Leadership & Ethics News
September 22, 2020
Recent graduate, Hemish Dave ’20, founder of Boda Coffee speaks to his new venture and how CBS prepared him to lead in a sustainable and purposeful way.
September 21, 2020
The Paul Milstein center for Real Estate sat down with the incoming Real Estate Association (REA) Co-Presidents Jessica Rosner ’21 and Lisa Weingarten ’21 to learn more about what brought them to the MBA Real Estate Program at Columbia Business School, into leadership positions in the REA, and beyond! Read more to get the inside scoop on the lives of Jessica and Lisa!
September 21, 2020
NEW YORK - Diversifying the workplace is an urgent priority for most employers, but the barriers to doing so are steep: studies have shown that in order to achieve gender balance at work, nearly 50 percent of women would need to change occupations. But an ongoing challenge for companies as they work to diversify is ensuring diverse applicants are submitting resumes.
September 17, 2020
The study finds that women place higher value on ‘job meaning’ than men, caring more about their company’s mission and how their job fits into it
September 17, 2020
September 15, 2020
One of CJEB’s core faculty members, Professor Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University, appeared on Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia and commented on incoming premiere Yoshihide Suga and the possibility of a snap election in Japan in the coming year.
Chances of Japanese Snap Election in Next Year Very High, Says Japan Scholar (Bloomberg 09/15/20)
September 14, 2020
NEW YORK – With the global pandemic online shopping has taken a more important part in our lives than ever. Online reviews are critical to shaping the virtual marketplace. Consumer feedback on products – both positive and negative – can dramatically influence consumers’ shopping decisions and firms’ sales. But new research analyzing hundreds of millions of reviews finds that many are extreme and predominantly positive.
September 14, 2020
No PPP Funding? 5 Ways for Small Businesses to Survive
September 14, 2020
Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was interviewed on NHK World. A video of the section featuring Professor Ito’s interview about the challenges that will need to addressed by Mr. Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s next prime minister, can be found at the link below.
Expert: Suga Faces Demographics Crisis (NHK World, 9/14/20)
September 13, 2020
The Federal Reserve Preps for Its Final Meeting before the Election
September 13, 2020
JCPenney Could Be Doomed, Even as Malls Race to Save It
September 9, 2020
Why the Stock Market Is Poised to Disappoint for a Decade or Longer
September 7, 2020
Silicon Valley’s Culture Clash
September 3, 2020
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September 2, 2020
Modupe Akinola, Associate Professor of Management, steps into the role of Faculty Director this fall.
September 1, 2020
August 30, 2020
Meet the MBA Class of 2022: The COVID Cohorts
August 29, 2020
Psychological Scars of Downturns Could Depress Growth for Decades
August 27, 2020
A year after the Business Roundtable ‘stakeholder capitalism’ letter, Europe’s record proves the strategy doesn’t deliver
August 25, 2020
The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate is pleased to welcome the following new alumni to the Real Estate Circle: Matthew Karp '04, Fernando Lamas '05, and Scott Shapiro '99 as Leaders.
August 25, 2020
New research from Columbia Business School finds that fears of artificial intelligence may be misguided, as companies that expand hiring in artificial intelligence see increases in both sales and market share as well as a boost in employment
August 24, 2020
Mike Gould and Mark Cohen Discuss the Need for Strong Retail Leadership Today
August 23, 2020
The Dubious Appeal of ESG Investing Is for Dupes Only
August 23, 2020
Coronavirus Lifts Government Debt to WWII Levels—Cutting It Won’t Be Easy
August 21, 2020
Former CEA Chair Glenn Hubbard on Issues with the Fed’s Lending Program
August 20, 2020
This year, MBA SLEB Co-Chairs, Anna Houseman '21, Kathryn Savasuk '21, and Amanda Pfabe '21 pledge to co-sponsor workshops and panels about DEI and its intersection with ethical leadership while enhancing the School’s Individual, Business, and Society Curriculum.
August 20, 2020
EMBA SLEB Co-Chairs, Marilynn Joyner '21 and Barry Wise '21, are focused on the ethical implications and leadership opportunities related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.
August 20, 2020
New Columbia Business School research finds over-focusing on short-term earnings leads to reduced innovation, and that state laws that prevent hostile takeovers can have a positive impact
August 19, 2020
A Key Reason Behind USPS’ Woes: Employee Compensation
August 19, 2020
A Key Reason Behind USPS’ Woes: Employee Compensation
August 19, 2020
An Open Letter to the Business Roundtable 181
August 18, 2020
The second annual Academic DEI Conference virtually assembled top professors from peer schools around the world to discuss and develop best practices for teaching diversity, equity, and inclusion in business school and beyond.
August 14, 2020
'What'd You Miss?'
August 14, 2020
Shhh! We’re Heading Off on Vacation
August 13, 2020
Columbia Business School study finds that the majority of consumers are loss averse, but results vary by age, education level and financial experience
August 13, 2020
Trump's Attempt to Take the US out of the WHO Is Disastrous for America and Could Make the World Sicker
August 13, 2020
Much of America Is Shut Out of the Greatest Borrowing Binge Ever
August 12, 2020
Laurel Richie, former president of the WNBA, speaks to authentic, trailblazing leadership and the hallmarks of healthy corporate cultures.
August 12, 2020
The Secret Behind New Zealand’s Victory Over Covid-19: Its Balance Sheet
August 12, 2020
It Was Business. It Was Personal. A Father-Daughter Feud
August 12, 2020
The Secret behind New Zealand’s Victory over Covid-19: Its Balance Sheet
August 11, 2020
Luxury Education Foundation Discusses Leadership, Scouting Talent
August 11, 2020
NEW YORK – With a potential second wave of COVID-19 looming, government leaders across the globe must navigate ways to minimize economic losses while maximizing health and lives saved. Examining commuting patterns and lockdown measures in three major cities, Amit Khandelwal, Columbia Business School’s Jerome A. Chazen Professor of Global Business, argues that policymakers should abandon the blanket shutdown strategies commonly used in the first few months of the pandemic.
August 7, 2020
It’s Time to Reconsider the 9 to 5 Work Schedule
August 6, 2020
The U.S. May Lose in Trump's TikTok War
August 6, 2020
New Research from Columbia Business School Reveals Apple, Google, GM and Others Hold Complex Financial Portfolios that Prioritize Tax Optimization
August 5, 2020
On August 5, 2020 the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) organized a webinar titled, “Central Banking in the COVID-19 Era.” News outlets, including Bloomberg, Reuters, Asahi, NHK, and Nikkei, referenced the webinar and comments made by the speakers.
August 5, 2020
Winter Is Coming, and It’s Making a Lot of Restaurant Owners Nervous
August 5, 2020
Technology Is Integral to the New Normal in Retail
August 3, 2020
Looking to Africa for Food Innovation: Could Fonio Be the Next Quinoa?
