Digital Technology

Bloomberg Businessweek -
12.07.12
Jeffrey Pfeffer discusses HP, acquisition strategy, and the success of outside hires.
Jeff Fluhr, CEO of Spreecast
The CEO of Spreecast discusses the "fundamental alignment around integrity, working hard, and delivering."
2012 presidential election ads
Research says political candidates might be better off paying for web ads than investing too heavily in TV.
Students set up their donated laptop computers on the first day of school at Joplin High School in Joplin
How to make digital learning in public schools a reality.
Individuals staring intently at computers and handhelds
Kelly McGonigal argues we're becoming addicted to our devices. Here's how to unplug. 
Photo of 2012 GSB graduates applauding
John Morgridge shares his “Rules for the Long Road” during the Stanford GSB's annual diploma ceremony.
John Morgridge photo
Stanford Graduate School of Business Diploma Ceremony
YouTube -
05.30.12
At Stanford, book author and columnist Tom Friedman discusses how America lost its way in the world it invented and how it can come back.
photo of MRI
Abbott’s John Capek discusses health care device regulation, transparency, and the critical relationship between physicians and their patients.
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice discusses political power in Russia, social stability in China, the “essence of democracy,” and “the most surprising place in the world.”

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Photo of 2012 GSB graduates applauding
John Morgridge shares his “Rules for the Long Road” during the Stanford GSB's annual diploma ceremony.
John Morgridge photo
Stanford Graduate School of Business Diploma Ceremony
photo of MRI
Abbott’s John Capek discusses health care device regulation, transparency, and the critical relationship between physicians and their patients.
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice discusses political power in Russia, social stability in China, the “essence of democracy,” and “the most surprising place in the world.”
photo of Middle East entrepreneurs
Gayle Lemmon discusses how entrepreneurs conduct business in some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous environments.
John Morgridge photo
Stanford GSB lecturer and philanthropist John P. Morgridge will be the third alumni speaker at the school’s June 16 graduation ceremony. As head of Cisco Systems, he established a culture of innovation, empowerment, and giving back that reflects the school’s mission to inspire transformational business leaders.
Image of chinese father and child waiting for health care
Serial entrepreneur Kewen Jin discusses the rapid growth of China's health care industry and the idea of "innovation by subtraction."
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A talk with a Stanford dermatologist and entrepreneur who cofounded an internet alternative to the doctors’ office.
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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.
At the GSB’s 2012 Conference on Entrepreneurship, executives from three startups explore the rise of big data, the size of the opportunity, and the economic value of personal data.

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Some types of regulations governing disposal of electronic waste can reduce the world’s mountains of devices waiting to be recycled, and also slow the rate of new product introductions says Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Erica Plambeck.
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.
Open source software has become a major and fast-growing presence in the computer industry in recent years. Professor Tunay Tunca of Stanford Graduate School of Business and his co-authors argue that the key factor in whether to create open source software is the strength of the market for support, integration, and related services for such programs.

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