Digital Technology
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS —Assuming the top spot at NYSE Euronext in late 2007, Duncan L. Niederauer knew that he and his top executives would need a big outreach effort to employees to convey his vision for the company. "We communicated, communicated, and then we communicated some more...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS —The Walt Disney Co. is known worldwide for its movie hits including The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, and Beauty and the Beast. But Robert Iger, the company's president and chief executive officer, rather wishes you'd forget Mars Needs Moms and Cop Rock....
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — While industries from manufacturing to health care have adopted technology to improve their results, the education field remains heavily reliant on "chalk and talk" instruction conducted in traditional settings.
However, that's starting to change as schools...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS —Africa has an unfortunate PR problem. While new coverage of the area is often focused on political unrest, conflicts, poverty, drought — Africa is in fact doing just as well as, if not better than, other developing regions of the world. This was the message...
Dean Saloner, thank you for the warm welcome. Today marks a full turning point for us, Dean. When I was a student here, and I was co-editor of The Reporter, you didn't answer my calls. Then when I was busy starting eBay, I didn't answer your calls. Then you became the first holder of the...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Heidi Roizen may be one of the best-connected executives in Silicon Valley, but to get her next "real" job, she had to do her homework.
"Homework never ends," was the message Roizen, MBA '83, delivered Nov. 6 at the Stanford Graduate School of Business event...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS -- Philanthropist and entrepreneur Jeff Skoll, the first president of eBay and the founder of the Skoll Foundation, the Skoll Global Threats Fund, and Participant Media, will be the first-ever guest speaker to address a Stanford Graduate School of Business...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS —Passion differentiates people who successfully develop new companies, says Steve Wozniak who cofounded Apple Computer in 1976 and went on to revolutionize the computer industry.
”You are not going to be too successful unless it’s in your heart and is your...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—Meg Whitman's first look at eBay's website did not inspire visions of a multinational company that sells $1,608 of merchandise per second. The site had an online auction section where people sold collectibles, such as Beanie Babies, but it also prominently...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt knows full well that the economy is staggering, that the job market is downright ugly, and a recovery is unlikely before 2010. But he also believes 2009 is a great year when it comes to one thing: potential.
"Change...