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Whether it was desire to promote the art of their homeland, or to go back to a time in history, these art collectors started with an inspiration that led them to purchase or commission their first piece of artwork. Now, these three art aficionados have amassed highly-regarded collections which...
Success in college may take years of preparation, dedication, and hard work — but it also helps to have brainy roommates, a Stanford study suggests.
Sharique Hasan, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Surendrakumar Bagde, an officer in...
For Chinese professionals leading hectic lives in crowded, polluted city centers, a vacation in the countryside provides a rare opportunity to slow down and breathe fresh air. Besides providing for their own rest and relaxation, these tourists potentially offer a much-needed source of income for...
The first massive open online course (MOOC) created and run by Stanford Graduate School of Business — called The Finance of Retirement and Pensions — concluded on January 24, 2014, with a live symposium on the Stanford campus featuring top-performing teams from the course’s final project.
This...
You spend a significant part of your day negotiating, whether you're always aware of it or not. Negotiating effectively helps you reach agreements, achieve objectives, strengthen your relationships, and ultimately be more productive. Entrepreneurs not only need strong analytic skills to develop...
It was a confident, high-powered investment firm with credit lines at top financial institutions. It made big bets using borrowed money to buy assets and generate higher returns. But when the market for those assets went south, lenders demanded more collateral until the firm suddenly collapsed....