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February 06, 2015
Written
Pedro M. Gardete: Fellow Airline Passengers Influence What You Buy
Seeing someone make a purchase makes us more likely to do the same.
February 05, 2015
Written
Hiroshima Governor’s Goal: End the Nuclear Threat
How Hidehiko Yuzaki plans to convince the world to abolish nuclear weapons.
February 04, 2015
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Kristin Laurin: People Calculate Rewards and Punishments in Different Ways
What is more important: your behavior or your intentions?
February 03, 2015
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Elizabeth Holmes: “I Wasn’t Weighted by Influences That I Couldn’t Do It”
How a college dropout became the youngest self-made woman billionaire.
February 03, 2015
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Keith Krehbiel: Why the Cost of Vote-Buying Favors Moderate Policies
A Stanford political economist predicts that the new Republican Congress won’t overcome the “gravitational pull to the center” in U.S. politics.
January 30, 2015
Written
Studying Social Networks in Developing Worlds: Five Key Insights
Stanford scholars discuss their experiences in the field.
January 29, 2015
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Do Super Bowl Ads Really Work?
Not all big game TV commercials drive enough sales to offset the ad’s cost.
January 29, 2015
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Itamar Simonson: Do Brands Still Matter for Online Shoppers?
Researchers puzzle over how consumers make product choices in the digital marketplace.
January 26, 2015
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Should Financial Speculators Be Stopped?
Stanford’s Darrell Duffie squares off against the new prohibitionists.
January 23, 2015
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Gates Foundation CEO: Good Intentions Aren’t Enough
Sue Desmond-Hellmann shares what she’s learned as the leader of the world’s largest charitable organization.
January 23, 2015
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How Berkshire Hathaway Can Survive Beyond Warren Buffett
A Stanford panel discusses life after Buffett.
January 23, 2015
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Michal Kosinski: Computers Are Better Judges of Your Personality Than Friends
Artificial intelligence can draw inferences about a person as accurately as a spouse, according to one Stanford postdoctoral fellow.
January 23, 2015
Infographic
Should Your Board’s Audit and Compensation Committees Overlap?
Researchers show the pros and cons to this arrangement.
January 21, 2015
Video
Huggy Rao: How to Lead Change Within Your Organization
Professor Huggy Rao provides a practical framework for changing your company from the inside out.
January 21, 2015
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Navdeep Sahni: Email Promotions to Prospective Customers Really Do Work
Targeted promotions increase revenue and profits for companies that send them out.
January 16, 2015
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Everything That Can Go Wrong in a Field Experiment (and What to Do About It)
Four Stanford scholars share the most important lessons they’ve learned in the field.
January 16, 2015
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Sridhar Narayanan: With Google Search Ads, Higher Isn’t Always Better
The researchers gained rare insight into the effects of position in paid search advertising on Google.
January 14, 2015
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Zakary Tormala: Why Certainty Matters in Business
A psychologist explores what makes our attitudes change over time.
January 12, 2015
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Cheer Up, Americans! Gridlock and Bureaucrats Actually Improve Our Politics
A Stanford professor of political economy finds virtue in filibusters and “unelected bureaucrats.”
January 12, 2015
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William Barnett: Beware of VCs Who Claim to Know What’s Next
Most disruptive changes in markets are not predicted by experts.
January 09, 2015
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How Do You Get More Women into Technology?
Top executives discuss workplace diversity, leadership, and Silicon Valley.
January 07, 2015
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Harsh Chamria: “No Dream Should Go Unfulfilled for Lack of Funds”
A businessman in India discusses entrepreneurship, irrigation, and the idea of “investing in the smallest dreams.”
January 06, 2015
Video
J.D. Schramm: How Leaders Communicate Effectively
Audience research, a tailored message, and building confidence are key.
January 05, 2015
Written
Jens Hainmueller: What Drives Anti-Immigration Attitudes?
A scholar says natives are worried more about their cultural identity than their jobs.