Stanford
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Bankruptcy Laws Drive Corporate Default Rates
Permissive bankruptcy laws, not bad business downturns, seem to be the greatest cause of corporate bond defaults, according to Professor Ilya Strebulaev, co-author of a study that researched 150 years of figures
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Peers Influence Decision to Become an Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurism seems to be a self-reinforcing phenomenon
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If Money Doesn't Make You Happy, Consider Time
Time, Not Money, Is Your Most Precious Resource. Spend It Wisely
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Paying Star Employees Well is a Good Strategy for Innovation
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
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When Is Bad Publicity Good?
In a new study from Stanford Graduate School of Business, researchers say in some cases negative publicity can increase sales when a product or company is relatively unknown, simply because it stimulates product awareness
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Online Social Networks Can Increase Ad Revenue by Stimulating Content
To increase revenue, social networking sites need to give their most active users reason to post more information and make more friends, according to Harikesh Nair of the Graduate School of Business and his co-researchers
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Why Failure Drives Innovation
Silicon Valley is populated with people who fear only sitting on the bench while someone else scores with a great idea, says Professor Baba Shiv. How people approach failure is a key to success, he argues
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Genes May Influence Consumer Choices
A new study suggests that many consumer judgments may be determined by genetics. We're not born with a Prius gene, but we may have inherited a tendency to act in certain ways says Professor Itamar Simonson
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Tunneling Through Intercorporate Loans Damages Company Value
Majority shareholders who divert assets from one company to another for personal benefit can be found in some developing nations, robbing companies of value and even forcing them to be delisted from stock exchanges
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Jeff Bezos Makes Magic Out of Online Retailing
"Any entrepreneur who actually thinks he could build a $30 billion company when he starts out needs to be institutionalized," joked Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, whose dreams for his young company did come true