2.7.07
Pixar president: Hire good people, take good care of them
Pixar thrives because it seeks out small crises, said Ed Catmull, the animation studio's president and co-founder. Full Story

2.7.07
Managed competition in health care finds base in Netherlands
The Netherlands has become the first nation to inaugurate a system of universal health insurance based on regulated competition in the private sector. Its program, adopted in January 2006, draws extensively on a plan first proposed in 1978 by business Professor Alain Enthoven, who coined the term "managed competition." Full Story

2.7.07
Newsstand: Stanford Business
The February 2007 issue of Stanford Business can be viewed online at http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/bmag/index.html. Full Story

1.23.07
Gift to Religious Life endows new fund
A $4.5 million gift to the Office for Religious Life will endow a new fund, the Harry and Emilia Rathbun Fund for Exploring What Leads to a Meaningful Life, named in honor of the late law professor and his late wife. The endowment is a gift of the Palo Alto Foundation for Global Community, which is headed by the Rathbuns' son, Richard Rathbun. Full Story