 12, 2025

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

6 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,850

Nov 19, 2025–Jan 28, 2026

Online

6 weeks

6–8 hours/week

$3,850

STARTING

Nov 19, 2025–Jan 28, 2026

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

6 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,850

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Leading the Future of Work

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Organizations & Leadership

EARN 2.0 EEUs
Leading the Future of Work
Self-Paced Online

STARTING

Oct 1–Nov 12, 2025

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

6 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,250

STARTING

Oct 1–Nov 12, 2025

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

6 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,250

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Upon completion of this course, you will earn an Executive Certificate in Digital Business.

Artificial Intelligence

Digital Business & IT

Organizations & Leadership

Strategy & Innovation

EARN 10.0 EEUs
AI Executive Academy
In Person

STARTING

Sep 8–19, 2025

LOCATION

Cambridge, MA

DURATION

10 days

COMMITMENT

7–11 hours/day

TUITION

$23,500

STARTING

Sep 8–19, 2025

LOCATION

Cambridge, MA

DURATION

10 days

COMMITMENT

7–11 hours/day

TUITION

$23,500

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