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Peter DeMarzo
In finance, a lot of things that sound right are actually wrong. The challenge is learning to tell the difference.

Peter DeMarzo

The John G. McDonald Professor of Finance
Rebecca Lester
I love accounting and I also love politics. Tax is the intersection of the two.

Rebecca Lester

Associate Professor of Accounting
Mohsen Bayati
The idea that you could make an impact with mathematics became fascinating to me.

Mohsen Bayati

The Carl and Marilynn Thoma Professor of Operations, Information & Technology
Jeffrey Pfeffer
If power is to be used for good, more good people need power.

Jeffrey Pfeffer

The Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior
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Recent Publications by Our Faculty

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Cooperative Environments Bolster Feelings of Autonomy in Dyads, Teams, and Organizations

Valentino E. Chai, Nir Halevy
PNAS February182026 Vol. 123 Issue 8

A Cognitive-Structural Sociological Account of the Emergence of Novel Worlds

Giacomo Negro, Michael T. Hannan
Sociological Theory February162026

The Cultural Evolution of Pluralistic Ignorance

Sergey Gavrilets, Johannes Karl, Michele J. Gelfand
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences February132026 Vol. 123 Issue 7
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Featured Books by Our Faculty

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Sports Business Management: Decision Making Around the Globe

George Foster, Norm O’Reilly, Antonio Dávila
New York and London
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The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder

Robert I. Sutton, Hayagreeva Rao
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The Bankers’ New Clothes: What’s Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It - New and Expanded Edition

Anat R. Admati, Martin Hellwig
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Arguing about Tastes: Modeling How Context and Experience Change Economic Preferences

David M. Kreps
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Insights by Stanford Business

Idea Stories Opensearch
March 11, 2026
Written

Why Surprises Catch Us Off Guard — And How to Anticipate Them

Shifting between abstract and concrete thinking can help us prepare for unexpected events.
Leadership & Management
March 11, 2026
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The Economic Intuition Behind Sports, Dating, and Getting a Job

“Understanding and applying economic logic can be valuable in pretty much any job or any other endeavor in your life,” says Paul Oyer.
Economics
March 04, 2026
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New Podcast Episodes Debut March 11

GSB faculty explore innovative research that deepens our understanding of business and leadership on a new season of the If/Then podcast.
Leadership & Management
February 06, 2026
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What Goes Up: Research Results Seem Larger When Framed as Increases

People overestimate the importance of scientific findings presented as increases rather than decreases.
Marketing
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