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This course aims to introduce Social Impact Labs Fellows to different types of social impact organizations and nonprofit organizations, to their financial models, and to issues that arise in measuring their social impact. The course will also support development of the Social Impact Lab Fellows'€™ projects, through peer and faculty discussion and feedback.

This course is open only to students participating in the Stanford-Tsinghua Exchange Program and is required of those students. Requirements include researching and reporting on companies to be visited, attending lectures in preparation for the China visit, attending lectures at Tsinghua, and carrying out and reporting on a project with one or more Tsinghua student. Offered Pass/No Pass only. 2 units. Winter quarter.

As educators and scholars, academics must have the skills to effectively communicate their research to a wide range of audiences, including colleagues, students, professionals, and the general public, as well as in a variety of settings, from academic conferences and job talks to field seminars and the news media. nnnThis highly interactive course is designed to equip PhD students with critical communication skills, including best practices in academic presentations, public speaking, contributing in group settings, and shaping the public dissemination of your work.nnnWhether you are terrified of public speaking or simply looking to enhance an already strong skill set, you will have the opportunity to learn and practice strategies for getting comfortable on the stage, targeting your presentations to various audiences, managing Q&A, creating an effective "elevator pitch" about your work, and telling the narrative of your research. Ultimately, students will gain confidence in their ability to engage, connect, and communicate with their audiences.nn

This course covers various advanced quantitative methods with applications in marketing and economics. Topics include simulation-based estimation, dynamic decision processes, and other topics relating to empirical models of demand and supply. The course stresses the conceptual understanding and application of each technique. Students will learn to apply these techniques using Matlab or an equivalent language.

Educators must be experts in their subject matter, but also effective scholarly communicators. This course will examine the theories for effective communication in the wide range of settings that PhDs will encounter: seminars, academic conferences, job talks, and ultimately in the classroom.nnThis course will provide PhD candidates with the opportunity to practice course principles in simulated communication settings and receive direct and filmed feedback on their performance. Students will benefit from participating in observations of GSB classes (within and beyond their discipline), readings on current education and communication theory and practice, class discussion, and visits from GSB professors.nnLearning Objectives:nnBy the end of this course students will:n-Understand the essentials of oral communication in scholarly settingsn-Understand the fundamentals of business education including syllabus development, classroom instruction, case method teaching, assessment and grading.n-Understand and practice the essential elements of effective presentations - the verbal, vocal, and visual aspects of oral presentationn-Articulate essential distinctions of teaching undergraduate, graduate (including MBA), and executive education students, and how to adapt their approach for these audiencesn-Demonstrate effectiveness as a presenter and growth in the ability to plan and present content in a variety of simulated settings from benchmark to final mock classn-Apply course content to job talks, conference presentations, and other professional settings beyond the classroomn-Evaluate peers and other educators on their ability to practice effective teaching and presentation delivery

This seminar examines research on the psychology of judgment and choice. Although the normative issue of how decisions should be made is relevant, the descriptive issue of how decisions are made is the main focus of the course. Topics of discussion include choice, judgment heuristics and biases, decision framing, prospect theory, mental accounting, context effects, task effects, regret, and other topics. The goal of the seminar is twofold: to foster a critical appreciation of existing knowledge in behavioral decision theory, to develop the students' skills in identifying and testing interesting research ideas, and to explore research opportunities for adding to that knowledge.

This course provides an introduction to microeconomic theory designed to meet the needs of students in the GSB non-Economics PhD programs. The course will cover the standard economic models of individual decision-making, models of consumer behavior and producer behavior under perfect competition, the Arrow-Debreu general equilibrium model, and some basic issues in welfare measurement. This class assumes a basic knowledge of undergraduate intermediate microeconomics, comfort with multivariable calculus and linear algebra and some exposure to real analysis.

This course is offered for students requiring specialized training in an area not covered by existing courses. To register, a student must obtain permission from the faculty member who is willing to supervise the reading.

This course is elected as soon as a student is ready to begin research for the dissertation, usually shortly after admission to candidacy. To register, a student must obtain permission from the faculty member who is willing to supervise the research.