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Office table and workers shaking hands
February 20, 2015
Written

Jeffrey Pfeffer: Why Companies No Longer Reward Loyal Employees

Repaying favors is the norm in our personal lives, but not in the workplace.
Organizational Behavior Management

Insights

Young guys on skateboards and an older man on a bike
February 11, 2015
Written

Six Reasons to Rethink Aging and Retirement

Researchers at the Stanford Center on Longevity explain that what we think about mental health, exercise, and financial stability is wrong.
Career & Success Health Care

Insights

Two feet chained together
February 4, 2015
Written

Kristin Laurin: People Calculate Rewards and Punishments in Different Ways

What is more important: your behavior or your intentions?
Organizational Behavior

Insights

Illustration of a man and a woman looking at financial reports
February 17, 2015
Written

Even the Experts are Dissatisfied with CEO Pay Disclosure

Investors say proxy statements are too long and too difficult to read.
Accounting Corporate Governance

Insights

Flight attendant walking down the aisle in an airplane
February 6, 2015
Written

Pedro M. Gardete: Fellow Airline Passengers Influence What You Buy

Seeing someone make a purchase makes us more likely to do the same.
Marketing

Insights

A man looking at newspaper headlines hanging on a window
February 3, 2015
Written

Keith Krehbiel: Why the Cost of Vote-Buying Favors Moderate Policies

A Stanford political economist predicts that the new Republican Congress won’t overcome the “gravitational pull to the center” in U.S. politics.
Political Economy Public Sector

Insights

People release paper lanterns in the river
February 5, 2015
Written

Hiroshima Governor’s Goal: End the Nuclear Threat

How Hidehiko Yuzaki plans to convince the world to abolish nuclear weapons.
Political Economy Global Business Asia-Pacific

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Business reports
February 17, 2015
Written

How to Write the Ideal Proxy

Stanford scholars explain what investors need in order to understand companies’ annual statements.
Accounting Corporate Governance

Insights

The U.S. Federal Reserve building
February 10, 2015
Written

Kenneth Singleton: New Research Could Give Policymakers More Tools to Foresee Economic Calamity

A better way to measure risk premiums in bond markets and, maybe, understand the links between economic activity and yields.
Economics Finance

Insights

A man standing at the edge of a pond
February 10, 2015
Written

How to Bring Your Spiritual Side to Work Every Day

Many successful business people integrate religion into their careers.
Career & Success

Latest Stories

February 26, 2015
Written

Lisa De Simone: How U.S. Companies Export Profits to Shift Taxes

A Stanford scholar examines three methods of income shifting, and why some firms benefit more than others.
Accounting Operations, Information & Technology Global Business
February 24, 2015
Written

Roys Gureli: “What Matters Most Is Having a Support System”

A businesswoman from Turkey discusses the value of cofounders, empowering women, and the growth of mobile.
Career & Success Entrepreneurship Europe
February 23, 2015
Written

Why Your Workplace Might Be Killing You

Stanford scholars identify 10 work stressors that are destroying your health.
Organizational Behavior Health Care
February 20, 2015
Written

Jeffrey Pfeffer: Why Companies No Longer Reward Loyal Employees

Repaying favors is the norm in our personal lives, but not in the workplace.
Organizational Behavior Management
February 17, 2015
Written

Even the Experts are Dissatisfied with CEO Pay Disclosure

Investors say proxy statements are too long and too difficult to read.
Accounting Corporate Governance
February 17, 2015
Written

How to Write the Ideal Proxy

Stanford scholars explain what investors need in order to understand companies’ annual statements.
Accounting Corporate Governance
February 11, 2015
Written

Six Reasons to Rethink Aging and Retirement

Researchers at the Stanford Center on Longevity explain that what we think about mental health, exercise, and financial stability is wrong.
Career & Success Health Care
February 10, 2015
Written

How to Bring Your Spiritual Side to Work Every Day

Many successful business people integrate religion into their careers.
Career & Success
February 10, 2015
Written

Kenneth Singleton: New Research Could Give Policymakers More Tools to Foresee Economic Calamity

A better way to measure risk premiums in bond markets and, maybe, understand the links between economic activity and yields.
Economics Finance
February 6, 2015
Written

Pedro M. Gardete: Fellow Airline Passengers Influence What You Buy

Seeing someone make a purchase makes us more likely to do the same.
Marketing