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STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Agricultural ventures in communities dependent upon subsistence farming carry plenty of risks and potentially unpleasant surprises. Crops can turn out disappointingly skimpy or low quality, sometimes because the farmers are completely inexperienced with...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — When Kenji Tateiwa applied to the Stanford Graduate School of Business, he described in the essay "what matters most" to him: his "dream of establishing a perfect energy world." He never thought he would have a chance to apply his expertise in nuclear...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Like most people, Google’s Jared Cohen once thought of Bluetooth as a tool to “let you talk and drive at the same time.” But in 2004, as he walked the streets of Shiraz, Iran, he saw its revolutionary potential: Young adults were connecting with one another...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Chinese internet users have devised an array of creative ways to navigate around government censorship of China's cyberspace, a leading Hong Kong-based CNN journalist told a Stanford audience.
In a November 21 talk at the Stanford Graduate School of Business...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS —Is it bad to eat meat? What incentives help people manage land in sustainable ways? What kind of agriculture works best in developing countries? Why are avocados so expensive?
About 100 students at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business have formed the Food...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — When he graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business with an MBA in 2005, Nigerian-born Tayo Oviosu said advice from the business world in his home country was loud and clear—"don't come back."
At that time, he explained, "Nigeria was still about...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS —When the Dodd-Frank financial regulations became law in 2010, the reforms were put in place to promote safety and soundness within the U.S. financial system and lower the risk of future financial crises. However, the government's interpretation of one of those...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Guy Kawasaki, a tech venture capitalist and author, who worked for Apple in the 1980s and 1990s, said he learned plenty from Steve Jobs, the company's late cofounder and CEO.
At the top of the list: ignore self-appointed experts bearing bad business news — a...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Figuring out what's good for the environment can be tricky, says Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, an outdoor apparel and gear retailer committed to doing right by the planet. He points to the firm he founded in 1974, which is widely regarded as an early...
Since the 2008 market crash, banking interests and economists have clashed over how much of their operations banks should fund with equity as opposed to debt. Bankers and others often say that, "equity is expensive." By contrast, a recent paper, coauthored by three faculty of the Stanford Graduate...