Stanford Graduate School of Business

Recommendations on apps like Uber Eats seem great for users, but Assistant Professor Yuyan Wang finds they may hurt sellers. “For a platform to be successful in the long term, you need to… take into account all sides of the business,” she says. brnw.ch/21x2lsO

The power of suggestions on platforms like Uber Eats and Amazon seems like a good thing. However, Assistant Professor Yuyan Wang finds that focusing on recommendations for consumers could hurt the sellers on the other side. #AI brnw.ch/21x2lh8

Perpetual futures could expand trading activity, says @DuffieDarrell, professor of finance, but they also introduce significant risks—particularly around leverage and market stability—that regulators will need to closely manage. brnw.ch/21x2kh8

A former Navy SEAL told Jonathan Berk, professor of finance, exactly what kind of person he’d want on his team. It had nothing to do with strength and everything to do with accountability. Listen to a new episode of the If/Then #podcast from @stanfordGSB here: youtu.be/mhwpMFiIzg0

AI is more useful for identifying where vulnerabilities lie, rather than precisely predicting when a crisis will occur finds @acoppola4, assistant professor of finance. brnw.ch/21x2g0w

What kind of person do you want on your team? Jonathan Berk, professor of finance @stanfordGSB, posed this question to a former Navy SEAL. His answer wasn’t about toughness, strategy, or instinct. It was about accountability. Find a new episode of the If/Then #podcast here: bit.ly/4d5yJqn

Professor of finance, @Amitseru, shares his perspective that private credit’s conservative structure—particularly its lower leverage and limited links to the banking system—makes it unlikely to trigger a systemic financial crisis. brnw.ch/21x2bMZ

“AI beat 93% of managers over a 30-year period by an average of 600%,” says Professor Ed deHaan. No wonder a colleague asked him: “Why don’t you go start a hedge fund?” brnw.ch/21x2bHb

When professors Ed deHaan and Suzie Noh found a way to achieve 600% better investment performance with AI, they spent a whole year trying to prove their research wrong. They couldn’t. brnw.ch/21x2bod

“Seeing the end game of addiction fundamentally shifted something inside of me,” says Zach Dyce, MBA ’25. With Penguin Health, he’s building tech to help community behavioral health providers shift “from administration to care.” brnw.ch/21x29Pf

Zach Dyce, MBA ’25, grew up in a home affected by substance abuse. After his mother died from an opioid overdose, he became determined to fight for others struggling with addiction — those, he says, “I could have become.” brnw.ch/21x29DL

How do we build AI agents that represent us? “Getting there requires learning by doing,” says professor @ahall_research. Through a new AI-centered class, students are prototyping the future of an AI-native classroom. Read more: bit.ly/3QJTzUX

Co-founder and chairman of @OneCarlyle, @DM_Rubenstein, talked with Sanil Rajput, MBA ’26, during a recent View From The Top interview in which he reflected on a career that’s taken him from the White House to the heights of private equity. Watch the interview here: youtu.be/myf3PhTh1SY?si…

What does it take to shape company culture? “You have to be relentless and tell a coherent story,” says Professor Glenn Carroll. “Repeat the same message hundreds or thousands of times. That’s what it takes to get it through.” brnw.ch/21x21jZ

Most managers think that their company’s culture needs to change, but few know what to do to change it. To those leaders, Professor Glenn Carroll says, “Cultivating culture isn’t as complicated as you think.”brnw.ch/21x2100

Professor @ahall_research shares his perspective on the concept of “political superintelligence” to better inform debate, test solutions, and improve governance. brnw.ch/21x1Zer

Is it better to have more of something good or less of something bad? The net result might be the same, but Professor Zakary Tormala finds that people perceive one as better than the other. brnw.ch/21x1X8m

Does a medication increase attention spans or decrease attention lapses? The answer may be the same, but Professor Zakary Tormala finds that the framing could dramatically change how people perceive the drug’s effectiveness. brnw.ch/21x1WVP