Explore the Spring 2023 issue of Stanford Business — and see how people from all corners of the Stanford GSB community are coming together to change lives, organizations, and the world.
Campus Illustration by Sol Cotti
From VC and ESG to China and crypto — the topics and trends that professors are watching most closely.
A core course for first-year MBA students takes the mystery out of regression analysis.
People around the world are living, working, and learning longer. Get ready to upgrade your old ideas about longevity.
“The risk-reward ratio on the battlefield balances lives; in business, it balances dollars.”
Andy Dunn, MBA ’07, opens up about the moment that nearly derailed his life.

Phyllis Ferrell heads global partnership efforts to defeat the disease.
New research explores what motivated people to share increasingly bizarre theories about the pandemic.
Many managers don’t convey the right amount of information, but those who undercommunicate pay a steeper price.
Economists’ models assume the population will keep expanding forever. But what if it doesn’t?
When drug makers said no to finding a treatment for a rare disease, Loren Eng mobilized a pioneering effort that saved thousands of lives.
Five lessons in five minutes: Professor Szu-chi Huang on how humans make decisions and get motivated.

Maker: Melanie Dulbecco, MBA ’90
CEO, Torani
Torani started in 1925 as a mom-and-pop syrup company in San Francisco. Dulbecco joined it 32 years ago. “The vanilla latte was our killer app,” she recalls. “We taught Starbucks how to make flavored lattes.”
As the company’s grown and moved into a new factory, she says it hasn’t lost sight of its vision: “We’ve always been people-first.”
Younger investors are more willing to put money behind environmental and social goals — even if it’s costlier.
A new guide details concrete ideas for bringing new people to the tables where decisions get made.
When supply chain disruption comes around, you must whip it.
Many soon-to-be public companies are already one step ahead of the tax collector.

Spot illustrations by Ibrahim Rayintakath