GSB MBAs exchanged visits with Tsinghua University students in Beijing.Slideshow
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Hau Lee: Benefits of Social Responsibility
Businesses can make money while operating in socially responsible and environmentally friendly ways. It just takes what Stanford business school supply chain expert Hau Lee calls the Triple-A approach—having agility, adaptability, and alignment.
India’s Economic Growth is Missing the Poor
India’s economy has doubled in the past decade, but Nobel-winning economist Amartya Sen told a Business School audience the benefits are not being shared equally by all levels of Indian society.
With 75 Years of Experience, Jackson Library Looks Ahead
Seventy-five years after its founding, the Business School’s J. Hugh Jackson Library has moved from shelves of books to becoming a center for digital information. When the School moves to its new campus now being planned, the Jackson Library will be the centerpiece of the Knight Management Center.
Patty Miller Loses Battle with Lung Cancer
Memorial services are scheduled May 7 for Patty J. Miller who co-founded a women's health clinic in Sunnyvale and became a wildlife conservation advocate. She was the wife of William F. Miller, Herbert Hoover Professor of Public and Private Management, emeritus, and a former provost of Stanford University.
Miriam Rivera, MBA '95, New Stanford Trustee, Porras Award Recipient
Miriam Rivera, JD/MBA ’95, a new member of the Stanford Board of Trustees, is the 2008 recipient of the Porras Award given by the Business School’s Hispanic Business Student Association. Most recently vice president and deputy general counsel at Google, she advocates humility and teamwork on the way to the top.
Clayman Receives Excellence in Leadership Award
Michelle Clayman, the first woman to receive the Business School’s Excellence in Leadership Award, recalled founding New Amsterdam Partners LLC, an institutional money management firm in 1986. She had been talking to bankers around the globe, telling them about how to use quantitative methods to design investment processes, when she decided to take on the task herself.
No Near-Term Alternatives to Oil, Says Chevron’s O’Reilly
“Energy is not a God-given right,” Chevron Chairman David O’Reilly cautioned a Business School audience. Coming up quickly with alternatives to oil will be nearly impossible, because the amount of energy required globally is so huge.