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Archive for August 2009
August 31, 2009

An Rx for Mental Health?

Can research from management science and marketing help explain - and possibly treat - depression and anxiety?

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August 27, 2009

A Leaner, Greener Orientation

How better to learn the fundamentals of sustainable business practice than to apply it to orientation?

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August 26, 2009

Substantive CSR Yields Serious Results

How do organizations respond to societal pressures for changes in their corporate social responsibility policies?

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August 24, 2009

Cold Calls Are Good for You and Other Lessons for the MBA Classroom

As part of international student orientation, there was a session on how to deal with the MBA classroom practice of cold calls. We offer you a few dos and don'ts about how to participate in class.

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August 21, 2009

A Spanish Savings Bank Tries A New Way

A Spanish savings bank, Caja Navarra, is pioneering a new way with what it calls civic banking. Nicholas Doimi de Frankopan '09 interviewed its CEO in the recent issue of the Chazen Web Journal.

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August 19, 2009

Sticking Your Head in the Sand

When the stock market heads south do you ignore your bank account balance? Professor Nachum Sicherman discusses his research on the links between the ups and downs of the market and consumer behavior.

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August 17, 2009

What Are Your Economic Indicators?

Economic indicators are all around us, from the number of empty store fronts to the volatility index for the stock market.

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August 14, 2009

Summer Term: Hard Work, Community

View a photo slideshow with highlights from the summer term, including student activities, a Case Competition and community forum on behavioral economics.

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August 13, 2009

CITI Assists with Broadband Review

The FCC has asked Columbia Institute for Tele-Information to conduct a review of telecom companies for its National Broadband Plan. Professor Eli Noam says CITI can help the agency create a program "grounded in facts."

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