Stanford
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Successful Entrepreneurs Survive Being Told "No"
In the 1980s, John Paul DeJoria weathered 12% inflation and 18% interest rates. It was a tough path but he succeeded in founding John Paul Mitchell Systems, a hair care firm that registered $900 million in sales in 2010
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The Positive Effect of Negative Information
When consumers get mild doses of negative information about a product or service, news about the blemish may actually strengthen their positive impression say researchers. This finding could affect online ads or even face-to-face sales processes say Baba Shiv and Zakary Tormala of the Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Firms Survive by Recognizing Fundamental Industry Changes
Longevity comes not just from matching the competition but also from recognizing how related industries are evolving
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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