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Faculty Lectures

Each year, MBA students invite members of the faculty to deliver a Last Lecture, touching on a topic that is important to the speaker, that sums up an area of research or academic work, or that may be a parting word of advice or inspiration to students. The following are a sampling of these presentations.

2006

Margaret Neale
John G. McCoy-Banc One Corp. Professor of Organizations and Dispute Resolution
"In Pursuit of Interesting: Suggestions, Examples, and Some Empirical Research "
Video File, (42:12 minutes, RealPlayer® format) (2006)

Hau Lee
Thoma Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology, Director of the Stanford Supply Chain Management Forum
"Triple-A Supply Chains"
Video File, (48:37 minutes, RealPlayer® format)

Joel Peterson
Lecturer in Business
"Values, Integrity, and Trust"
Video File, (48:59 minutes, RealPlayer® format)

2004

Mary Barth
Atholl McBean Professor of Accounting and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Video File, (31:59 minutes, RealPlayer® format)

James March
Jack Steele Parker Professor of International Management, emeritus
Video File, (42:36 minutes, RealPlayer® format)

Joel Peterson
Lecturer in Business
Video File, (42:53 minutes, RealPlayer® format)

Michael Spence
Philip H. Knight Professor, Emeritus, and Former Dean
Video File, (41:38 minutes, RealPlayer® format)

Myron Scholes
Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance, Emeritus
Video File, (50:27 minutes, RealPlayer® format)

Eric Schmidt
Lecturer in Strategic Management
Video File, (21:33 minutes, RealPlayer® format)

Peter Wendell
Lecturer in Strategic Management
Video File, (33:51 minutes, RealPlayer® format)

2003

Andrew Grove
Lecturer in Business
Video File, (50:11 minutes, RealPlayer® format)

2002

Joel Peterson
Lecturer in Business
How to Succeed in Business By Really Caring

James Van Horne
A.P. Giannini Professor of Banking Finance
Even Without Fraud, Financial Statements Can Be Misleading

Edward Lazear
Jack Steele Parker Professor of Human Resources Management and Economics
Entrepreneurs Arise from The Ranks of Jacks-of-All-Trades

Robert Joss
Phillip H. Knight Professor and Dean
Lecture Video File, (42:01 minutes, RealPlayer® format)
Q & A Video File, (33:05 minutes, RealPlayer® format)