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A solar-powered LED lamp developed in a joint GSB/Engineering course.

Multidisciplinary collaboration: in their course Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability, Jim Patell of the Business School faculty, along with Bill Behrman and David Kelley of the School of Engineering, significantly challenge their students to cost-effectively fill a need present among the impoverished people of the developing world. Students have focused on lighting alternatives for people with no ready source of electricity, producing a cost-effective solar-powered LED lamp, as well as affordable water storage, with the development of a manufacturable treadle pump that can be used to triple the amount of land irrigated by a subsistence farmer.

Not Just Any Business School: Leveraging the Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford University's efforts to seek solutions to major challenges confronting mankind and to educate leaders require multidisciplinary and cross-school programs in research and teaching. The GSB and Stanford benefit from having seven leading graduate schools on one contiguous campus, which provides one of our most distinctive competitive advantages.

With plans for new collaborations through faculty, students, and multi-school programs and courses, we are already connecting throughout the Stanford community in many ways.

Connecting With The Stanford Community

The Business School's role in multidisciplinary learning at Stanford includes:

The GSB offers various joint degree programs, including a new one in environment and resources offered with the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Environment and Resources; and the joint MBA-Public Policy degree offered in conjunction with the Institute for Economic Policy Research. Joint degrees are also offered with the schools of law and education.
The GSB has more than 30 cross-listed courses, and our faculty teach courses in accounting and finance for law and engineering graduate students.
Non-GSB graduate students can enroll in a four-week general management and entrepreneurship program, and leadership-oriented courses.

Efforts that cross school boundaries require significant resources, but are necessary to accomplish our mission. With your help, we will continue to make collaborative endeavors a reality.

Opportunities to Support New Collaborations

New academic programs to cross academic boundaries require dedicated resources. Endowed and expendable gift opportunities will help us expand and deepen ongoing, successful projects. And, unrestricted support through annual giving is a primary source for ongoing excellence and is the life-blood for experimentation and innovation.

To make a gift, or for more information on ways to support the GSB, contact Sharon Marine, Director of Development, at 650.725.3213.