Chazen : The Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Bu

Preparing for Success in a Borderless World

The Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business serves as the focal point for Columbia Business School’s major international programs and initiatives and supports, sponsors and promotes thought leadership and frontier research on topics related to the global economy and business.

The Institute provides forums for collaboration and learning among students, faculty members and the global community, connecting these constituencies with experiences, cultures and practices in markets across the globe.

The Chazen Institute plays a leading role in shaping international business policy and education through research, symposia and conferences, experiential learning programs, curricular innovation and the creation of intellectual content and its translation to wider international business communities.

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Chazen Announcements

On February 17th the Nand and Jeet Khemka Distinguished Speaker Forum will present N. Chandrasekaran, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services.

Learn more about the Chazen MBA Exchange Program during an information session on February 9th at 12:45pm in Uris Hall 331. Applications for the fall 2010 semester are due Friday, February 26th at 1:00pm in Uris Hall 212.

Featured International Research

What explains China's high savings rate and the global trade imbalance? Shang-Jin Wei, director of the Chazen Institute, explains in an interview with the Business News Network that increased pressure on the marriage market, due to the one-child policy, prompts parents with sons to increase savings to make themselves more competitive. Read more.

Panel of regional experts urges East Asian countries to further promote economic and political cooperation in the post-crisis period. Read the news article in English or Korean or read a summary of the panel discussion.

Chazen provides funding to support a large-scale, global survey study on Cross Cultural Perceptions and Consequences of Choice, led by Professor Sheena Iyengar. Learn more about faculty research.

Professor Arvind Panagariya, program director of the Program on Indian Economic Policies, discusses the influence of the G-20 on trade policies in an interview on CNBC.

In an interview on Forbes.com about his new book, The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty, coauthored with Professor William Duggan, Dean Glenn Hubbard argues that economic aid must be channeled through local business sectors. Learn more about the work of Columbia Business School in Africa.

Watch videos with international executives, read event reports and learn about internationalism in the classroom on the Chazen Web Journal of International Business. Last updated on January 15, 2010.