http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/ en Copyright 2009 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:41:14 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss new venture capital fund started by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. This fund is $300 million in size and "aimed purely at investing in the best new entrepreneurs, products, and companies in the technology industry." So dust off those business plans and apply today! ]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/07/andreessen_horowitz.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/07/andreessen_horowitz.html Finance & Investment Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:41:14 -0800 interview that Guy Kawasaki conducted with Lee Aase of the renowned Mayo Clinic. Aase explains the history of the Clinic's use of social media and how effective it has proven.]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/07/if_you_are_interested_in.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/07/if_you_are_interested_in.html Social Innovation Technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:14:43 -0800 Associated Press. Twenty cents of every revenue dollar California sends to Washington remains there. Most striking is the fact that California is responsible for keeping the retail economy running, more cars are purchased here than in any other state. The question has become will California with its fiscal instability become a major stumbling block to U.S. economic recovery? In the article entitle California Poised to Issue IOUs to Vendors, Local Governments the Sacramento Bee talks about when and what the consequences might be of doing so]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/californeconomics.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/californeconomics.html Economy Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:58:33 -0800 Stanford Professor Bob Sutton on his blog describes studies by undergrad Emily Glassberg Sands, mentioned in the New York Times, that purport to turn up bias in unusual places. Other aspects of the research include evidence that works by women on average are 18% more profitable than plays authored by men. ]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/broadway_bias.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/broadway_bias.html Society Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:10:49 -0800 Video View's". This site features interviews with newsmakers, discussions of current topics such as housing prices, financial crisis or the current state of healthcare costs. ]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/businessweek_videos.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/businessweek_videos.html Business News Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:20:41 -0800 New Perspectives Quarterly. The Spring 2009 issue on our current periodical racks is titled 'Obama's Smart Power', and highlights geopolitical challenges to the President's "smart power" strategy. The issue opens with a statement by Mr Obama, followed by interviews and commentary on this and other topics from the usual gang of suspects, i.e. world leaders, including U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph S. Nye Jr, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Olivier Roy (Globalized Islam), Afghan President Hamid Karzai, former President Jimmy Carter, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, ex-Shanghai mayor Xu Kuangdi, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, author Fareed Zakaria, historian Francis Fukuyama, Nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson, and others. Take a look.]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/time_to_report_on_the.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/time_to_report_on_the.html International Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:37:43 -0800 message on its website stating the service was no longer available. Frequent business travelers really liked the system which was in place at about twenty airports around the country. The big question now is what will happen to all the confidential information collected on passengers? The Clear program which was owned by the Verified Identity Pass Company and founded in 2003 was unable to make a deal with its creditors and had to shut down]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/no_longer_clear_to_bypass_secu.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/no_longer_clear_to_bypass_secu.html Economy Technology Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:11:08 -0800 Ray Bradbury, famous science fiction novelist, is helping local libraries in Ventura County to keep their doors open. Mr. Bradbury frequently speaks at libraries across the state, and on Saturday he will make his way here for a benefit for the H. P. Wright Library, which like many others in the state’s public system is in danger of shutting its doors because of budget cuts. In January the branch was told that unless it came up with $280,000 it would close. The branch’s private fund-raising group, San Buenaventura Friends of the Library, has until March to reach its goal; so far it has raised $80,000. Read more about it.]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/ray_loves_his_library_1.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/ray_loves_his_library_1.html Library News Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:17:29 -0800 “If it’s Broke, decorate it!” in July issue of Entrepreneur magazine in Jackson library, and do as I did: go to the company’s website and check out designs yourself.]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/casttoos_1.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/casttoos_1.html Entrepreneurship Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:56:13 -0800 study of Twitter. Among its conclusions: women and men both tend to follow men rather than women (reversing a trend in online social networks, where men often follow the lead of women), and the top 10% of prolific Twitter users account for over 90% of tweets. Oxford University Press has also been looking at Twitter; check out their blog. Some bloggers are worrying that Twitter will degrade the language. Is Twitter for the birds ?]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/chirp.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/chirp.html Society Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:30:46 -0800 Read more about it. ]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/threes_a_crowd_1.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/threes_a_crowd_1.html Business News Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:37:21 -0800 Entrepreneur magazine comes with a list of 100 companies whose business ideas are innovative and sustainable. Each of the featured 10 companies gets a short story on how the idea emerged and developed into a thriving business, such as a Jiggerbug phone, or distribution of stylish and safe POC ski helmets. However, the remaining 90 companies mentioned in small print are equally exciting and boom with interesting ideas and unorthodox approach to the old practices. For example, Bonded Logic inc. makes insulation material out of recycled denim, and its product provides better sound-blocking capabilities than fiberglass. Much more can be found in print issue in periodicals display in Jackson Library or online. ]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/100_brilliant_companies_1.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/100_brilliant_companies_1.html Entrepreneurship Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:13:05 -0800 Stanford Professor Bob Sutton writes about the use (and misuse) of others' ideas. Not that one is always obligated to run one's every attribution to ground; those of us who have tried to verify widely used quotes in our papers know how problematic that can be. Sutton in his blog ruminates on the spread of quotes and ideas, and how easy it is for them to become part of our collective background, so that writers believe that something is burbling up from their own genius. He notes how difficult it is to come up with something truly original, and reminds us that the dogged pursuit of the novel idea or quote at all costs can have a potentially dangerous edge. Sutton concludes with a quote by his colleague Professor Jeff Pfeffer -- that being correct may be worth striving for more than being 'new'. ]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/the_genealogy_of_ideas.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/the_genealogy_of_ideas.html Society Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:33:09 -0800 The Finance 50, ranking the top 50 earners in Finance during the past year. Who’s at the top? You might ask, none other than the CEO of Godman Sachs Lloyd Blankfein, followed in turn by all the other big recognizable names in finance such as American Express, Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase. The article expanding on the list talks about the future of executive compensation and which parties have the power to change the scale of executive pay. Additionally the article talks about other topics such as “silver handshakes” CEO compensation in the UK and Canada and the largest “Golden Send-offs” of 2008. You can read the article on the Bloomberg website but I recommend if you can get your hands on the print version the graphs and charts are really well done. ]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/top_50_ceo_1.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/top_50_ceo_1.html Corporate Governance Finance & Investment Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:34:04 -0800 Read more about it.]]> http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/10_tips.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/jacksonlibrary/blog/2009/06/10_tips.html GSB Alumni Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:02:20 -0800