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David Ross is an Associate Professor at Columbia Business School. He holds a PhD in Economics from New York University's Stern School of Business and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. Previously, he was an associate and vice president with Citigroup Investment Banking in New York and Seoul, Korea and an analyst with National Westminster Bank in New York and London. His research focuses on people and performance, that is, how to recruit, motivate, and organize employees for competitive success. Two points of emphasis are gender diversity and the management of financial institutions. Current research topics include the performance implications of female participation in top management, how the transition to fatherhood influences how much a male chief executive officer pays his employees, and how banks evaluate executive compensation packages in making lending decisions. His work has been published in leading academic journals like the Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, the Review of Financial Studies, and the Strategic Management Journal and has been profiled in media such as Forbes, The McKinsey Quarterly, NBC Nightly News, and The Wall Street Journal.

• Spring 2013
  Global Strategic Management (MBA)
  Strategy Formulation (MBA)
  
• Fall 2011
  Strategy Formulation (MBA)
  
• Spring 2010
  (PHD) Strategy (PHD)
  
• Fall 2010
  Strategy Formulation (MBA)
  
• Spring 2009
  (PHD) Strategy (PHD)
  
• Fall 2009
  Strategy Formulation (MBA)
  Strategy Formulation (EMBA)
  

Fatherhood and Managerial Style: How a Male CEO's Children Affect the Wages of His Employees In Administrative Science Quarterly (2012)
Author(s): Michael S. Dahl, Cristian Dezso, David Ross

Does Female Representation in Top Management Improve Firm Performance? A Panel Data Investigation In Strategic Management Journal (2012)
Author(s): Cristian Dezso, David Ross

On Evaluation Costs in Strategic Factor Markets: The Implications for Competition and Organizational Design In Management Science (2012)
Author(s): David Ross

Are Banks Happy When Managers Go Long? The Information Content of Managers' Vested Option Holdings for Loan Pricing In Journal of Financial Economics (2012)
Author(s): Cristian Dezso, David Ross

The "Dominant Bank Effect": How High Lender Reputation Affects the Information Content and Terms of Bank Loans In Review of Financial Studies (2010)
Author(s): David Ross

Apple, Inc. in 2009: Seeking Sustained Corporate Growth: Fall 2010
Author(s): Bruce Kogut, David Ross

Why Are There So Few Women Top Managers? A Large-Sample Empirical Study of the Antecedents of Female Participation in Top Management (2013)
Author(s): Cristian Dezső, David Ross, Jose Uribe

The Cooperative Financial Institution and Bank Market Power Working Paper (2012)
Author(s): Kose John, David Ross

An Agency Theory for the Division of Managerial Labor Working paper (2010)
Author(s): David Ross

Taking Industry Structuring Seriously: A Strategic Perspective on Product Differentiation In Strategic Management Journal (2012)
Author(s): Rich Makadok, David Ross