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Environmental Sustainability Drives Student Interest in Farming
Sustainability now also means treating farmworkers well, an avocado grower tells MBA students interested in food and agriculture resource management.

Mobile Banking Takes Off in Nigeria
A 2005 Stanford MBA says that mobile technology devices are revolutionizing banking and other services in Africa, similar to the way computers revolutionized industrialized countries.

Perry Klebahn photoMarketing 101 for Designers of Great Products

Entrepreneur Perry Klebahn tells why building a good market is as essential as building a good product.

 

 

Darrell Duffie photoStanford Finance Expert: Federal Interpretation of Volcker Rule Would Lead to Constraints on U.S. Economic Growth and Recovery

Finance professor Darrell Duffie of the Stanford Graduate School of Business proposes alternative capital requirements for banks to eliminate potential unintended consequences of financial reform.

Bringing the Boardroom into the Classroom

Stanford MBA students face off against alumni in day-long simulation of business issues designed to help students test their ability to deal with real-world business issues in the annual Executive Challenge program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Ian Davis photoSuccessful Leaders Share Five Traits, Says Ian Davis

Successful leaders share five traits that are more important than where they rank within their organizations, retired McKinsey senior partner Ian Davis told a Stanford MBA audience.

 

 

Stanford Business Magazine

Stanford Business magazine Winter 2011-12 coverNew Institute to Tackle Extreme Poverty

Donors Bob and Dottie King believe the GSB can help the extremely poor in developing economies by working with managers of existing organizations on expansion and with new entrepreneurs.

40 Years of Social Innovators

The Center for Social Innovation and the Public Management Program invited alumni to tell their stories of creating change for social good.

The Influence of Emerging Giants

In this third phase of the industrial revolution, developing economies are growing at three times the rate of their predecessors, says Nobel Laureate Michael Spence.

Read the Winter 2011-12 issue online

News

Sally Osberg photoWhy are Social Entrepreneurs Like Ginger Rogers?

Social entrepreneurs, those organizations and individuals who work to improve major social issues, don't have the networks and financial systems of traditional entrepreneurs, Sally Osberg, president of the Skoll Foundation told a Stanford MBA audience.

Women Still Underrepresented on Corporate Boards

Women hold roughly 15% of the seats on Fortune 500 corporate boards and the numbers are not growing rapidly, speakers told an audience of Stanford alumnae dedicated to increasing those numbers.

Yvon Chouinard photoPatagonia Keeps a Close Eye on Its Supply Chain

Seen as a leader in sustainable business practices, Patagonia tracks every step in the manufacture of its products to be sure there are "no unintended consequences of our actions," says founder Yvon Chouinard.

Institute to Alleviate Poverty Launched with $150 Million Gift

Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies' (SEED) aim is to stimulate, develop, and disseminate research and innovations that enable entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders to alleviate poverty in developing economies.

Available Money and Billions of Internet Users Attract Venture Capitalists
The U.S. economy is still sluggish, but venture capitalists who spoke at Stanford said the outlook for investing is bullish.

Matt Rothe photoHow the Tractor Killed the Family Farm

Matt Rothe, MBA '07, who watched his family sell their Colorado farm after five generations of ownership, today gives Stanford students lessons in eating smart as sustainable food program manager for Stanford Dining Services.

Rupert Scofield photoSocial Enterprise Pioneer Scofield Created the World Bank for the Poor

Social enterprises hold potential to "effect the kinds of changes our society needs right now," social entrepreneur Rupert Scofield told a Stanford student audience.

Stanford Executive Education Launches New Executive Leadership Development Course for Emerging Leaders

Executive Education launches a new program, Executive Leadership Development: Analysis to Action, in January 2012. Aimed at high-potential executives and emerging leaders, the course focuses on design thinking, critical analysis, and personal development.

New Ventures

New Research

Harikesh Nair photoEveryday Low Pricing May Not Be the Best Strategy for Supermarkets

Supermarkets either advertise themselves as offering "everyday low pricing" or holding sales with special promotional pricing. New research coauthored by Stanford's Harikesh Nair says one model has lower fixed costs and the other produces higher revenues.

Baba Shiv photoThe Lonely Shopper

Baba Shiv finds that people who are lonely prefer products that the majority don't prefer — but only in private.

Jennifer Aaker photoAre We Happy Yet? The Unexpected Links Between Happiness and Choice

Choices that make people happy are complex according to research coauthored by business school Professor Jennifer Aaker. Factors include how old the subject is, his or her view of time, and is she focused on the present or the future?

Baba Shiv photoHypothetically Speaking, Beware

Baba Shiv's research reveals why hypothetical questions aren't as innocent as they seem.

Nir Halevy photoPlayer Hierarchy in the NBA Can Lead to Victory

Unlike major league baseball, salary disparity in the NBA can make a positive difference on the court, according to new research coauthored by Nir Halevy of the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

JD Schramm photoHow to Tell Your Story for Impact
Business school communication lecturer JD Schramm helps alumni develop the art and science of tight story-telling for social impact.

Nir Halevy photoWhy Nice Guys Don't Always Make It to the Top
Nice guys may not finish first, according to research coauthored by Nir Halevy of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In fact, taking care of others in your group and even taking care of outsiders may reduce a nice guy's chance of becoming a leader.

Who Is More Digital? Teenagers in China or Silicon Valley?
High School students in Palo Alto, Calif., spend more time using digital media daily than their counterparts in Beijing, but the Chinese youths are more likely to build networks online only according to a new study from Stanford University.

Kenneth Shotts photoDoes an Effective Media Reduce Politicians' Incentives to Pander to Voters?

Elections sometimes give policy makers incentives to pander — to implement policies that voters think are in their best interest even though the policy maker knows they are not, says Professor Kenneth Shotts. In general, an effective media reduces this tendency to pander, "but there are some exceptions to this general rule."

Kenneth Singleton photoInvestor Flows Were Behind the 2008 Oil Price Wild Ride

The 2008 turmoil in world oil prices was not caused by an imbalance of supply and demand, argues Professor Kenneth Singleton of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Instead there was an "economically and statistically significant effect of investor flows on futures prices."