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August 2004

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Competing for Fans
With a multitude of leisure options and rising ticket prices, alumni/ae in sports marketing have to be creative to fill the stands.

° Champions of the Turnstiles [Details]
° MBA Students Signup for Front Office #560 [Details]
° A Different Game in College Sports [Details]

Navigating the Course
After five years as dean, Robert Joss clearly has passion for the job as he guides the School toward a new vision of management education. [Details]

The Reality of Virtual Games
Virtual game manufacturers are faced with dwindling talent, regulatory issues, and a shift in user demographics, according to panel members at a recent entertainment conference. [Details]

Touchy-Feely (Re)Visited
Having missed the "touchy-feely" course while a GSB student, this alum joins others in tackling Interpersonal Dynamics. [Details]

Strange Bedfellows
California's controller Steve Westly, MBA '83, and the governor work across party lines to resolve the state's budget crisis. [Details]

Coaching for the Future
Jim Thompson, MBA '86, sees sports as an ideal activity to teach youth lessons for life. [Details]

Earth Matters
An alumnus inspires a lecture series on environmental issues. [Details]

Stanford Business cover, August 2004
August cover
Illustration by
John Hersey

Photograph by Brent Humphries
Alums use creative marketing to fill ballparks, stadiums, and arenas. [Details]
Photograph by
Brent Humphries


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Business School's Faculty
  Faculty Publications

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 [Details]
  • Preparing Heirs to Run Family
    Fortunes [Details]
The Business School & Its Graduates

Spreadsheet: What's Up

Photograph by Anne KnudsenSpring Event Raises Bucketsful for Charity
Seven West Coast business schools raise funds for Special Olympics.

Illustration by Sarah WilkinsBuzz for Showbiz Biz
Careers in the entertainment industry are attracting MBA students.


Alumni to Know   Faculty   Newsmakers
Duncan Robins, MBA '93
Lesley Koenig, MBA '01

  Bendor, Bulow Named to Learned Society   Who's in the News: A Roundup of Media Mentions.