You Can Auction That Rembrandt Online
Auctioning items online can be profitable if the auction firm does a good job of helping bidders understand the value of the item being sold. Uncertainty, says John McMillan, is what holds down the size of online bids. [Details]

Keep Main Street Safe for Local Opinions
Can grassroots movements be noticed in this era of corporate control as bloggers try to bypass the national media? Professor Hayagreeva Rao studied the emergence of low-power FM radio stations as an example and says when local organizations offer a rich variety of opinions, they can indeed be heard. [Details]

Luck Can Play a Role in Wall Street Careers
The proportion of graduating MBAs hired into lucrative investment banking positions shrinks or expands depending on how well the stock market is performing. Yet this bit of happenstance can have a dramatic effect on lifetime earnings, says Professor Paul Oyer. [Details]

For Buyers, More Choice Means Better Quality
Potential buyers see brands that offer greater variety as having higher quality, and so are more likely to purchase those brands, researchers report. [Details]

Response to Crises Hurts Some Nonprofits
American philanthropy is weighted heavily toward helping the victims of emergencies, leaving nonprofits that support chronic problems to fight harder for dollars. Keith Epstein explores what agencies can do to turn this tide in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. [Details]

eBay's 193 Million Users Like to Speak Up “The price of inaction is far higher than the cost of a mistake,” Meg Whitman, president and CEO of eBay.[Details] Video File, 52:53 minutes David Geffen: Good Instincts Play Better Than Good Plans Legendary film and record producer David Geffen told Graduate School of Business students he relies on his instincts, his keen eye for talent, honesty, and a knack for surrounding himself with smart people to create wealth for his clients and investors. [Details] Video File, 52:53 minutes New Curriculum Model for Graduate School of Business The MBA curriculum of the Stanford Graduate School of Business will undergo major changes in both content and delivery, beginning in the fall of 2007. [Details] Bacteria May Clean Up Toxic Uranium Residue Microbes already in the soil may be a powerful tool as the United States struggles to clean up contaminants left from 50 years of weapons programs. [Details] QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? Contact us at stanfordknowledgebase@gsb.stanford.edu 518 Memorial Way Stanford, CA 94305 650.723.3157

Exploring the Human Brain Fourth-year Stanford medical student Shannon Moffett has published The Three-Pound Enigma: The Human Brain and the Quest to Unlock Its Mysteries (Algonquin) that includes research about the human brain so cutting edge she estimates only about 5 percent is currently taught to medical students. [Details] The True Cost of High-Priced Oil As the price of oil hovers over $75 a barrel, how will the rising cost affect the U.S. economy? Jackson Library has complied a collection of recent articles exploring the issue. [Details] In Search of Blogs Jackson Library pinpoints two search engines that rate blogs for their content and popularity: Technorati [Details] Blogpulse [Details] VIEW OTHER GSB RESOURCES May Issue Stanford Business magazine [Details] Executive Education Stanford Executive Program June 25-August 9 [Details] Stanford Social Innovation Review [Details] Subscribe to StanfordKnowledgebase

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