Explore all of the stories from the Summer 2018 issue of Stanford Business magazine.
The Future of Food
These seven technologies are making farms smarter.
Pure Harvest: A Smarter Greenhouse Brings Fresh Produce to the Desert
Fifty miles outside of Abu Dhabi, startup Pure Harvest plans to grow fresh fruits and vegetables in an inhospitable climate.
Plenty: Towers of Kale Growing Outside Your City
This vertical farming startup plans to reimagine farming.
The Science Behind Cambridge Analytica: Does Psychological Profiling Work?
The researchers who warned about abuses of Facebook data show how psychological profiling gets results.
Inside the Secret World of Venture Capital
The Stanford Venture Capital Initiative is quietly assembling a massive database from people who prefer to stay mum.
The Power of a Free Popsicle
A new book shows the value of memorable defining moments on customer and employee experiences.
How to Flunk Retirement and Thrive
A former marketing executive loves his unlikely third act as a prison-education reformer.
How Spotify Broadens Your Musical Tastes
New research shows that streaming music subscribers listen to a more diverse array of artists — and more music in general — on digital platforms.
What’s Fueling Latino Entrepreneurship — and What’s Holding It Back
Latinos are starting businesses at a higher rate than other ethnic groups, but scaling remains a challenge.
Which Revolution Is More Historic: Industrial or Tech?
A new big data analysis spanning 200 years of patents shows that innovation bursts in the 1800s had greater social impact.
Are Influencers Overrated?
A new study questions the effectiveness of targeting “hubs” at the center of social networks.
Giving Credit to the Underserved
Marla Blow knew her nascent credit card company would face an uphill climb. She did it anyway.
Will “Opportunity Zones” Lift Neighborhoods Out of Poverty?
Stanford’s Rebecca Lester teams up with two graduate students to find out.
The Secret Sauce in Workplace Training
First-time workers do better when trainers focus on “unwritten skills,” such as how to talk to strangers.
What Makes a Community Resilient?
A Stanford study explores how communities recover — or fail to recover — from disasters.
Scaling Up and Changing Lives in Africa
How a Ghanaian entrepreneur stitched together a clothing company that employs and houses homeless women.
Can Blockchain Be Used for Public Good?
A new Stanford study looks beyond the hype to examine how decentralized transactions can solve social ills.
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