Digital Technology

Pitch Johnson, lecturer in Management at Stanford GSB
Why and how Silicon Valley thrives — from one of its founding fathers.
Illustration of a man holding a patent brochure
A Stanford scholar says going public often slows innovation.
Bloomberg Businessweek -
01.15.13
Jeffrey Pfeffer says VCs and entrepreneurs too often "blindly chase the latest fads."
Bloomberg Businessweek -
12.07.12
Jeffrey Pfeffer discusses HP, acquisition strategy, and the success of outside hires.
Jeff Fluhr, CEO of Spreecast
The CEO of Spreecast discusses the "fundamental alignment around integrity, working hard, and delivering."
2012 presidential election ads
Research says political candidates might be better off paying for web ads than investing too heavily in TV.
Students set up their donated laptop computers on the first day of school at Joplin High School in Joplin
How to make digital learning in public schools a reality.
Individuals staring intently at computers and handhelds
Kelly McGonigal argues we're becoming addicted to our devices. Here's how to unplug. 
Photo of 2012 GSB graduates applauding
John Morgridge shares his “Rules for the Long Road” during the Stanford GSB's annual diploma ceremony.
John Morgridge photo
Stanford Graduate School of Business Diploma Ceremony

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Pitch Johnson, lecturer in Management at Stanford GSB
Why and how Silicon Valley thrives — from one of its founding fathers.
Jeff Fluhr, CEO of Spreecast
The CEO of Spreecast discusses the "fundamental alignment around integrity, working hard, and delivering."
Students set up their donated laptop computers on the first day of school at Joplin High School in Joplin
How to make digital learning in public schools a reality.
Individuals staring intently at computers and handhelds
Kelly McGonigal argues we're becoming addicted to our devices. Here's how to unplug. 
Photo of 2012 GSB graduates applauding
John Morgridge shares his “Rules for the Long Road” during the Stanford GSB's annual diploma ceremony.
John Morgridge photo
Stanford Graduate School of Business Diploma Ceremony
photo of MRI
Abbott’s John Capek discusses health care device regulation, transparency, and the critical relationship between physicians and their patients.
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice discusses political power in Russia, social stability in China, the “essence of democracy,” and “the most surprising place in the world.”
photo of Middle East entrepreneurs
Gayle Lemmon discusses how entrepreneurs conduct business in some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous environments.
John Morgridge photo
Stanford GSB lecturer and philanthropist John P. Morgridge will be the third alumni speaker at the school’s June 16 graduation ceremony. As head of Cisco Systems, he established a culture of innovation, empowerment, and giving back that reflects the school’s mission to inspire transformational business leaders.

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Illustration of a man holding a patent brochure
A Stanford scholar says going public often slows innovation.
2012 presidential election ads
Research says political candidates might be better off paying for web ads than investing too heavily in TV.
David Larcker photo
Given the pervasiveness of social media, should the board of directors pay closer attention to the information exchanged on these sites?  Can this information be used to improve oversight and risk management?
Harikesh S. Nair
To increase revenue, social networking sites need to give their most active users reason to post more information and make more friends, according to Harikesh Nair of the Graduate School of Business and his co-researchers.
Observers of Silicon Valley have always assumed that the most successful companies get their competitive edge by paying their star employees more than the competition to fuel innovation. Now research, co-authored by Professor Kathryn Shaw, and using the academic field of insider econometrics, has been able to prove that this assumption is indeed true.
In the 1990s IBM appeared headed for extinction. Today it is again a leading technology competitor. In an award-winning paper, Charles O'Reilly of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and his coauthors tracked how, by being ambidextrous, Big Blue avoided going the way of the dodo bird.
Some types of regulations governing disposal of electronic waste can reduce the world’s mountains of devices waiting to be recycled, and also slow the rate of new product introductions says Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Erica Plambeck.

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