Julia Kane

Jan 8, 2024 | forbesindia.com | Julia Kane

Every morning when Yu Ding arrives at Stanford Graduate School of Business, he snaps a photo of an elm tree between the faculty buildings. His Instagram is a motif of the same tree surrounded by the same sidewalk, day after day. “I don’t have many likes,” the assistant professor of marketing admits. A few years back, Ding noticed something interesting.

Nov 7, 2023 | phys.org | Julia Kane

Historically, trade liberalization has been bad news for the world's tropical forests. As wealthy nations' appetite for imported agricultural goods like beef and soy has exploded, deforestation in countries such as Brazil has surged.

Nov 3, 2023 | gsb.stanford.edu | Julia Kane

Historically, trade liberalization has been bad news for the world’s tropical forests. As wealthy nations’ appetite for imported agricultural goods like beef and soy has exploded, deforestation in countries such as Brazil has surged. As one former U.S. climate negotiator : “We are unintentionally creating a financial incentive for criminals to set fire to the Amazon and convert it to farmland.”Is it possible to expand international trade without endangering tropical forests?

Oct 12, 2023 | gsb.stanford.edu | Julia Kane

Bård Harstad tells his students that every environmental problem is, at its core, an inefficiency problem. “This inefficiency means that, overall, you’re losing something,” he explains.

Aug 8, 2023 | gsb.stanford.edu | Julia Kane

Every morning when Yu Ding arrives at Stanford Graduate School of Business, he snaps a photo of an elm tree between the faculty buildings. His Instagram is a motif of the same tree surrounded by the same sidewalk, day after day. “I don’t have many likes,” the assistant professor of marketing admits. A few years back, Ding noticed something interesting.