Vanessa Burbano
Assistant Professor
Management
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2002; M.A., Universidad Complutense, 2003; M.P.A., Princeton Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 2009; M.A., UCLA Anderson, 2011; Ph.D., UCLA Anderson, 2015
Joined CBS in 2015
Office:
704
Uris
Phone:
212-854-4401
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax:
212-854-3778
Personal Website
Curriculum Vitae
Biography
Vanessa Burbano is an Assistant Professor of Management in the strategy area at Columbia Business School. She was named to Poets and Quants’ 2019 list of Best 40 Business School Professors Under 40.
Burbano researches the strategic implications of socially responsible and irresponsible firm practices. Her research has been recognized with awards including those from the Strategic Management Society, the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability, the Responsible Research in Management Award, the Impact for Investment Research Prize, the Berkeley Sustainable Business and Investment Forum, the International Association of Business & Society, and the Industry Studies Association. Her work has been published in Organization Science, Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, California Management Review, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Organization & Environment, and has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, The Financial Times, and the New York Times.
She holds a Ph.D. from UCLA Anderson School of Management and an M.P.A. from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Prior to academia, she worked as an Associate at Goldman Sachs and as a Strategy Consultant at Monitor Group.
Memberships & Affiliations
2009 - 2013
Teaching
Spring 2021
Fall 2019
Fall 2018
Fall 2017
Fall 2016
Columbia Caseworks cases
Zara: Fast Fashion in the Digital Age
(2018)
Coauthor(s): Vanessa Burbano, Bennett Chiles, Dan J. Wang
Research
Journal articles
The Demotivating Effects of Communicating a Social-Political Stance: Field Experimental Evidence from an Online Labor Market Platform
In Management Science
(2021)
Coauthor(s): Vanessa Burbano
Differences in Consumer-Benefiting Misconduct by Nonprofit, For-profit, and Public Organizations
In Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
(2020)
Coauthor(s): Vanessa Burbano, J. Ostler
Getting Gig Workers to Do More by Doing Good: Field Experimental Evidence from Online Platform Labor Marketplaces
In Organization & Environment
(2019)
Coauthor(s): Vanessa Burbano
Pro Bono as a Human Capital Learning and Screening Mechanism: Evidence from Law Firms
In Strategic Management Journal
(2018)
Coauthor(s): Vanessa Burbano, J. Mamer, J. Snyder
Social Responsibility Messages and Worker Wage Requirements: Field Experimental Evidence from Online Labor Marketplaces
In Organization Science
(2016)
Coauthor(s): Vanessa Burbano
The Drivers of Greenwashing
In California Management Review
(2011)
Coauthor(s): Magali Delmas, Vanessa Burbano
Working papers
Gender Differences in Preferences for Meaning at Work
(2020)
Coauthor(s): Vanessa Burbano, Stephan Meier, Nicolas Padilla
The Causal Effects of Employee Participation in Corporate Volunteering: Field Experimental Evidence
(2020)
Coauthor(s): Vanessa Burbano, F. Portocarerro
When One Isn't Enough: Organization-level and Product-level Sustainability in New Ventures
(2020)
Coauthor(s): Vanessa Burbano, N. Carlson, J. Ostler
Congruence between Leadership Gender and Organizational Claims Affects the Gender Composition of the Applicant Pool: Field Experimental Evidence
(2019)
Coauthor(s): Mabel Abraham, Vanessa Burbano
Future Orientation, Diversity, and Corporate Social Responsibility
(2019)
Coauthor(s): O. Hawn, Vanessa Burbano, E. Moulton-Tetlock
Mitigating Gig Worker Misconduct: Evidence from a Real Effort Experiment
(2019)
Coauthor(s): Vanessa Burbano, Bennett Chiles
Leadership Gender and Social Claims Affect the Gender Composition of the Applicant Pool: Field Experimental Evidence
(2005)
Coauthor(s): Mabel Abraham, Vanessa Burbano
Ideas and Insights
In The Media
Employees Step Up Pressure for Corporate Reform
Business Leaders, Drawn into Fray by Trump, See Chance to Step Back
P&Q’s 2019 Best 40 under 40 MBA Professors
Why Socially Responsible Companies Pay Less for Top Talent
These Are the Shortfalls of the Paris Climate Change Deal
Press Releases
Awards And Honors
2019 Selected to Poets & Quant’s Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors
2019 Finalist, Industry Studies Association Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award
International Association of Business and Society Conference
2018 Winner, Best Paper Award, Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability Annual Conference
2017 Winner, Outstanding Paper Award, Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability Annual Conference
2017 Winner, Best Ethics Paper, Midwest Strategy Conference
2017 Winner, Investment for Impact Research Prize, Berkeley Sustainable Business and Investment Forum
2017 Winner, Responsible Research in Management Award
2016 Finalist, Wiley Blackwell Award for Outstanding Dissertation Research in Business Policy and Strategy
2015
2014
2014
2013
2013
2012
2011