May 2004

Global View
The School's new Center for Global Business and the Economy tackles economics and multinational business on a worldwide scale through research, teaching, and community outreach:

° Capturing the Contours of a Global Economy [Details]
° The Business of Fighting Poverty [Details]
° Latin American Conference Looks at Changes [Details]

Alums Take to The Pen
Authoring everything from fiction and history to advice on estate planning, GSB alumni demonstrate they can write more than memos and business plans.

° Alumni Bookshelf: The Latest Alumni Authors [Details]
° Walt Disney's Revolution, by Buzz Price, MBA '51 [Details]
° Preparing Heirs to Run Family Fortunes, by Victor Preisser, MBA '64 [Details]

Work Teams
Differing views in a group decision-making setting often result in a more thorough, open-minded team, research shows.

° Differing Views Cultivate Better Decisions [Details]
° Gains Worth Pains of Diversity [Details]

Leadership
Arbuckle Award winner calls for restoring action to ladder of upward mobility for Americans. [Details]

Counterpoint
Pfizer chief and alumnus Hank McKinnell examines the cost of medicine, which was the topic of a faculty research article in a previous issue of Stanford Business. [Details]

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The new Center for Global Business and the Economy tackles economics and multinational business. [Details]
Illustration by Stuart Bradford

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Choice in the Marketplace
Customers may not know what they want and second guessing them can be expensive, according to recent GSB marketing research. [Details]

Credit Risk Trading
Alumni and finance faculty offer insight into a burgeoning industry in trading the risks of defaults. [Details]