Labs & Initiatives Research Announcements
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The CEO Scorecard: How Directors Select a CEO When They Have Real Skin in the Game
This Stanford Closer Look from CGRI explores common deficiencies to the succession process and discusses how succession planning can be improved.
December 06, 2024
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Choosing the “Right” Default Donation Amounts for Each Donor to Balance Multiple Fundraising Objectives
The 14-month-long experiment was conducted by the Golub Capital Social Impact Lab, focusing on PayPal’s Giving Fund website with more than 400,000 donors.
November 15, 2024
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2024 Survey of Investors, Retirement Savings, and ESG
This CGRI survey was conducted to understand how American investors view environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities among the companies in their investment portfolio.
November 04, 2024
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Failed Say on Pay: How Do Companies Course Correct after a “No” Vote?
This Stanford Closer Look takes a deep dive into a sample of companies that failed their say-on-pay votes and the changes they implemented the subsequent year.
October 07, 2024
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Solar Flare Up: Systemic Organizational Risk in the Residential Solar Industry
CGRI's Closer Look explores how complex financing, generous tax credits, large sales commissions, and stretched appraisal values combine to increase systematic risk.
August 14, 2024
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Big-Data Initiative in International Macro-Finance
Hosted by GCAP, this two-day workshop was held from June 23-24, 2024, and brought together PhD students from 18 universities.
July 25, 2024
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Boeing 737 MAX
This Stanford Closer Look from CGRI examines how organizational, cultural, and leadership breakdowns contributed to the failure of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
May 16, 2024
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9th Annual Cherry Blossom Financial Education Institute
The CBFEI was held from April 25-26, 2025, and was hosted by IFDM. The event brought together researchers from around the globe to explore the impact of financial education.
April 26, 2024
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Best-Laid Plans: How Multinationals Minimize Taxes
Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, STAX faculty co-director, and Clare Doyle, GSB research fellow, discuss tax planning strategies and problems quantifying their impact and prevalence.
April 18, 2024
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2024 Institutional Investor Survey on Sustainability
CGRI and a few collaborators surveyed 47 major institutional investors and asset owners to understand how they incorporate ESG factors into investment decisions.
April 15, 2024
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Material Selection to Improve Sustainability in the Apparel Industry
VCII's white paper explores how the right choice of materials for garment production can potentially help reduce the apparel industry's environmental footprint.
April 09, 2024
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The Bankers’ New Clothes: What’s Wrong with Banking and What to Do About It
Anat Admati, CASI co-faculty director, and Martin Hellwig release an expanded new edition of their 2013 book.
January 05, 2024
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2023 Survey of Investors, Retirement Savings, and ESG
This CGRI survey was conducted to understand how American investors view environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities among the companies in their investment portfolio.
December 05, 2023
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Exploring the Right Logistics Strategy for China-U.S. B2C Cross-Border E-commerce
This VCII white paper offers an overview of some of the main logistics models and shipping options currently available to cross-border merchants.
March 28, 2023
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Transforming Logistics with AI
View the summary for an executive workshop VCII hosted on Feb. 1, 2023, where participants discussed AI-based technologies in logistics, their benefits, and hurdles to adoption.
February 27, 2023
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The Contribution of High-Skilled Immigrants to Innovation in the United States
This CHSL working paper characterizes the contribution of immigrants to U.S. innovation.
December 15, 2022
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2022 Survey of Investors, Retirement Savings, and ESG
This CGRI survey was conducted to understand how American investors view environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities among the companies in their investment portfolio.
November 05, 2022
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The Road Toward A Circular Value Chain
VCII provides a toolkit to professionals across all parts of the value chain who are interested in incorporating the key principles of a circular economy into their organizations.
July 18, 2022