Management

Broad Experience Gives Iger the Disney Touch

Iger and Disney Have Survived Singing Cops and Moms on Mars.

Embracing a Way to Change the World

In a Stanford course, Jane Chen finds her passion is saving babies
Knight Management Center

Knight Management Center Open For Business

The new home for the Stanford Graduate School of Business opened its doors April 29 with a dedication and open house that drew thousands.
Knight Management Center Photovoltaic

New Knight Management Center at the Stanford Graduate School of Business to Achieve Highest Level of Environmental Sustainability

The Stanford Graduate School of Business opens the Knight Management Center, a new facility of eight buildings around three quads designed to support an innovative MBA curriculum. The center is expected to achieve the highest LEED Platinum® rating for environmental sustainability from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Knight Management Center

Stanford Graduate School of Business Launches New Knight Management Center to Enable Innovative Curriculum and Engage Students Across University

The Stanford Graduate School of Business opens its new home, the $345 million Knight Management Center, one of the world’s most innovative and sustainable business school facilities. The new center is an inflection point for the school, which will serve as a launch pad for new courses and programs, as well as cutting edge research. Nike founder Philip H. Knight, MBA ’62, gave the $105 million...

O'Reilly Recognized for Broadening Understanding of Organizational Behavior

Recognized for "shaping the very way that organizational behavior scholars and practitioners look at the impact of social process," Charles O'Reilly received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Management.

Shelton Challenges U.S. Business and Education Leaders to Transform Schools

Calling education "the most important problem that we have to solve in this country," an official of the U.S. Department of Education warned that other nations are doing a better job than the United States of educating their young people.

Korean Entertainment Agency Taking Its Acts Globally

Korean entertainment mogul Lee Soo Man has introduced some of the biggest names in pop music to the world. His SM Entertainment is helping Korean pop music make waves internationally.

Ever-Changing Airline Industry Provides Diverse Challenges, United CEO Says

The aviation industry has to navigate through government regulations, natural disasters, economic storms, and labor negotiations, challenges that Jeff Smisek, president and CEO of the world's largest carrier, United Continental Holdings, says he finds fascinating.

Democracy Is Not Assured by Revolutions in the Arab World, Says Larry Diamond

Arab nations rocked by popular uprisings in recent months face complex, precarious, and often divergent paths toward establishing democracy, says Stanford democracy expert Larry Diamond.

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Laurence Golborne, SEP ’96

Chilean Mining Minister Accomplishes Rescue Mission

Working tirelessly for the last two months, Laurence Golborne, Stanford Executive Program '96 and Chile's mining minister, coordinated the rescue effort that eventually brought all 33 trapped miners safely to the surface.

Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Launched at Stanford Graduate School of Business

Applications now being accepted for the 20-week Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, aimed at Silicon Valley innovators, scientists and engineers. Classes begin in January in the new home of the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

New Home of Stanford Graduate School of Business Honored as Green Project of the Year

Citing more innovative sustainable design features than any other business school in the country, the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal has named Knight Management Center winner of its 2010 Green Project of the Year, Private Award. The new home of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, scheduled for completion in spring 2011, is comprised of eight buildings around three quads.
Seenu Srinivasan

Srinivasan's Career in Marketing Science Commemorated

Professor Seenu Srinivasan is recognized internationally for his work on consumer choice and sales force compensation, but as his peers testified during a gathering celebrating his 36-year academic career, Srinivasan is also revered as a teacher and mentor.

Dean Garth Saloner at the Gordon Institute of Business Science

Chase Your Dream Skoll Advises Class of 2010

2010 Graduation Speech

Stanford Graduate School of Business Diploma Ceremony
David Larcker

CEO Succession Planning Lags Badly, Research Finds

More than half of companies today cannot immediately name a successor to their CEO should the need arise, according to new research conducted by Heidrick & Struggles and Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University. The survey of more than 140 CEOs and board directors of North American public and private companies reveals critical lapses in CEO succession planning.
MBAs visited Manyangana High School, South Africa.

2010 South Africa Trip: Powerful Lessons

Each year, MBA student trips offer a brief but intensive learning experience in parts of the world of interest to Business School students. Alumni or classmates who have previously worked or studied in the countries involved may help students arrange meetings with leaders of major corporations and nonprofit agencies, as well as governmental leaders. Here are some observations from trip...

Stanford Boot Camp Delivers Design Thinking for Executives

The Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford offered a new Design Thinking Boot Camp: From Insights to Innovation.  The executive education course used hands-on projects to teach a design thinking process that helps organizational leaders drive innovation.

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