Stanford
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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
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Firms in Corrupt Countries Pay a Price in Market Value
Virtue seems to pay according to Professor Charles M.C. Lee whose research shows that publicly-held firms in countries perceived as less corrupt trade at bigger market premiums than those in places deemed more corrupt
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Tax Policy Has Changed Who Own Stocks
A new study from Stanford Graduate School of Business argues that household stock ownership decreases as the tax benefits associated with owning stocks inside a pension plan increase. The trend applies around the globe, says coauthor Ilya Strebulaev
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Sucker to Saint and Other Views of Our Moral Behavior
People tend to cast themselves as morally superior when another person's behavior makes them feel naïve or foolish
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First Selling the Idea to Senior Leaders Helps Organizations Realize Change
Getting all the senior leaders on board in advance is the most effective way to be successful in introducing change to an organization, according to research co-authored by Business School Professor Charles O'Reilly