Digital Technology

Graduate students from around Stanford use this dedicated space to try out start-up business ideas, and learn from them.
Elizabeth Blankespoor, assistant professor of accounting, Stanford GSB
Research suggests Twitter helps market liquidity of little-known companies.
Scott Stanford
An investor says startups should scale first and worry about monetization later.
Pitch Johnson, lecturer in Management at Stanford GSB
Why and how Silicon Valley thrives — from one of its founding fathers.
Bloomberg Businessweek -
01.15.13
Jeffrey Pfeffer says VCs and entrepreneurs too often "blindly chase the latest fads."
Jeff Fluhr, CEO of Spreecast
The CEO of Spreecast discusses the "fundamental alignment around integrity, working hard, and delivering."
A new study reveals a disconnect between companies' understanding of social media and the actions they are taking to apply it to their business.
2012 presidential election ads
Research says political candidates might be better off paying for web ads than investing too heavily in TV.
Individuals staring intently at computers and handhelds
Kelly McGonigal argues we're becoming addicted to our devices. Here's how to unplug. 
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05.31.12
President Abdullah Gül of Turkey discussed democracy, reform, and innovation at the Stanford GSB, followed by a Q&A with Condoleezza Rice.

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Graduate students from around Stanford use this dedicated space to try out start-up business ideas, and learn from them.
Scott Stanford
An investor says startups should scale first and worry about monetization later.
Pitch Johnson, lecturer in Management at Stanford GSB
Why and how Silicon Valley thrives — from one of its founding fathers.
Jeff Fluhr, CEO of Spreecast
The CEO of Spreecast discusses the "fundamental alignment around integrity, working hard, and delivering."
A new study reveals a disconnect between companies' understanding of social media and the actions they are taking to apply it to their business.
Individuals staring intently at computers and handhelds
Kelly McGonigal argues we're becoming addicted to our devices. Here's how to unplug. 
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Abbott’s John Capek discusses health care device regulation, transparency, and the critical relationship between physicians and their patients.
Bill Frist
A conversation on health care innovation with former Senate majority leader and surgeon Bill Frist.
photo of Middle East entrepreneurs
Gayle Lemmon discusses how entrepreneurs conduct business in some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous environments.
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Stanford students and faculty partner with Kenyan organizations to test ways to reduce urban poverty through novel applications of mobile phone technology.

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Elizabeth Blankespoor, assistant professor of accounting, Stanford GSB
Research suggests Twitter helps market liquidity of little-known companies.
2012 presidential election ads
Research says political candidates might be better off paying for web ads than investing too heavily in TV.
David Larcker photo
Given the pervasiveness of social media, should the board of directors pay closer attention to the information exchanged on these sites?  Can this information be used to improve oversight and risk management?
Harikesh S. Nair
To increase revenue, social networking sites need to give their most active users reason to post more information and make more friends, according to Harikesh Nair of the Graduate School of Business and his co-researchers.
Rock groups can lose as much as 40% of their potential sales because consumers don’t know enough about them, says the Stanford Business School’s Alan Sorensen. There are lots of crowded markets out there where lack of information skews sales.