Research Resources and Links

Other research resources and links at the Business School and Columbia University include:

Chazen Institute Visiting Scholars: International doctoral candidates or faculty members interested in conducting independent research at Columbia Business School for a period of three months to one year may apply to become a Chazen Visiting Scholar. More information on the visiting scholars program can be found online.

Doctoral Program: PhD students work with tenured and tenure track faculty on research relevant to social enterprise areas. The doctoral program at Columbia Business School is highly competitive, and prospective applicants should to apply to a field of study, as described on the School's Doctoral program web site.

Columbia Ideas at Work: this online resource showcases recent business research with an online magazine, provides research briefs which highlight main findings of research papers, and has a searchable archive of faculty publications and viewpoints.

Earth Institute: Directed by international economist Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, the Earth Institute supports pioneering sustainable development research and projects in areas such as energy, water, climate change, poverty reduction, health, and urbanization. Under the auspices of the Earth Institute are groups such as the Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, and Center on Capitalism and Society.

Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD): Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz founded the IPD to help developing countries explore policy alternatives, and enable wider civic participation in economic policymaking. IPD is now a global network of more than 200 leading economists, political scientists, and practitioners. More information about IPD research programs and publications can be found online.

"Many purchases require consumers to trust that goods will be delivered as advertised. Consumers perceive corporate citizenship as an effective signal of trustworthiness.

In a long-running collaboration with eBay, I have been working to understand how consumers respond to charity tie-ins in online listings. People pay more for charity-linked products, but mainly for purchases from relatively young sellers who haven’t had a chance to prove their reliability. Charity signals trust because a philanthropic seller is less likely to cheat his customers. This research is part of a broader agenda to understand the costs and benefits of corporate good works."

—Professor Ray Fisman
Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise
Co-Director of the Social Enterprise Program