Alumni Association

Alumni in the News

Innovation Will Deliver
U.S. From Recession
The way out of the current economic crisis lies in America's gift for ingenuity and innovation and more transparency in the financial sector agreed Alumni Weekend Roundtable panelists, including Dean Garth Saloner and Penny Pritzker, MBA '84, who serves on President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. (Video available) Innovation Will Deliver U.S. From Ression Details

GSB Alumnus Oliver Williamson
Wins 2009 Nobel Prize
in Economics with Elinor Ostrom
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to Oliver Williamson, MBA '60, and the Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He shares the $1.4 million prize with Elinor Ostrom at Indiana University. NobelPrize.org GSB Alumnus Oliver Williamson Wins 2009 Nobel Prize Details

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For the Greater Good

Microlending Gives Dignity
to People with Leprosy
In India, microlending has been a powerful tool in helping individuals with leprosy move from a life of begging to economic self-sufficiency, leaders of the group Rising Star Outreach told a GSB student audience. Microlending Gives Dignity to People with Leprosy Details

Facing the Environment
China faces daunting environmental and energy resource challenges. For the second year, Stanford MBA students will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet with government officials, state-owned enterprises, and Western companies to learn how the country's policies are aiming for a better balance between humans and nature. Facing the Environment Details

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News

School News

Five Tenure-Track Professors
Added to Business Faculty
New academics, Charles I. Jones, Charles M.C. Lee, Steven Callander, John-Paul Ferguson, and Ali Yurukoglu joined the Stanford GSB faculty this fall. Five Tenure-Track Professors Added to Business Faculty Details

Montgomery Named INFORMS Fellow
David B. Montgomery has been named a fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). Montgomery, the Kresge Professor of Marketing Emeritus, was cited for "research contributions to marketing science, marketing strategy, and global marketing and management." Montgomery Named INFORMS Fellow Details

Economics Prize
for John Van Reenen
John Van Reenen, director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and a visiting professor at the Stanford GSB, is the 2009 recipient of the Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics. Economics Prize for John Van Reenen Details

Faculty in the News
& Media Mentions

Has Your Company Lost
Its Core Competence?
GSB Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer shares his thoughts on how the recession has inspired some companies to shed businesses and activities that are outside of their core competence. He says it is a sensible idea, but challenging to figure out what is core and what isn't. BNET, October 26, 2009 Has Your Company Lost Its Core Competence Blog

Cities of Difference
GSB Professor Saumitra Jha cautions in an opinion piece that India should be careful about pressure to move its slum out of urban areas as part of urban renewal work. India Express, October 6, 2009 Cities of Difference Details

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