249 Posts found for Source: Stanford University

Transforming supply chain operations can have a substantial impact on a company’s ability to grow and prosper, new research from Accenture, INSEAD and Stanford University has found.

The three organizations undertook the multifaceted research project to understand how companies derive competitive advantage from their supply chains. The research demonstrates a correlation between the quality of a company’s supply chain and its financial performance. It also … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jeffrey D. Brooks | Sources: Accenture, INSEAD, Stanford University | Subjects: Best Practices, Operations

The Securities Class Action Clearinghouse provides detailed information relating to the prosecution, defense, and settlement of federal class action securities fraud litigation. The Clearinghouse maintains an Index of Filings of 1763 issuers that have been named in federal class action securities fraud lawsuits since passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Clearinghouse also contains copies of more than 2000 complaints, briefs, … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Finance, Legal | Industry: Investing

“We have come to somehow, almost unconsciously, accept the idea that the ends justify the means. If organizations need to be centralized, lean and mean, impermanent, and control-oriented in order to succeed in the marketplace, this is the way it is and we need to accept these facts…[I] suggest that the premise is wrong and so is the conclusion…the evidence continues to grow that organizations … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jeffrey Pfeffer | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Learn about the concept of the search fund at this site. Conceived in 1984, the search fund is an investment vehicle in which investors financially support an entrepreneur’s efforts to locate and acquire a privately held company.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

Typically, SCM efforts focus on the business buying side of the chain. This paper takes a look at the other half – user demand.

Content: Article | Author: Hau L. Lee | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Operations

In doing research for their book Built to Last, Jim Collins and Jerry Porras had to toss out old frameworks and build new ones, sometimes from the ground up. It took six years. But it was worth every minute. Here are a dozen common myths that were shattered during the course of their research.

Content: Article | Authors: Jerry I. Porras, Jim Collins | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Best Practices, Management

William F. Sharpe is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Chairman, Financial Engines, Inc. He was one of the originators of the Capital Asset Pricing Model, developed the Sharpe Ratio for investment performance analysis, the binomial method for the valuation of options, the gradient method for asset allocation optimization, and returns-based style analysis for evaluating the … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: William F. Sharpe | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Finance, People | Industry: Finance / Banking

Where does B2B go from here? McKinsey & Company teamed recently with Stanford University Business School’s Center for Electronic Business and Commerce to collect and analyze operational information from 60 independent B2B platforms across the US and Europe. The team’s goal was to create a performance index for B2B companies based on their ability to acquire customers, penetrate customer spending, and monetize the business opportunities … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Sources: McKinsey & Company Inc., Stanford University | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

Resources include: patent databases, search tips, getting copies of patents, news, general info, offices & organizations, legal resources, etc.

Content: Online Resource | Authors: Grace Baysinger, Karen Greig | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Legal, Reference / Search