Data, its uses, abuses,
influence, and future possibilities--was the focus of
attention for sold-out TEDx conference attendees who gathered
at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

As Japan shifts from disaster
relief to rebuilding, GSB alumni see opportunities for change
and renewal.

The new home for the Stanford
Graduate School of Business opened its doors April 29 with a
dedication and open house that drew thousands.

The Stanford Graduate School of
Business opens the Knight Management Center, a new facility
of eight buildings around three quads designed to support an
innovative MBA curriculum. The center is expected to achieve
the highest LEED Platinum® rating for environmental
sustainability from the U.S. Green Building Council.

The Stanford Graduate School of
Business opens its new home, the $345 million Knight
Management Center, one of the world’s most innovative and
sustainable business school facilities. The new center is an
inflection point for the school, which will serve as a launch
pad for new courses and programs, as well as cutting edge
research. Nike founder Philip H. Knight, MBA ’62, gave the
$105 million...

Fast fashion-designing products
that capture the latest consumer trends, and then spending
extra money to get them to market quickly, can be well worth
the extra expense, increasing profits exponentially, says
Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Robert
Swinney, coauthor of a recent study.

Stanford Graduate School of
Business alumni based in Japan find unexpected obstacles as
entire industries face disruption and an unknown future since
the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Recognized for "shaping the very
way that organizational behavior scholars and practitioners
look at the impact of social process," Charles O'Reilly
received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of
Management.

Korean entertainment mogul Lee
Soo Man has introduced some of the biggest names in pop music
to the world. His SM Entertainment is helping Korean pop
music make waves internationally.

Calling education "the most
important problem that we have to solve in this country," an
official of the U.S. Department of Education warned that
other nations are doing a better job than the United States
of educating their young people.

In the emerging market for
peer-to-peer loans, the auction method used can make an
important difference to the borrower, says Stanford Graduate
School of Business economist Nicolas Lambert.

The aviation industry has to
navigate through government regulations, natural disasters,
economic storms, and labor negotiations, challenges that Jeff
Smisek, president and CEO of the world's largest carrier,
United Continental Holdings, says he finds
fascinating.

Forget Suze Orman. Time, Not
Money, Is Your Most Precious Resource. Spend It
Wisely.

Streamlining balky government
permit processes or convoluted global supply chains are just
some of the challenges in the "Valley of Death" faced by
fledgling clean energy firms, government officials were told
during a Stanford forum.

Arab nations rocked by popular
uprisings in recent months face complex, precarious, and
often divergent paths toward establishing democracy, says
Stanford democracy expert Larry Diamond.

A program using cell phones to
get anti-malaria drugs to the rural spots that need them most
is one program that has helped lower deaths from malaria in
Africa Silvio Gabriel, an executive with Novartis Pharma,
told a Stanford Graduate School of Business audience.

Public education that prepares a
workforce for tomorrow's needs is the cause that most
challenges her, said Penny Pritzker, JD/MBA '84, the 2011
recipient of the business school's Arbuckle Award.

Don't take too much risk ... or
too little, advises Mike Aviles, the 2011 Porras Latino
Leadership Award winner. "Take what risk you're comfortable
with. The ones who distinguish themselves ... figured out
what to pursue and took appropriate chances".

The Stanford Graduate School of
Business has confirmed finance services industry leader and
public servant Herb Allison as alumni speaker at its 2011
graduation ceremony on June 11. As the U.S. Assistant
Secretary for Financial Stability and Counselor to the
Secretary of the Treasury, Allison supervised the $700
billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) until stepping
down last September. The...

Believers in free market
capitalism were appalled when the U.S. government spent $82
billion to bail out General Motors and Chrysler. But the
money saved an important U.S. industry and averted a national
economic catastrophe Steven Rattner, the man who led the
rescue operation, told a Stanford Graduate School of Business
audience.

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