Browse By Area of Focus: Europe
August 15, 2009

Pioneering Civic Banking: An Interview with Enrique Goni

Nicholas Doimi de Frankopan MBA '09
Pioneering Civic Banking: An Interview with Enrique Goni

Mr. Enrique Goni, CEO of Caja Navarra, presents Caja Navarra's civic banking model and its potential impact on the banking industry.

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October 15, 2008

Romania: Governmental Challenges and Opportunities

Greg Kuczynski MBA '08
Rachel Vessey MBA '09

Runner-up, Study Tour Paper Competition: Students on the Chazen Study Tour to Eastern Europe witness the challenges and opportunities for development in the growing economy of post-Communist Romania.

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April 23, 2008

The Warsaw Stock Exchange and the Development of Capital Markets in Central and Eastern Europe

Patrick Connolly MBA '08

Ludwik Sobolewski, president of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, speaks about the ongoing development of the leading stock exchange in Central Europe and the growth of capital markets in the region.

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March 03, 2008

Acciona and the Global Renewable-Energy Sector

Brian Lavery MBA '08

On November 8, 2007, Columbia Business School's Energy Club welcomed Peter Duprey, CEO of Acciona Energy North America, to discuss the company's guiding philosophy and business strategy in the renewable-energy industry.

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June 15, 2007

For Italian Luxury Goods Companies, Less is Often More

Priscila Rodrigues MBA '07
Carrie Shuchart MBA '07
Alexander Haugh MBA '07

Through visits with Armani and Ferrari, a group of MBA students learned first-hand about positioning, waitlists, and Italian luxury.

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March 21, 2007

Carbon Finance Panel

Brad Fusco MBA '07

Columbia Business School’s Social Enterprise Club, Energy Club and Bernstein Student Leadership and Ethics Board held a panel discussion to address compelling questions about carbon finance. The panel featured two executives who discussed the opportunities and challenges in the carbon finance industry.

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March 02, 2007

Crossing Swords with Oligarchs: Profitable Investment and Economic Development in Emerging Markets

Brad Fusco MBA '07

On October 16, 2006, Bill Browder appeared at Columbia Business School and addressed more than 200 students, faculty and alumni as the International Development Club fall 2006 speaker.

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January 11, 2007

Presentation by Robert "Bob" Diamond, Jr., CEO of Barclays Capital

Scott Goodwin MBA '07

Robert E. "Bob" Diamond, Jr., CEO of Barclays Capital, spoke to the Columbia community about European-U.S. investment banking strategy as part of the David and Lyn Silfen Leadership Series, which attracts some of the most influential professionals in the business world to share their leadership styles and philosophies.

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November 29, 2006

Beeline: Launching a Mobile Phone Operator During Russia's Turbulent Economic Rebirth

Masha Birger MIA '06
Candan Canbeyli MIA '06
Max Lapin MBA '07
Steven Rubenstein MBA '06

In the early 1990s, during the last days of the Soviet Union, entrepreneurship was legalized in Russia and many businessmen started to launch new ventures. In those turbulent days, Dmitry Zimin, the head of a secret radio-technical military institute in Moscow, sought opportunities to start his own business.

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