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Case Study of an African Bank Comes to Life at Stanford Business School
James Mwangi, who is the head of Equity Bank of Kenya, is the central figure in a major microfinance success case—one that the new MBA students have been studying and discussing in the classroom. Details

World Bank President Eyes Iraq Debt Relief
In his March 3 speech to GSB students, World Bank President James Wolfensohn addresses the issue: how much external debt can the world afford? (New York Times, March 4, 2004)
See also: World Bank President Highlights the New Debt Debate,Details (March 2004)

[photo - Prof. Jeremy Bulow]

Bulow

Op Ed: A Simple Way to Value Stock Options
Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Merton and his business associates credit faculty member Jeremy Bulow and John Shoven of Stanford Institute for Economic Research, with devising a way to view the nature of employee stock options that suggests fair valuation should be quite straightforward and acceptable to the current opponents of "expensing." (Financial Times, April 2, 2004: online access available only with subscription). See also: Opinion by UC Berkeley faculty member Hal R. Varian in "Economic Scene" column (New York Times, April 8, 2004. Requires log-in.)

Special Report--Venture Capital: After the Drought
After three difficult years, money is again flowing to the venture-capital industry but can it curb its exuberance this time? The investment climate looks more favorable now than at any time in the past four years. Cites faculty member Thomas Hellman's study arguing that European venture capital is becoming less parochial. The Economist, April 3, 2004: online access not available)