256 Posts found for Source: Stanford University

Run by Stanford University, Ecorner offers more than 2,000 free videos and podcasts, many with a Silicon Valley vibe. The videos range from practical topics such as “What to Avoid in Term Sheets,” by Altirah Capital’s David Frankel to more esoteric ones, like “The Five Whys,” in which lean startup guru Eric Ries offers tips on discerning the reasons for technology glitches.

Content: Multimedia Content | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Entrepreneurship

New consumer research shows that when people are told in advance that they will be asked to respond to a survey, they look for problems more actively. The researchers found that people who expect to evaluate are decidedly more negative. They also discovered that merely asking people to state their expectations before they receive a service made people more negative—even though their predispositions may have … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Chezy Ofir, Itamar Simonson | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Customer Related

Everyone knows that on average women earn less than men for the same work. Social psychological research conducted in the 1970s and 1980s suggested that women even pay themselves less than men pay themselves. But that was then, right? John Jost decided to see if women’s attitudes about their worth had changed since the advent of feminism. His research, which measures the “depressed-entitlement effect” among … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: John Jost | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Women in Business

There is mounting evidence that giving people more responsibility for making decisions in their jobs generates greater productivity, morale, and commitment. Yet, in spite of the substantial economic returns to decentralization and delegation, many American managers resist such practices in favor of traditional command-and-control approaches to managing people.

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

A study by Stanford law and business faculty members casts strong doubt upon the value and validity of the ratings of governance advisory firms that compile indexes to evaluate the effectiveness of a publicly held company’s governance practices.

Content: Article | Author: David Larcker | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Corporate Governance

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.

Content: Article | Author: Kathryn Shaw | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

Deborah Gruenfeld of the Stanford Graduate School of Business had some sobering news to share with a group of high-level women executives and entrepreneurs. “When it comes to leadership,” Gruenfeld told the group, “there are very few differences in what men and women actually do and how they behave. But there are major differences in perception. Men and women doing the same things … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Deborah H. Gruenfeld, Marianne Cooper | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Women in Business

For those contemplating pursuing a search fund, or investing in one, the CES has created a practical guide to answer the most frequently asked questions. The Primer aims to provide an unbiased view of the benefits and challenges, explains the model from the entrepreneurs’ and investors’ perspective, and gives many operational and execution tips from previous search fund entrepreneurs.

Content: Article | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Stock options have a positive effect on firm performance when they are granted to executives, but giving options to lower-ranking employees seems to have no effect on the bottom line according to a new study.

Content: Article | Authors: Nicole Bastian Johnson, Ron Kasznik | Sources: Stanford University, University of California Berkeley | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

Generalists, men and women who have amassed experience with a broad spectrum of management areas, stand a better chance of making it to top management positions than those with more specialized resumes.

Content: Article | Author: Edward Lazear | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Career

Stanford Technology Ventures Program’s Executive Director Tina Seelig shares rich insights in creative thinking and the entrepreneurial mindset. Her talk, based on her 2009 book, What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20, cites numerous classroom successes of applied problem-solving and the lessons of failure.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Tina Seelig | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Lofty principles matter much less than we think in determining our moral behavior says Professor Benoît Monin. We’re more likely to be guided by whether we feel we are a good or bad person or whether we feel others around us are good or bad.

Content: Article | Author: Benoît Monin | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Social pressure plays a major role in determining corporate strategy and performance according to an award-winning paper coauthored by Professor David Baron. The researchers find that social pressure and social performance reinforce each other, greater social pressure is associated with lower financial performance, and financial and social performance are largely unrelated.

Content: Article | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

Identical messages can have different impacts depending on whether they are couched as “I think” or “I feel,” says Stanford Graduate School of Business Marketing Professor Zakary Tormala.

Content: Article | Author: Zakary Tormala | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Organizational Behavior

he best baseball players don’t always get elected All-Stars. And the Nobel Prize doesn’t always go to the most deserving member of the scientific community. This, according to a pair of recent studies, is because such recognition can depend upon how well known an individual is rather than on merit alone. Moreover, because it’s human nature for people to try to find common ground when … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Chip Heath, George Wu, Nathanael J. Fast | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Organizational Behavior

From pink ribbons to Product Red, cause marketing adroitly serves two masters, earning profits for corporations while raising funds for charities. Yet the short-term benefits of cause marketing—also known as consumption philanthropy—belie its long-term costs. These hidden costs include individualizing solutions to collective problems; replacing virtuous action with mindless buying; and hiding how markets create many social problems in the first place. Consumption philanthropy is … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Angela M. Eikenberry | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Search fund entrepreneurs and investors discuss how to conduct a search to maximize the probability of finding and closing an attractive acquisition. Panelists are Rafael Somoza (MBA ’96), Robert Befidi, Jim Southern and Rich Kelley (MBA ’89). Moderated by David Dodson (MBA ’87), Lecturer for Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition.

Content: Related Content | Sources: Stanford University, YouTube | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Stories are all around us. Stories move us, make us feel alive, inspire us to be more than we would be otherwise. Our appetite for stories is a reflection of the basic human need to understand patterns of life — not merely as an intellectual exercise but as a personal, emotional experience. Learning how to tell a story cannot guarantee the reaching of Truth, but … [ Read more ]

Content: Case Study | Author: Jennifer L. Aaker | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Personal Development

Groups with diverse functional expertise, education, or personality can increase performance by enhancing creativity or group problem-solving. In contrast, more visible diversity, such as race, gender, or age, can have negative effects unless it’s managed properly, says Stanford Business School Professor Margaret Neale.

Content: Article | Author: Margaret Neale | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Organizational Behavior

The U.S. Supreme Court benefits from differences of opinions among the justices. Research that included studying how teams make decisions says when a narrow majority exists, pressure of the minority forces the majority to think with more complexity and to consider diverse evidence, says Stanford Business School Professor Deborah Gruenfeld.

Content: Article | Author: Deborah H. Gruenfeld | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Organizational Behavior