Labs & Initiatives Research Announcements

CGRI surveyed current and former CEOs to understand how they rely on professional coaches and informal advisors to inform their thinking on work-related issues.

CASI hosted a two-day conference with leading experts to examine capitalism’s accountability crisis and advance solutions to strengthen trustworthy democratic institutions.

A conversation between VCII Faculty Director, Haim Mendelson, and Joe McMorrow, VP of Supply Chain Transformation at Cisco.

A conversation between VCII Faculty Director, Haim Mendelson, and Max Shen, chief scientist & VP, and Dr. Yongzhi Qi, technical director of supply chain algorithms, of JD.com.

A conversation between VCII Faculty Director, Haim Mendelsen, and Olivia Nottebohm, chief operating officer at Box.

A conversation between VCII Faculty Director, Haim Mendelson, and Michael Marks, founding managing partner at Celesta Capital.

This Closer Look examines AI's potential impact on boardroom practices, such as how boards function, process information, how boards and management interact, and more.

VCI researched the educational backgrounds of founders from 1,000+ U.S. venture-backed companies that achieved unicorn status, and the findings challenge popular narratives.

A conversation between VCII Faculty Director, Haim Mendelson, and Yoav Shoham, co-founder and co-CEO of AI21 Labs and professor emeritus of computer science at Stanford University.

VCII explores how emerging technologies are reshaping business models, value chains, and consumer preferences in their new speaker series.

This Stanford Closer Look from CGRI explores common deficiencies to the succession process and discusses how succession planning can be improved.

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.

This CGRI survey was conducted to understand how American investors view environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities among the companies in their investment portfolio.

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.

CGRI's Closer Look explores how complex financing, generous tax credits, large sales commissions, and stretched appraisal values combine to increase systematic risk.

Hosted by GCAP, this two-day workshop was held from June 23-24, 2024, and brought together PhD students from 18 universities.

This Stanford Closer Look from CGRI examines how organizational, cultural, and leadership breakdowns contributed to the failure of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

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.

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.

CGRI and a few collaborators surveyed 47 major institutional investors and asset owners to understand how they incorporate ESG factors into investment decisions.