Posted in News on Nov 24th, 2009
Stanford scholars are among the first in the country to ponder the potential legal questions facing the emerging field of personal robotics. The issues go beyond claims of personal injury and property damage, touching on criminal and civil rights laws as well.
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Posted in Alumni in the News, News on Nov 24th, 2009
Networking is more than having a hefty collection of business cards and attending A-list parties. Heidi Roizen has been a Silicon Valley CEO, a venture capitalist, and a corporate board member but “the homework never ends,” she told Stanford Graduate School of Business students.
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Heidi Roizen may be one of [...]
Posted in Alumni in the News, QOTD on Nov 21st, 2009
“I was helping Fox News produce a documentary marking the 15th anniversary of [Reagan's] Berlin Wall address. After the day’s shooting, [anchorman Tony] Snow and I walked through the Brandenburg Gate to the former East Berlin, a place that once appeared drab and lifeless but now pulsed with color and energy. In a building that [...]
Posted in Alumni in the News, QOTD on Nov 20th, 2009
“In a complicated task involving critical decisions, working with good partners and listening to them is almost always better that working alone. Somehow, the group process ensures that most bad ideas are weeded out, even if their owners shout and cajole, while ideas that make sense influence the group’s opinion, even if their owners speak [...]
Posted in Alumni in the News, QOTD on Nov 19th, 2009
“What happened in the world economy is something that happens every 100 or 120 years; it was completely unexpected. … If what you did was an error, there has to be a change in management. But if it was an act of God, and it wasn’t your fault, why? I believe that in many companies [...]
Posted in News on Nov 18th, 2009
Q&A with Assistant Professor Michael Wara (JD, ‘06) and Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes (JD, ‘78) regarding the new administration’s Interior Department. From Stanford Lawyer magazine.
Q: With regard to striking a balance, what do you think the right approach is for resource energy extraction and natural resource protection?
A: You start [...]
Posted in Alumni in the News on Nov 17th, 2009
“Is it possible that we have weathered the worst of the storm? While there is no doubt that times will remain tough for a while, smart business leaders are beginning to think about what will come next, and how to be ready to make the most of it.”
– Paul Staelin, MBA ‘01, vice president of [...]
Posted in Faculty in the News, News on Nov 16th, 2009
Stanford GSB Prof. Mary Barth told U. of Texas’ McCombs School of Business students they need to understand the fundamental accounting concepts because they provide the basis of the framework for financial reporting. She warned that in the future, accounting professionals will need to make judgments and understand “the why” behind a standard, rather than [...]
Posted in Faculty in the News, News on Nov 16th, 2009
As described on his blog, Stanford Professor Bob Sutton has been leading a workshop on spurring innovation, together with Professor Hayagreeva “Huggy” Rao and others. Customer Focused Innovation is the name of the program, in which executives spend mornings reviewing cases, theories and models and afternoons applying design thinking. Among their projects is a collaboration [...]
Posted in Faculty in the News on Nov 14th, 2009
As described on his blog, Stanford Professor Bob Sutton has been leading a workshop on spurring innovation, together with Professor Hayagreeva “Huggy” Rao and others. Customer Focused Innovation is the name of the program, in which executives spend mornings reviewing cases, theories and models and afternoons applying design thinking. Among their projects is a collaboration [...]
