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Once upon a time, Alfred P. Sloan, the legendary leader of General Motors, asked in a meeting whether everyone was in agreement about a decision the committee members were discussing. When all heads nodded yes, Sloan did the unexpected: He suggested postponing further discussion to give time to "...
Nobody predicted just how much can be predicted now.
In the coming days, President Obama will be reviewing intelligence, poring over data, soliciting expert opinions, examining history, mulling options, and fusing analysis with intuition and experience. No, not to order a drone strike,...
While financial statements, ratios, and market data are still important tools, McNichols warns investors that such data has become significantly less useful in predicting bankruptcy.
Corporate bankruptcies, like earthquakes, are rare events. But when they do occur, says Maureen F. McNichols of...
A growing body of psychological research, a good deal of it from Berger himself, shows that certain principles reliably drive people to discuss and share things.
Vietnamese Americans make up an astounding 80% of California’s manicurists and 43% of manicurists nationwide. For anyone wondering...
Article originally appeared in the Stanford Report on March 4, 2013.
If you get $10,000 to invest, where would you put it? Stocks? Bonds? A savings account? Your choice may be guided by more than your financial savvy. It could be in your genes.
New research shows a correlation between genetic...
Ronald Taylor is cofounder and former CEO of DeVry, Inc., a provider of educational services specializing in business, healthcare, and technology. In 1973 Taylor cofounded Keller Graduate School of Management, which acquired DeVry, Inc. in 1987. He retired as CEO of DeVry in November 2006. Taylor...
As Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast last fall, knocking out power in half of Manhattan and even at New York University's Langone Medical Center, Stephen Rudy found himself in the dark. Yet, when the power went out, Rudy wasn't at home in Brooklyn. He was in Uganda at a 300-patient hospital...
For more than a decade, Scott Stanford has experienced the tech world from all sides: as an advisor, as an entrepreneur, and most recently as an investor and global head of Goldman Sachs' internet and new media investment banking business.
While at Goldman Sachs, the Indiana native left his...
One of the cardinal principles of health insurance policy, and of the Affordable Care Act, is that insurers shouldn't discriminate between people based on their health differences.
Under federal law, companies can offer employees a menu of insurance plans with different prices, but they aren't...
People who spend time on others might feel less time constrained and better able to complete their myriad tasks and responsibilities.
It's a fact that most Americans are feeling more time-constrained than ever. With waking hours largely consumed by work, precious minutes remain for the daily...