The Stanford Business Reporter

Professor Zenios: “Winter break was divided between work and fun. Work: I continued my research—I am currently writing a research article on organ allocation and another one on product development. Fun: [I spent] three days skiing at Lake Tahoe, embarrassing myself in front of my wife and four-year old daughter. Also, on December 30, my wife, daughter, and I went to the Nutcracker. And, by the way, I stuffed myself with traditional Greek Christmas cookies. My heart attack risk has increased tenfold!”

Professor Oyer: “I was at home for the holidays, mixing work with family outings and entertaining some out-of-town guests. At the office, in addition to trying to write a paper, I spent a lot of time preparing for the big annual gathering of economists. This involved preparing a few presentations and preparing to interview graduate students who are on the economics job market. The actual meetings, which were in Atlanta this past weekend, provided a good chance to see what other economists are working on and to catch up with people from graduate school and from my time at Kellogg.

Professor Burgelman: “My break consisted of Christmas in Tahoe and a few days of skiing. Then back to research and coping with reviewer’s comments. This is the most enjoyable time of the year because it is the least interrupted—I can totally concentrate. I guess it’s over now.”

Professor Huang: “My winter break experience is pretty simple—I did research, prepared for F220, and attended a conference at Atlanta.”

Professor Wacziarg: ”I worked till December 23 on an article I had to finish for a conference, and preparing the core class I will be teaching in the Winter quarter. Then, I went to spend Christmas with my wife in Santa Barbara and went to Mammoth Lakes skiing between December 25 and 29. After that, I came back to the Bay Area, did some more work on preparing my class, and went to the annual meetings of the American Economic Association in Atlanta, January 2-5. There, I presented the above mentioned article and interviewed job candidates for a junior economist position we have open in the Political Economy Group.”

Professor Kumar: “I was away in India, teaching Operations at the new Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.”

Professor Plambeck: “I’d been writing an article about leadtime differentiation, preparing to teach two new case studies in Operations, reading “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (will I finish before the NEXT winter break?), back-country skiing in British Columbia in thirteen feet of fresh, powdery snow, and learning to dance Bohemian National Polka and Viennese Waltz. “

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