Publications

In the summer of 2026, the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University, and the Governance of Organizations Working Group at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University jointly conducted…

In its 11th year, the State of Latino Entrepreneurship (SOLE) Report examines the experiences, strategies, and operating conditions of Latino/a-owned businesses across the country. Drawing on data from the 2025 SLEI Survey of U.S. Business Owners…

In fall 2025, Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Governance of Organizations Working Group at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University hired Prolific to conduct a nationwide survey of 2,653 individual investors — broadly…

As the Stanford Graduate School of Business Grousbeck-Holloway Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (GHCES) enters its 30th year, this inaugural GSB Alumni Entrepreneurs 2025 Report provides a comprehensive analysis of entrepreneurial…

In spring 2025, the Corporate Governance Research Initiative at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Governance of Organizations Working Group at the Hoover Institution at Stanford…

In spring 2025, the Corporate Governance Research Initiative at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Governance of Organizations Working Group at the Hoover Institution at Stanford…

This 10th annual State of Latino Entrepreneurship (SOLE) Report provides a comprehensive analysis of Latino/a-owned businesses (LOBs), exploring a decade of growth, challenges, and future opportunities. Drawing on the 2024 Stanford Latino…

In summer 2024, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Hoover Institution Working Group on Corporate Governance, and the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University hired Prolific to conduct a nationwide…

This is the ninth annual State of Latino Entrepreneurship report collecting data from Latino/a-owned businesses to provide critical insights into the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. business population. In this edition, we reached out…

In fall 2023, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Hoover Institution Working Group on Corporate Governance, and the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University collaborated with the MSCI Sustainability Institute to survey 47…

In fall 2023, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Hoover Institution Working Group on Corporate Governance at Stanford University, and the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University jointly conducted a nationwide survey of…

This is the eighth annual State of Latino Entrepreneurship report collecting data from Latino-owned businesses, the fastest growing segment of the U.S. business population. This year, we administered a national survey to more than 10,000 U.S.…

In summer 2022, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Hoover Institution Working Group on Corporate Governance at Stanford University, and Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University jointly conducted a nationwide survey of 2,…

This is the seventh annual State of Latino Entrepreneurship report in which we have collected robust survey data from Latino-owned businesses across the country to provide a timely account of the fastest growing segment of the U.S. business…

This is the sixth annual State of Latino Entrepreneurship report where we have collected robust survey data from Latino-owned businesses across the country to provide a timely account on the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. business population…

In this research brief, Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative’s research highlights the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on Latino-owned businesses. We followed up with the same group of Latino-owned businesses that took our survey in March and…

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Two weeks later, the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative administered a survey to 224 mostly scaled ($1 million+ revenue) Latino-owned businesses in the United…

For the past five years, the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative has collected survey data from Latino-owned businesses across the country to provide an updated account of the latest trends in Latino entrepreneurship in the United States…

In October 2019, the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University conducted a nationwide survey of 3,062 individuals — representative by age, race, political affiliation, household income, and state residence — to understand the…

New research from the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University and the Diligent Institute finds that corporate directors are not as shareholder-centric as commonly believed and that companies do not put the needs of…