Research Centers and Institutes
Academic research centers enhance Columbia Business School’s reach and reputation by attracting talent that contributes to the School’s intellectual capital and worldwide renown.
Arthur J. Samberg
Institute for Teaching Excellence
Center for Excellence in Accounting
and Security Analysis (CEASA)
Center for International Business
Education Research (CIBER)
Center on Global Brand Leadership
Center on Japanese Economy
and Business (CJEB)
Columbia
Center for Excellence in E-Business (CEBiz)
Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
(CITI)
Eugene M. Lang Center
for Entrepreneurship
Financial Markets Laboratory
The Heilbrunn Center
for Graham & Dodd Investing
Jerome A. Chazen Institute
of International Business
The Paul Milstein Center
for Real Estate
The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.
Center for Leadership and Ethics
W. Edwards Deming Center for Quality,
Productivity and Competitiveness
The Arthur J. Samberg Institute for Teaching Excellence is emblematic of Columbia Business School’s relentless pursuit of excellence in the classroom. The mission of the institute is to enhance the classroom experience through innovation, collaboration and integration across the curriculum. In addition to providing mentoring for new faculty members, the institute ensures continuous support for all faculty members by updating them on new pedagogical techniques, including creative uses of technology.
By bringing together the best ideas in academia and practice, the Center for Excellence in Accounting and Security Analysis (CEASA) provides an independent, objective voice for practical solutions in financial reporting and analysis. The center produces sound research and identifies best practices to address issues confronting accounting regulators and practitioners.
Columbia University’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) is a joint initiative of Columbia Business School and the School of International and Public Affairs. By integrating resources from these and other major divisions of the University, the center expands the breadth and raises the caliber of the University’s teaching and research activities in the field of international business.
The Center on Global Brand Leadership is a partnership between Columbia and other leading business schools worldwide working to address issues of brand leadership in a global economy. The center provides a forum for corporate leaders and managers to discuss and develop innovative solutions to global branding in conjunction with academic researchers and brand consultants. The center generates research on a variety of branding issues, identifies crucial new trends and evaluates successful brand campaigns worldwide.
Established in 1986, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business is designed to enhance understanding of the Japanese and Asia-Pacific economies and their business, financial and managerial systems. An important focus is Japan’s international economic and business relationships in bilateral, Asia-Pacific regional and global contexts.
The Columbia Center for Excellence in E-Business (CEBiz) delivers expertise in how information technology transforms business, advancing e-business theory and industry knowledge. Through rigorous research, dissemination of findings, design of innovative course work and collaboration with firms, CEBiz provides a forum for the dynamic exchange of ideas and practices.
The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) focuses on strategy, management and policy issues in telecommunications, computing and electronic mass media. CITI is a Sloan Foundation academic center for industry research — the only one for the telecommunications field among 15 Sloan centers.
The Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship is run by the Entrepreneurship Program at Columbia Business School and supports the program’s mission to provide students with the critical balance of academic content, practical skills and hands-on support and mentorship necessary to build a successful venture. For those interested in starting their own businesses, the School offers a comprehensive program of specialized courses, workshops and labs to assist in the launch of ventures upon graduation. Student entrepreneurs are also given many opportunities to practice what is taught in the classroom and to present their ideas to investors and other entrepreneurial experts from the School’s active entrepreneurial community for invaluable critical and constructive feedback.
The Financial Markets Laboratory exposes students to a variety of real-time and historical financial, economic and accounting data valuable for classroom projects. Through the use of real-world professional market data systems, information technology and analytic tools, students gain the necessary experience to become productive professionals in financial markets.
Established in 2001, the Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing is a premier knowledge center for investing. Building on the extraordinary Columbia Business School tradition begun by security analysis pioneers Benjamin Graham and David Dodd, MS ’21, the center promotes the study and practice of Graham and Dodd’s value investing principles and enhances Columbia’s role as the leading resource for investment management professionals through our renowned MBA and executive courses, symposia and research.
Established in 1991, the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business represents the crossroads of internationalism and globalization at Columbia Business School and is an important link between the School and the global community of scholars, executives and policymakers. The institute enables students, alumni, faculty members and administrators to collaborate on initiatives and ideas relating to the advancement of international business education and research. Signature activities include curriculum development, international study tours, language education and exchange programs, interdisciplinary research projects and programs, and public conferences and events.
As a platform for new intellectual initiatives, the recently established Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate further enhances the School’s reputation as an educational leader in real estate finance and investment management. The center houses the MBA Real Estate Program, which has long integrated real estate and corporate finance throughout the curriculum. Strong industry connections are cultivated in part by the Case-Study Project, which draws on broad participation by industry professionals.
Through teaching, practical experience and research, the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics — the umbrella organization for leadership and ethics activities at the School — ensures that these issues are an integral aspect of training the next generation of global business leaders. The center’s activities include the Individual, Business and Society (IBS) curriculum, which focuses on issues of individual leadership and personal integrity, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility through a multipart case study taught during new-student orientation, dedicated modules integrated into all core courses and events held throughout the year.
The W. Edwards Deming Center for Quality, Productivity and Competitiveness is a consortium of leading institutions chartered with the exchange of research, best practices and strategic planning to create operational excellence in major corporations worldwide. The center focuses on developing thought leadership via three major initiatives: revenue optimization, advanced commerce research and the Six Sigma total quality approach. The center organizes major conferences and seminars in an effort to bridge the gap between industry and academia.
