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Vaccines on a tray at the hospital | Reuters/Nicky Loh
May 16, 2017
Written

An Antidote for Health Care Reform Failure

To drive down the cost of health care insurance, we must redesign care delivery.
Health Care

Insights

View of the busy street outside the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption in Mexico City, Mexico at night. | iStock/Holgs
May 15, 2017
Written

How Startup Culture Can Thrive in Developing Worlds

A Mexico City venture capitalist discusses what it takes to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Entrepreneurship

Insights

A trekker stands in front of Mount Everest | Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
May 17, 2017
Written

Focus on Small Steps First, Then Shift to the Larger Goal

Research shows that incremental achievements are good early motivators, but their effect wanes as the finish line nears.
Career & Success

Insights

A reveller dressed as a unicorn. | Reuters/Kieran Doherty
May 8, 2017
Written

Silicon Valley’s Unicorns Are Overvalued

New research examines fair market value of startups worth over $1 billion and finds huge discrepancies in their purported worth.
Finance

Insights

A homeless man reads a paper saying "You are beautiful, you are valuable, you are loved" | Reuters/Brian Snyder
May 5, 2017
Written

When Nonprofits Act Like Businesses, Transparency Improves

A 12-year study reveals that charities that adopt modern strategies are more likely to share and collaborate.
Nonprofit

Insights

Close up of a panel of speakers | iStock/webphotographeer
April 26, 2017
Written

Make Your Next Panel Discussion More Compelling

Success depends on strong preparation, concrete examples, and good connection with your audience.
Career & Success

“As a manager, my No. 1 job is to hire the best people and develop them. It’s really about the team and the people you build around you.”
—Stacy Brown-Philpot, CEO of TaskRabbit

Insights

A barn is painted with an image of the Statue of Liberty and a U.S. flag | Reuters/Jim Young
May 2, 2017
Written

Political Polarization’s Geographic Roots Run Deep

The divide between urban and rural voters is growing everywhere: from New York City to farm towns.
Government

Insights

An empty board room | iStock/Sopie_James
April 24, 2017
Written

How to Get More Women on Corporate Boards

New research shows that the fix is relatively simple: Add more females to the candidate pool.
Organizational Behavior

Latest Stories

May 26, 2017
Written

Is One of These the Next Big Thing?

Stanford GSB students pitch their startup ideas to VCs, angels, and alumni.
Entrepreneurship
May 24, 2017
Written

Why Do Some Innovations Stick? Quite Simply, Because They’re Better

Patent gatekeepers require truly original ideas to be stronger, but there’s a downside.
Innovation
May 22, 2017
Written

Coaxing Star Producers to Be Leaders

Economist Kathryn Shaw looks at how an aggressive law firm moved beyond “eat what you kill.”
Management
May 17, 2017
Written

Focus on Small Steps First, Then Shift to the Larger Goal

Research shows that incremental achievements are good early motivators, but their effect wanes as the finish line nears.
Career & Success
May 16, 2017
Written

An Antidote for Health Care Reform Failure

To drive down the cost of health care insurance, we must redesign care delivery.
Health Care
May 15, 2017
Written

How Startup Culture Can Thrive in Developing Worlds

A Mexico City venture capitalist discusses what it takes to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Entrepreneurship
May 9, 2017
Video

Michal Kosinski: AI Is Already Smarter Than We Are

In part two of a three part series, a data scientist explores how artificial intelligence developed a mind of its own.
Operations, Information & Technology
May 9, 2017
Video

Michal Kosinski: Can We Out Evolve Artificial Intelligence?

The human mind will outsmart AI in the end, says Michal Kosinski in the final piece of a three part series.
Operations, Information & Technology
May 9, 2017
Video

Michal Kosinski: The End of Privacy

In part one of a three part series, a Stanford GSB professor discusses a controversial algorithm that knows more about you than your best friend.
Operations, Information & Technology
May 8, 2017
Written

Silicon Valley’s Unicorns Are Overvalued

New research examines fair market value of startups worth over $1 billion and finds huge discrepancies in their purported worth.
Finance

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