Stanford Business

MAY 2007

FEATURES

What Does Corporate Social Responsibility Mean to You?
Many people talk about corporate social responsibility, but they don’t all agree on what the concept means to their businesses.  [Details]

Investor in the World’s Poor
Jacqueline Novogratz once wrote off loans to the wealthy in poor countries. Now she invests in businesses to improve the lives of the desperately poor. [Details]

Lessons That Stand the Test of Time
Alumni recall favorite Business School courses and professors. [Details]

Career Change in Hollywood
Trained to be a suit, Josh Berman changed course to write a popular television crime series. [Details]

Taking the Reins at T. Rowe Price
He said no six times before becoming director of research. Now James Kennedy heads the massive global investment company. [Details]

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Stanford Business February 2007 cover
May cover illustration
by Jim Frazier


Jacqueline Novogratz, MBA '91, reinvents investment in developing countries. [Details]

SPREADSHEET: WHAT'S UP

Student Games to Benefit Special Olympics
MBA students honed their physical skills in a mini Olympics that was a warm-up for the annual spring Challenge for Charity competition among business schools.

Global Approach to Learning
New internship, service-learning, and study trips have expanded the opportunities for GSB students to learn in locations outside the United States.

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Work-Life Integration
A collision between the aspirations of Stanford MBAs to high-powered jobs and to a rich family life frames a debate for women MBAs and their managers. Do reasonable alternatives exist? [Details]

Boomers Transplant to Nonprofits
Some managers born after World War II are "retiring" from for-profit work to managing nonprofits. [Details]
 

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The GSB in China
Faculty, students, and alumni are increasingly working on projects in China.

Practice in Leadership
Alumni volunteers make life difficult for students in role-playing sessions that give students a chance to practice their leadership skills.



COLUMNS

Kathleen O'Toole, Editor
Robert Joss, Dean

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