Stanford
Stanford
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How to pressure test your strategic vision
Learning to construct, debate, and communicate a logically valid argument is an essential pillar in making great strategy
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Info Games: How corporations wield disclosures as a merger tool
During corporate takeovers, buyers often tailor their public statements to drive down the price of takeover targets, a new study shows
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This is not a joke: The cost of being humorless
Humor has tremendous benefits for physical health, mental well-being, and your bottom line
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Zombies on the rise
A decade of binge borrowing has turned many corporations into the walking dead, Stanford finance experts say.
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The costs and benefits of supply chain transparency
Should firms be required to disclose the negative social impacts of their suppliers? A new study investigates that question from the perspective of investors
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The good and bad of measuring worker output in real time
Quantification boosts productivity if the task is simple, but demotivates if the task is complex, a Stanford study finds.
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The super power of tomorrow? Being "indistractable"
Learn how to take back control of your attention span
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Schmoozing with coworkers after hours has professional benefits—and personal costs
A new study shows that workers' pay structure—hourly vs. salaried — affects how they perceive and spend their downtime
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True diversity comes from within
Diverse corporate cultures are good, but it's best to encourage workers to embrace the diversity of their personal, sometimes conflicting, beliefs
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How to be a good boss in trying times
Offering compassion, predictability, and control can help, say two Stanford experts