Centers
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Stanford Graduate School of Business maintains a number of centers as a
resource to encourage teaching, curriculum development, and interaction between
the School and the business community.
Activities that take place under the umbrella of these centers may include
conferences that bring the Business School community and the public together
with thought leaders; speakers who visit campus to address classes or give
public addresses; or activities that support research and course development.
Each center has associated faculty who contribute to these activities.
Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Building on a half-century tradition of entrepreneurship at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) was founded in 1996 to address the need for greater understanding of the issues faced by entrepreneurial individuals and companies. The Center focuses on case development, research, curriculum development, and student programs in the areas of entrepreneurship and venture capital. It also supports alumni and students engaged in entrepreneurial pursuits.
The Center aims to:
- Promote research on entrepreneurial companies and on topics relevant to entrepreneurs,
- Enhance and expand the curriculum for graduate students who understand entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial companies,
- Provide resources for students and alumni embarking on entrepreneurial ventures, and.
- Establish relationships with the local entrepreneurial community.
Center for Global Business and the Economy
Faculty associated with the Center for Global Business and the Economy research issues that impact global businesses, infusing course work at the Business School with current thinking on the inherent complexity of international business. Students develop an understanding of the challenges of running operations across dispersed geographies, in a variety of cultures simultaneously, and under different legal, economic, and political institutions.
The Global Center focuses its efforts on community engagement, teaching, and research. Through conferences, seminars, and speakers, the aim is to spark discussion, debate, and ideas that inform and guide students, faculty, and global leaders.
To support teaching efforts, the Center has assembled a library of globally related business cases, and supports the 36 internationally oriented MBA core and elective courses at the GSB.
Center for Leadership Development and Research
The Stanford Graduate School of Business considers organizational leadership a noble pursuit. In support, the Center for Leadership Development and Research brings together leadership scholars and practitioners who blend lessons of theory and practice to create innovative learning for the next generation of business leaders.
The mission of the Center for Leadership Development and Research is to contribute in significant ways to the advancement of leadership knowledge and the development of leadership talent. The Center seeks to create a deeper understanding of leadership—one that is both intellectually engaging and personally meaningful. It focuses on three broad areas of activity:
- Pedagogical initiatives and educational resources that help students develop critical leadership capabilities,
- Research that enhances an understanding of leadership, its practice, and potential consequences, and
- Programming and events that bring together scholars, practitioners, and students to examine provocative leadership topics.
Center for Social Innovation
Through research, teaching, and engagement, the Center for Social Innovation works with socially concerned leaders and their organizations to confront difficult challenges, leveraging Stanford's knowledge, expertise, and networks, and bringing community leaders together with our faculty, alumni, and students to illuminate and address social problems.
- Research—a broad portfolio ranging from basic inquiry to more applied investigations into practical challenges and issues.
- Teaching—curricular and extra-curricular offerings for Stanford degree students and executive education participants, and development and dissemination of innovative teaching materials and curricula to other institutions.
- Engagement—conferences, workshops, volunteer consulting, action research projects, and other initiatives engage with socially concerned leaders and connect CSI-affiliated Stanford faculty, alumni, and students with practitioners and communities in the service of integrating theory and practice.
Alliance for Integrated Manufacturing/Product Realization Network
The Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing (AIM) is a continuous learning community of industrial professionals, academics, and students passionate about the making of real things that improve people's people’s lives.
It is a joint venture between multinational corporations with a significant design and manufacturing presence in the United States and Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and School of Engineering.
AIM coordinates and supports degree and certificate programs on manufacturing, which are jointly offered by the Graduate School of Business and the School of Engineering, and has nurtured the development of executive education in the area of manufacturing.
In early Spring 2008 AIM will evolve into the Product Realization Network and continue the dedication to enriching the manufacturing and product realization for Stanford students through immersive experiences with the manufacturing and design world.
Global Supply Chain Management Forum
The Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum is a leading research institute in partnership with industry and the Graduate School of Business and the School of Engineering that advances the theory and practice of excellence in global supply chain management. Working with approximately 30 individual organizations, the Forum is actively engaged with leading and emerging industries to identify, document, research, develop, and disseminate best practices in a dynamic and increasingly global economic business environment.
- The Forum brings faculty and students from different schools, departments, and disciplines together to research problems representative of those found by participating companies.
- Due to the recent trends of vertical disintegration, international procurements, new information technologies, and increasing pressure from customers on responsiveness and reliability, and the globalization of operations and markets, supply chain management has become at once a challenge and an opportunity.
