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What inspires people to act selflessly, help others, and make personal sacrifices? Each quarter, this column features one piece of scholarly research that provides insight on what motivates people to engage in what psychologists call “prosocial behavior"— things like making charitable...
Stanford Graduate School of Business has welcomed a new and diverse group of tenure-line faculty starting in the 2013-2014 academic year, as well as new lecturers from industry and nonprofit sectors who will complement faculty instruction in the school’s MBA, PhD, Master of Science (MSx), and...
In trying to lure customers into their stores, retailers often run promotions, temporarily lowering prices on specific products by as much as 20% to 30%. Consumers, though, don't always take advantage of these deals, even if they're for items that they buy fairly often. Stephan Seiler, assistant...
Medical technology is one of the foundations of the American health care system. It is home to dramatic technical advances. But it is one of the key contributors to rising health care costs, accounting for, according to one study, roughly half the increase in health spending. Issues such as these...
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair traces his deep interest in Africa back to his father teaching in Sierra Leone in the early 1960s, a time when South Korea was just as poor as Sierra Leone. While South Korea took off economically, Sierra Leone was racked by a long civil war. But now, “the...
Debt, debt, and more debt. Four years after the financial crash of 2008, world banks continue to have enormous debts on their balance sheets, a time bomb that regulators, researchers, and bankers are still debating the best ways to defuse.
In mid-April, Moody’s, one of the most influential ratings...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Eric Baker, MBA ’01, still remembers the discouraging predictions he received after proposing a company that would let people resell sports and event tickets online without having to stand outside the venue on the day of the event or resort to ticket brokers...
Since the 2008 market crash, banking interests and economists have clashed over how much of their operations banks should fund with equity as opposed to debt. Bankers and others often say that, "equity is expensive." By contrast, a recent paper, coauthored by three faculty of the Stanford Graduate...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - On Monday, they debated solutions to the Euro crisis. On Tuesday, devising strategies to bring peace to Afghanistan was the goal. On Wednesday, discussions centered on patent protection of vital medicines versus the developing world's public health needs....