February 6th, 2009
Coming up Monday, February 23: SPRIE's Entrepreneurship Week panel
AnnouncementBe sure to mark your calendar for a major event coming up in February at SPRIE. On February 23, SPRIE will be presenting an exciting panel on Solving the Global Leadership and Talent Equation, featuring Eric Benhamou, Chairman and CEO of Benhamou Global Ventures; David Chao, Co-founder and General Partnet of Doll Capital; Kyung Yoon, President and CEO of Talent Age and Michael Zhao, President and CEO, Array Networks.
December 2nd, 2008
Forbes looks to veteran entrepreneur William Miller for advice on financial crisis
in the news: Forbes on November 12, 2008Forbes magazine spoke with SPRIE co-director William Miller, one of seven "graybeard entrepreneurs" consulted for perspectives on the financial crisis. Read more »
November 22nd, 2008
William F. Miller honored by California-Asia Business Council
in the newsOn November 21, 2008, SPRIE's Dr. William F. Miller was one of three recipients of the California-Asia Business Council's "2008 New Silk Road" award. Miller, along with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Senior Counsel Alexander D. Calhoun and Ambassador Linda Tsao Yang, were recognized by the Council as "The Three Venerables" because of their long involvement in and extensive knowledge of US-Asia commercial relationships. Read more »
October 6th, 2008
SPRIE Advisory Board member Kyung Yoon to receive leadership award
in the newsKyung Yoon, Vice Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles and SPRIE Advisory Board member, has been selected by the Society of Asian Women Leaders to receive their Woman of the Year "Guidling Light Award for Leadership." Read more »
May 23rd, 2008
Eberhart discusses Japanese corporate governance reforms
On May 14, SPRIE Researcher Robert Eberhart spoke about his current research assessing the effect of Japanese corporate governance reforms and the question of whether the corporate system in Japan will ultimately be converging with the Western model. 
Audio transcript available 
presentation, flyer available
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April 25th, 2008
Michael Korver speaks on venture capital in Japan
Venture capitalist, attorney, and educator Michael Korver opened SPRIE's spring seminar series on new post-bubble patterns of entrepreneurship in Japan. Korver, a managing partner in Japan's Global Venture Capital, spoke on how he has seen venture capital evolve there in light of his own firm's experiences. Audio transcript available presentation available
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March 28th, 2008
SPRIE Co-Director William Miller profiled on Forbes.com
in the news: Forbes on March 19, 2008While the Stanford community may know him as former provost, professor emeritus, and co-director of SPRIE, William Miller is also chair and co-founder of Redwood City's Nanostellar, a start-up using innovative methods and new technologies to dramatically increase the efficiency of catalytic converters. Read more »
February 8th, 2008
New Patterns and Paradigms in Global Innovation Networks
Presentations and select audio files are now available for SPRIE's recent forum on innovation.
A Global Perspective on Regional Innovation Indicators
Presentations and select audio files are now available for SPRIE's recent academic workshop on regional innovation indicators.
January 30th, 2008
John Hagel and Henry Chesbrough deliver keynote addresses at "The Shape of Things to Come" conference
John Hagel, co-author of The Only Sustainable Edge , and Dr. Henry Chesbrough, author of Open Innovation, were keynote speakers at "The Shape of Things to Come: New Patterns and Paradigms in Global Innovation Networks." The keynotes bookended the forum, which included sessions on internet services in China and venture capital's role in network building, and featured speakers and participants from the U.S., Asia and Europe. Read more »
December 18th, 2007
Rafiq Dossani speaks on India's arrival in IT
In 1990, India's information technology sector had only around $100 million in exports. Today, it has become a major force in IT. So how did India's arrival in information technology happen?
On November 27, Rafiq Dossani spoke at a SPRIE seminar on his new book, India Arriving. Using the IT sector as an illustration, he discussed the impact of political change in India. Audio transcript available flyer available
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November 29th, 2007
The Highest Value-add is Face-to-Face
in the news: The Mercury News on November 25, 2007Marguerite Hancock, SPRIE Associate Director, quoted in "How Globalization Strengthens the Tech Economy," The Mercury News 
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They Are Still...Doing a Lot of Copying and Process Innovation
in the news: The Mercury News on November 26, 2007William Miller, SPRIE Co-Director, quoted in "Valley's Edge: Success is Hard to Copy," Mercury News article. Read more »
October 12th, 2007
Min Zhu seminar and SEN launch kick off SPRIE's fall quarter
in the news: San Jose Mercury News on October 12, 2007SPRIE kicked off the fall quarter with two special events: first was a seminar on October 9 presented by Min Zhu, co-founder of WebEx, who spoke on "Beyond Beijing and High Tech: Chinese Entrepreneurship on the Edge"; then, on October 10, Martin Eberhard, Tesla Motors' Co-Founder and President of Technology, spoke at the launch of the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network, a federation of organizations, including SPRIE, that focus on entrepreneurship across the Stanford campus. Read more »
October 4th, 2007
Min Zhu and SEN launch kick off SPRIE's fall semester
AnnouncementSPRIE is excited to announce two upcoming events to kick off the fall semester. First, Min Zhu, Co-Founder of WebEx, will be presenting "Beyond Beijing and High Tech: Chinese Entrepreneurship on the Edge," a seminar on Tuesday, October 9; then on Wednesday, October 10, Tesla Motors' Co-Founder and President of Technology Martin Eberhard will be speaking at the launch event for the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network. Read more »
September 1st, 2007
SPRIE co-director Henry Rowen examines "The Curious Life of Clusters"
Writing in the Far Eastern Economic Review, SPRIE co-director Henry Rowen discusses the formation of information technology clusters and how governments in Asia may help or hinder them. His piece, "The Curious Life of Clusters," argues that success for Asian clusters needs "national rules that encourage entrepreneurship, openness to foreign connections of various kinds and support for research."
April 18th, 2007
HP's Richard Walker discusses globalization and the PC business
Richard Walker, vice-president and general manager of consumer desktop PCs at Hewlett-Packard, presented an informative seminar on the "Impact of Globalization on HP's PC Business." 
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March 1st, 2007
Stanford alumni discuss entrepreneurial challenges in China
On February 26, 2007, as part of Stanford University's celebration of Entrepreneurship Week USA, three Stanford alumni, leading entrepreneurs in China, held an animated discussion on their successes, failures and key lessons learned, and on the challenges and pitfalls of startups in China. Read more »
February 12th, 2007
Three groundbreaking Stanford alumni to share their experiences and insights on entrepreneurship in China
AnnouncementAs part of Entrepreneurship Week USA at Stanford University (February 24 - March 3, 2007), SPRIE and the Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society (ASES) will be sponsoring a special event: "Global Entrepreneurship: Stanford Trailblazers in China." Leading entrepreneurs in China will discuss how they got started, challenges they are facing, and their outlook for entrepreneurs in China. Read more »
January 1st, 2007
The rise of China: changing patterns of global innovation and entrepreneurship
A new era is under way for global high-technology innovation and entrepreneurship, marked by the rise of Greater China. During the past several decades, Taiwan, Singapore, and others have developed as centers in key information communications technology (ICT) industries. More recently, from Beijing to the Pearl River Delta, markets for new products are expanding, competencies in new technologies are growing, and a new generation of high-technology regions is emerging. All these signs point toward China as a rising powerhouse, accelerating the shift of locus for the global high-technology arena across the Pacific. Read more »
December 1st, 2006
SPRIE announces the publication of "Making IT"
Press ReleaseNow available from Stanford University Press, Making IT: The Rise of Asia in High Tech is the product of an intensive international collaboration among experts from seven countries and regions. Read more »
November 30th, 2006
Sustainability of high tech regions focus of recent SPRIE workshop
On November 13-14, 2006, SPRIE and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) together with the School of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University, co-sponsored "High Tech Regions 2.0: Sustainability and Reinvention," a workshop at Stanford University. Read more »
China leadership report: the new generation of high tech leaders
Press ReleaseSPRIE's joint research project with Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Consulting has just released "Getting Results in China: How China's Tech Executives are Molding a New Generation of Leaders."
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October 21st, 2006
Jack Gao and Michael Zhao speak on leadership in Chinese high tech
At a SPRIE seminar on September 20, Autodesk's Jack Gao and Array Networks' Michael Zhao spoke on the challenges of creating leaders in China's high tech firms. Audio transcript available flyer available
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June 20th, 2006
"Shanghai Starts Up": Leonard Liu's company Augmentum focus of Newsweek article
in the news: Newsweek on June 12, 2006SPRIE benefits from the experience and knowledge of its Advisory Board, and one member of the Board and his company were recently the focus of a Newsweek article called "Shanghai Starts Up," a look at how some Chinese software firms are fighting to "jack up outsourcing to a new level." Read more »
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