Discoveries, ideas and people to watch
AS A MARINE and entrepreneur, Douglas Stone, Sloan '92, has never shied
away from risk. But taking over the U.S. military's detainee detention
system in Iraq in April 2007 was a big one. The prison system, which
holds about 22,000 detainees, was known to most Americans primarily for
the horrifying treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
Tagged: alumni, Iraq, International Issues, Business
Researchers are using traditional behavioral studies and new techniques such as brain imaging to better understand what happens when we shop. This has big impllications for both the marketing of products and the treatment of compulsive shoppersTagged: brain imaging, psychology, shopping, Human Health, Business, Humanities & Sciences, Medicine
When a developing country opens its stock market to foreign capital, it usually helps more than just big business. A recent study of 18 nations found that typical workers saw their real wages rise seven times faster after the inflow of foreign capital.Tagged: International Initiative, poverty, productivity, stock market, International Issues, Business
Some praised Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, others argued taxes will have to be raised to overcome the current economic crisis. A panel of economists worked to help alumni “Understand the Financial Crisis and What It Means to You.” Tagged: economics, financial crisis, International Issues, Business
"The U.S. economy, and much of the rest of the developed world, is in the midst of the collapse of an asset bubble fueled, in the main, by excess leverage. . . "
Tagged: bailout, economics, financial crisis, International Issues, Business
Saying, "If there was no Stanford Graduate School of Business, there would be no Nike," Nike Inc. founder and chairman Philip H. Knight was on hand for the groundbreaking of the new Business School campus.
Since the government announced its takeover plan of Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac, stock markets in the United States and around the world
have rallied and mortgage rates have dropped. But the latest turn in
the credit crisis is far from over. Professor David Duffie puts the recent developments in context.
Tagged: Banking, Economy, Public Service, Business
Robert L. Joss, dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business,
announced today that he will step down at the end of the current
academic year. Joss will have served 10 years as dean.
The old adage that you get what you pay for really is true when it comes to that most ephemeral of products: bottled wine.
Tagged: brain imaging, economics, marketing, psychology, Business
WHEN A CORPORATE SCANDAL throws a company into crisis or even destroys
it, many onlookers’ reaction is that the people involved must have been
immoral. Yet it’s easier than most people realize for ordinary, well-meaning
people to get caught up in activities they should have known were
wrong. Stanford researchers discuss how to create a structure that reduces the chances of cheating.
Tagged: ethics, Public Service, Business