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FEBRUARY 2006

Excessive Executive Pay Makes Headlines, But So What?
The business press loves to expose stories of excessive executive compensation. Professor David Larcker says the media may single out egregious cases, but the unflattering publicity doesn’t seem to make any difference in how firms pay those top executives. [Details]

Doing the “Wall Street Walk” as Shareholder Activism
For years major shareholders have registered their dissatisfaction with corporate management by selling their shares. Business School researchers Anat Admati and Paul Pfleiderer find that this threat—with its potential to cause a stock price fall—can significantly impact the behavior of top management in the firm in question. [Details]

Calculating the Dollar Value of Brand Equity
Most managers would give five years’ worth of stock options to figure out just how much brand equity is worth in dollar terms. Now, thanks to the work of Professor V. Srinivasan and his colleagues, the magic market research method for doing so just may have arrived. [Details]

Clean Energy Ready for Prime Time
Wind, solar, and other renewable energy sources have reached the critical mass necessary to begin appearing in the U.S. energy portfolio. [Details]

MORE STORIES

Why Philanthropy Falls Short [Details]

Making Movies That Matter
eBay mogul Jeff Skoll, MBA '95, has created his own film company with an eye to producing four to six features annually—choosing titles to support his interest in solving social problems. [Details]

Product Design Can Change Human Behavior
Design is not a discipline but a way of life, say faculty of Stanford’s new design school that links business and engineering for a new look at a traditional discipline. [Details]

He Brought Trader Joe’s to
Main Street
Founder Joe Coulombe, MBA ’54, built his unique chain of stores by appealing to overeducated, underpaid people who were ready for some exciting food and drink but couldn’t afford to travel to foreign lands. [Details]

AUDIO & VIDEO

Advancing Sustainability in the Coffee Supply Chain
Video File, 52:18 minutes

Expecting Returns: The Role of Socially Responsible Investment
Video File, 1:14 hour

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Business Plan Archive
A recent partnership among the Library of Congress, the Center for History and the New Media, and the University of Maryland libraries brings together business plans and related planning documents from the dot.com boom and subsequent bust. [Details]

Culture and Demography in Organizations
J. Richard Harrison and Glenn R. Carroll, Princeton University Press, 2006
How do corporations and other organizations maintain and transmit their cultures over time? The authors model with three components: hiring, socialization, and employee turnover. The book serves as an introduction to the increasingly popular use of computer simulation. [Details]

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Stanford Business magazine [Details]

2006 Executive Education Programs [Details]

Stanford Social Innovation Review [Details]

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