Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsRefugees How Well Do Refugees Integrate into American Society?stanford.edu - Roberta Kwok Nationality, education level, and other factors are linked to resettled refugees’ likelihood of becoming citizens. When refugees enter the United …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsBusiness The Power of Dressing Progressive Economic Policies in Conservative Clothesstanford.edu - Melissa De Witte In political messaging, values can be more persuasive than policies, a new study finds. When political candidates talk about progressive economic …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsBusiness What Climbing Expeditions Tell Us about Teamworkstanford.edu - Dylan Walsh A new study mines decades of mountaineering data to measure how groupthink fares against top-down leadership. In principle, the mountaineer’s work is …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsBusiness A Prognosis for Primary Carestanford.edu - Áine Doris With outpatient treatment on the rise, could better teamwork guard against error — and the accompanying malpractice suits? Around 900 million people …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsBusiness Will Investors Pay a Premium for Being Green?stanford.edu - Edmund L. Andrews Despite the surging focus on environmental sustainability, a new study suggests investors still care about the old kind of green. “Green” investing is …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsRay Dalio Bridgewater Investments Founder Ray Dalio: Invest in Idea Meritocracystanford.edu - Sachin Waikar The investment icon says a system of thoughtful disagreement creates competitive advantage. Paperboy. Snow shoveler. Golf caddy — including for …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsPlay button Testing Rape Kits Saves Money and Stops Crimestanford.edu - Beth Rimbey Lawrence M. Wein finds that the benefits of testing outweigh the costs. Is the current economic malaise caused by income inequality, runaway …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights The Case for Fair Value Accountingstanford.edu - Edmund L. Andrews A leading critic of current practices says they get the right answers mainly “by accident.” Accountants thrive on precise numbers that seem tantamount …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights The Cersei Effect: How Businesses Turn Colleagues into Backstabbersstanford.edu - Patrick J. Kiger New research shows that people with shared goals can get lured into “pseudo competitions” that hurt all involved. As HBO’s Game of Thrones approaches …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights Why Putting Yourself in Their Shoes Might Backfirestanford.edu - Sachin Waikar When our values don’t align, we struggle to see others’ viewpoints. Do your social media feeds seem more antagonistic these days? Stanford GSB …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights Chapter 7 vs. Chapter 11: What’s Best for the Surrounding Community?stanford.edu - Edmund L. Andrews In areas tied to declining industries, corporate reorganization has better long-term impact than going-out-of-business sales, a new study finds. When …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights Five Common Communication Mistakes (And How to Fix Them)stanford.edu - Matt Abrahams Learn how to be more effective at your next meeting or presentation. We have all unnecessarily suffered through disengaging, ineffective presentations …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights Artificial Intelligence for the Perplexed Executivestanford.edu - Edmund L. Andrews AI can transform almost every industry. The biggest uncertainty may be the humans behind it. So you’re the CEO of a clothing retailer, a rental car …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights On Social Media, Sell Your Brand, Not Your Stuffstanford.edu - Lee Simmons A new marketing study of Facebook users shows that hard-sell tactics stifle engagement, and engagement is gold. Off the coast of New Zealand last …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsPlay button Roger McNamee: “Facebook Is Terrible for America”stanford.edu - Bill Snyder Facebook’s loudest critic says social media profits by manipulating consumers. Roger McNamee, a high-profile Silicon Valley investor, has become an …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights Why Self-Regulation Can Pay Offstanford.edu - Neil Malhotra Companies that try to fix problems on their own may sidestep more onerous regulations in the future. There are many famous examples of industries and …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights How to Invest in Your Social Capitalstanford.edu - Áine Doris Have you ever set a friend up on a date or recommended someone for a job? Perhaps resolved a conflict among friends (or stirred up trouble …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights Why Was the Last Recovery Slower Than Usual? Actually, It Wasn’tstanford.edu - Edmund L. Andrews A new study of financial crises going back to 1870 shows that they make for unusually nasty recessions. For years after the 2007 financial crisis …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights Better If It’s Man-Made?stanford.edu - Áine Doris Gender bias can negatively affect what we think about products made by women, especially in male-oriented markets. Imagine you’re reading the label of …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights How to Design a Better Soda Taxstanford.edu - Sachin Waikar An analysis of Philadelphia’s sweet-drink “sin tax” finds a flaw in the system: Many people simply drive beyond city limits to buy their pop. The …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights Finding a Low-Cost Treatment for Clubfootstanford.edu - Martin J. Smith Chesca Colloredo-Mansfeld’s journey from online retail to academia to a healthcare nonprofit has paid off in ways that can’t be measured. In 2004, a …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights Businesses Behaving Badly: The State of Corporate Scandal in 2019stanford.edu - Sachin Waikar Should we believe the performance narratives top executives present? Whose responsibility is it to identify and correct corporate wrongdoing? Can …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsBusiness Getting Banks to Latch onto Blockchainstanford.edu - Martin J. Smith A Ukrainian native challenges the financial industry to lose its fear of decentralized transactions. No industry needs timely, safe, and accurate …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsPlay button Sequoia’s Michael Moritz: Look out for “the Unexpected”stanford.edu - Beth Jensen The venture capitalist explains why you don’t need to be a tech expert to see potential. As one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capitalists, Sequoia …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights Why the Binding Arbitration Game Is Rigged against Customersstanford.edu - Edmund L. Andrews A new study documents how companies shop for sympathetic arbitrators, and how the arbitrators compete for their business. You may have noticed it in …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsPlay button Work Is a Competitive Sportstanford.edu - Beth Rimbey What keeps people motivated at work? A professor of economics says it’s all about how you structure compensation. AI can transform almost every …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsBusiness Our Misplaced Fear of Job-Stealing Robotsstanford.edu - Bill Snyder At a Future of Work forum, experts say demographic shifts, not artificial intelligence, create the biggest challenges for today’s workplace. Some good …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsBusiness Can a Giant Company Behave Like a Startup?stanford.edu - Matt Villano Stanford GSB faculty reveal the art of engineering entrepreneurialism within existing organizations. Imagine a container ship. They’re heavy — many …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business Insights Bringing Bankless Banking to East Africastanford.edu - Martin J. Smith Tanzania’s Benjamin Fernandes took his Stanford MBA and went home. Benjamin Fernandes was confident he and his Seattle-based business partner, Sam …
Stanford Businessadded this to Stanford Business InsightsPlay button Networking Minds for Open Innovationstanford.edu - Beth Rimbey The spark needed to ignite your next idea may be half a world away. The investment icon says a system of thoughtful disagreement creates competitive …
