JANUARY 2004

Securing Supply Chains Against Terrorist Threats
Today's danger of terrorist attacks makes potential weapons of the containers that flow through ports feeding supply chains. Stanford Business School researchers call for increasing security inspections early in the process, at factories, distribution centers, or ports of departure, rather than when the containers arrive at their destinations.
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Are Discount Tickets Good for Business?
The Business School's Phillip Leslie says Broadway show producers benefit from multi-tiered ticket pricing systems, including those same-day discount ticket booths.
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Newcomers Improve Group Performance
When newcomers join a group, their presence can cause stress and even present problems for older group members who ally with them, but Professor Margaret Neale says the pain is worth the gain.
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Leading an $11 Billion Firm
Know your own weaknesses and find ways to let others tell you what's bothering them are two pieces of advice from Tim Ling, MBA '89, president and COO of Unocal.
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E Conference Set February 21
Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google, will be the keynote speaker for the Business School's annual Entrepreneurship Conference.
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When is it Smart to Sell the Factory and Outsource?
Should your company keep control of its supply chain and manufacturing facilities when it needs to expand — and risk getting stuck with expensive capacity it can't use? Or should it outsource? Researchers take on the build vs. buy dilemma.
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EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
Credit Risk: Pricing and Risk Management
April 18-23
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Negotiation and Influence Strategies
April 4-9

Market Design
Markets for electricity, greenhouse-gas reductions, defense procurement, Treasury bills, and fishery conservation illustrate the use of modern microeconomics in government policy. In addition, China's economy-wide reforms illustrate the limits of such theory.
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Mutual Fund Industry Scandal
Jackson Library has compiled a bibliography of recent news articles dealing with the debate over mutual fund management, market timing, and related issues.
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Accounting in the Wake of Scandal
Lecture by Prof. Mary Barth
CD Rom available for purchase.
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