Stanford Breaks Down How to Be Popular in 2 Easy Steps
Stanford Graduate School of Business recently published an article by Eilene Zimmerman on a new paper about how successful employees tend to toe the line between fitting in and standing out in the work place. In “Fitting In or Standing Out? The Tradeoffs of Structural and Cultural Embeddedness” GSB professor Amir Goldberg, linguistics professor Christopher Potts, and UC Berkeley coauthor Sameer Srivastava explore “that tension and find ways to resolve it.”
Coolest MBA Clubs in San Francisco Bay Area
B-school can seem like all business at first glance, but part of a well-balanced education is learning how to build community. While recruiters and brochures often hammer it into the heads of applicants that networking is essential to a successful business career—and they’re not wrong—what the spiel often omits is that great ideas often take shape outside the classroom.
Stanford Offers Insights Into Future of Authentic Branding
The Stanford Graduate School of Business recently published an article, written by Steve Hawk, about research Professor of Organizations Glenn R. Carroll has undertaken into “the origins, advantages, perils and future of authentic branding.” Authentic branding—that is, using the claim of being authentic as a selling point—is a technique commonly used by restaurateurs, furniture-makers, beer manufacturers and others.
Stanford Cracks the Code of Wikipedia’s Content Growth
Stanford Graduate School of Business recently posted an article by Bill Snyder that explores Wikipedia’s unlikely knack for harnessing “the unpaid efforts of so many people”—80,000 at time of publishing—with no financial reward, no structure, and barely any acknowledgement. Continue reading…
Stanford Figures Out How To Improve Working Conditions in Developing World (Except China)
Stanford Business School recently published an article by Ian Chipman on an innovative solution to improve working conditions in the developing world dubbed “lean manufacturing,” which eliminates wastes, and “emphasizes efficiency and responsiveness to increase production quality,” according to Stanford research.
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Boston Consulting Group – A Dominant Force in Consulting
When it comes to consulting firms there are a few names sure to show up on any MBAs dream job list: McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company, Deloitte Consulting, and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). While McKinsey reigns on top in Vault.com’s ranking of the most prestigious consulting firms on Earth, BCG has had a lock on the number two spot for almost 10 years. Continue reading…
