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June 01, 2007
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Compaq and HP: Ultimately, the Urge to Merge Was Right
But the execution, says a professor of management, was the hard part.
June 01, 2007
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Coordinating Price and Quantity Can Help Your Competitive Advantage
A mathematical model aligns quantity and price to produce maximum profits.
June 01, 2007
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Time Pressures Color Consumer Decisions Say Researchers
Research examines how feelings of time change your perceptions.
June 01, 2007
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Who Is Paying for Uninsured Medi-Cal Patients?
A scholar says the costs of caring for uninsured or indigent patients don't impose a heavy burden on private health care costs.
May 01, 2007
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10 Ideas For Entrepreneurs Facing Personnel Issues
Entrepreneurs share notes on hiring, firing, and promoting employees in a growing company.
May 01, 2007
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Don't Sell Yourself Short Advise Women in Management Banquet Speakers
Financial pioneer Michelle Clayman says have the courage to make hard choices and change your mind when needed.
May 01, 2007
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How Corporate Leadership and Turnover Affect Startup Success
Research says management teams with broad functional diversity tend to be more successful more quickly.
April 01, 2007
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Itamar Simonson: Be Careful What You Ask Your Customers
Research shows that information gleaned from customer surveys can be misleading and even counterproductive.
April 01, 2007
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A Wage Imbalance Between the CEO and Workers Sends a Bad Message
Research explores the psychological effects of executive pay on corporate life.
February 01, 2007
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Delicate Balance: The Impact of Gold Mining in Ghana
A Stanford GSB student reports on a study trip to Ahafo, Ghana, where mining has shifted the village's social, economic, and infrastructure systems.
February 01, 2007
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Founders' Values Help Shape Gender Mix in High-Tech
A study looks at the factors that can predict how hospitable firms are to women.
February 01, 2007
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A Global Fine Line Challenges Marketing Today
Pantene Pro-V might never have become a global shampoo juggernaut if Procter & Gamble hadn't asked Taiwanese women what it means to have healthy hair.
February 01, 2007
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Michael Ducker: Our Global Network is Growing
The president of International FedEx Express says the new Asia Pacific hub will have a $60 billion impact on China's economy over the next 20 years.
January 15, 2007
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Negotiation Strategy: Seven Common Pitfalls to Avoid
A professor of organizational behavior explains the path to a successful negotiation.
January 01, 2007
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Blueprint Proposed for Wiping Out Disease-bearing Mosquitoes
Research explains how to eliminate the danger of dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases.
January 01, 2007
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Dictatorships Often Survive with Local Support
A scholar looks at how dictators manage to stay in power for so long.
January 01, 2007
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Ed Catmull: We Constantly Seek Out Small Crises
Pixar’s president and cofounder explains that a company runs best when it’s continually solving small problems in hopes of avoiding big ones.
January 01, 2007
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Fiscal Failings of the Government’s Tobacco Settlement
An economist examines what went wrong in the landmark 1998 tobacco settlement.
January 01, 2007
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Michael Hannan: Startups Need to “Think Employees” from the Get-Go
How companies manage their employees turns out to be critical to their long-term success.
January 01, 2007
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Understanding the Linkage Between ROI and the Economic Rate of Return
A group of scholars explore a term that "has only been vaguely understood."
October 01, 2006
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Azim Premji: Failure is Essential
The chairman of the Indian outsourcing giant Wipro Technologies says it's impossible to generate even a few good ideas without a lot of bad ones.
October 01, 2006
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European Investors Favor Global Accounting Standards
Despite an uproar from corporations, new financial reporting rules actually favored by shareholders, research shows.
October 01, 2006
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Glenn Carroll: How Do You Successfully Merge Two Corporate Cultures?
A scholar explains why it is critical to understand companies' norms, beliefs, and values.
October 01, 2006
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Loyalty Programs Can Be a Waste of Money
Research shows the programs motivate only a small fraction of consumers to increase usage, and sometimes end up costing organizations money.