CBS Team Wins Global Social Venture Competition with Clean Energy Plan
Out of a record field of 245 teams from 23 countries, a student team from CBS won the $25,000 grand prize at this year’s Global Social Venture Competition.
Social Enterprise Student Speaks on Leadership at World Leaders Forum
CBS student Melissa D’Agostino was featured in a panel discussion hosted by Columbia University’s World Leaders Forum and moderated by President Lee C. Bollinger the evening of April 16.
Professor David Beim says highly leveraged companies are finding themselves in a precarious position.
Executives Find Ways to Keep Moving Ahead Despite Economic Fears
The Wall Street Journal
Goldman Sachs Announces Global Women's Education Initiative and CBS Partnership
CEO Lloyd Blankfein said the firm pledges $100 million to provide 10,000 underserved women with education and mentoring in business, management and entrepreneurship.
Columbia Women in Business Conference Defines Success with New Perspectives
Avon CEO Andrea Jung delivered the keynote address, emphasizing the importance of passion, humility, balance and social responsibility.
This feature describes the work CBS students have done with African entrepreneurs as part of Professor Murray Low's master class, Entrepreneurship in Africa. Dana Malman, Katie Leonberger and Ryan Petersen, all class of 2008, are quoted.
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Second Annual India Conference Imagines Future of Corporate Social Responsibility
Making the distinction between isolated philanthropic acts and sustainable practices, the conference’s featured speakers emphasized the need for making corporate social responsibility integral to long-term planning.
Social Enterprise Conference on Value Creation Breaks Participation Record
Unilever group chief executive Patrick Cescau, awarded the Botwinick Prize for Business Ethics, delivered the keynote address on the importance of corporate social responsibility.
School Welcomes President of Dominican Republic
President Leonel Fernández Reyna of the Dominican Republic delivered a speech at Columbia Business School — and threw out the first pitch before a Yankees game — during his visit to New York.
A Marshall Plan for Africa
Dean Glenn Hubbard and Professor William Duggan propose a business-sector support project for Africa.
Tang Calls for a Long-Term Approach to Investing in China
Frank Tang ’94 of Temasek Holdings — one of the largest overseas investors in China — returned to the School on May 10 as the fourth speaker in the Sir Gordon Wu Distinguished Speaker Forum.
School Continues to Forge Ties with Asia
Earlier this week, Dean Glenn Hubbard embarked on a 10-day trip through Singapore, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong and Seoul. This is his third visit to Asia — and first to Singapore— as dean of Columbia Business School.