April 24, 2012

12 Outrageous Business Plans

In an article for The Huffington Post, Director of the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center Murray Low discusses the annual A. Lorne Weil Outrageous Business Plan Competition. A photo gallery of students who pitched their business plans is also featured. Read more...

March 06, 2012

A New Approach to Funding Social Enterprises

Professor Bruce Kogut recently co-authored an article describing how bringing philanthropic and investment capital together effectively could increase capacity to address pressing social challenges and how savvy financial structuring would be necessary to make this work. Read more...

February 29, 2012

Why do we need social capital markets? Sir Ronald Cohen at the 2012 Klion Forum

Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of The Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures, spoke at the annual Stanley R. Klion Forum. Read more...

February 28, 2012

Women in Business Conference Offers Advice, Honors Success

Women should own the stories of their careers, declared Debra Coughlin ’82 during her keynote speech at the 19th Annual Columbia Women in Business (CWIB) Conference.

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February 20, 2012

Columbia MBA Students Placed Second at Ross Renewable Energy Case Competition

Daniel Mintzer '13, Morris Cox '13, Donnel Baird '13, and Yaniv Kalish '12 came in second place at the annual Ross Renewable Energy Case Competition. Read more...

February 19, 2012

Columbia MBA Students Win First Place at Net Impact Case Competition

MBA students Donnel Baird '13, Morris Cox '13, Elmer Moore '13, and Miklos Raibon '13 won first place at the annual Net Impact Case Competition. Read more...

January 20, 2012

Professor Jonah Rockoff and Colleagues Release Landmark Education Study

A new study by Professor Jonah Rockoff and colleagues indicates that good elementary school teachers have a positive effect on students in the long-term. Read more...

January 20, 2012

Professor Ray Fisman: New Study Links Teachers to Students' Positive Life Outcomes

A new study suggests that a good grade school teacher can boost college attendance rates, reduce teenage pregnancy, and increase a student??s earning potential. Read more...

January 17, 2012

CJEB Research Associate Professor Takatoshi Ito's research group on the "Economic Strategy for Reconstruction" featured in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun

CJEB Research Associate Professor Takatoshi Ito of the University of Tokyo led a research group which published a series of articles on "Economic Strategy for Reconstruction" in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Read more...