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How Taxes Influence Innovation
Season 2 · Episode 28

How Taxes Influence Innovation

If/Then · Stanford GSB

March 5, 202525m 6s

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What’s one of the most powerful forces behind technological breakthroughs, business strategy, and job creation? The tax code.

Rebecca Lester, an associate professor of accounting and one of three inaugural Botha-Chan Faculty Scholars at Stanford Graduate School of Business, studies how subtle tax incentives can trigger monumental business decisions, determining how companies invest, grow, and innovate.

These incentives don’t just shape corporate strategy — they ripple across industries, economies, and markets. From advancing clean energy to catalyzing global competition, you might think of tax policy as a blueprint for the future. The big question: how to do it right.  

Have tax incentives led you to make a personal or professional decision? Tell us more at [email protected].


This conversation was recorded on November 5, 2024.


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