The accounting scandal of Satyam, one of India's largest outsourcing companies, seriously hurts investor confidence, not only for India but worldwide, says Professor Sudhakar V. Balachandran.
The closing of General Motors' High Performance Vehicles division will have a major psychological and symbolic impact on the car industry.
In the 1990s, EMC was the hottest stock on the NYSE. But when the dot-com bubble burst, the company took a turn for the worse. How did Joe Tucci revamp EMC's business model to fit a radically different marketplace?
Firms with iconic CEOs often enjoy an advantage over their competitors. But what happens when their leaders move on?
Lured by the promise of sunny weather and Hollywood glamour, nearly 30 Columbia MBAs (including me) descended upon Los Angeles for the annual student-run media trip this January.
More than $7 billion of the stimulus package has been allocated to expanding the nation's broadband networks. But will the program create as many jobs as its proponents suggest?
A new book, "The Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies" by faculty members Jonathan Knee, Bruce Greenwald and Ava Seave delves into the reasons why the media industry is hitting bottom.
One of the most difficult — but essential — decisions to make in today’s hypercompetitive markets are those that involve shutting things down.
In his new book, Eli Noam measures market share to gauge how the media industry has evolved and to determine which companies will win and lose in the digital infotainment age.
The film's success mirrors many of the trends that are driving Indian advertising and branding. What are they? Professor Gita Johar shares what panelists discussed at the recent Branding in India and China symposium.
Is Citi Field a well-placed marketing spend? In challenging economic times, don't underestimate the importance of customer perception. What else do marketers need to consider?
Professor Holbrook did a series of studies on music, mostly to understand the role music plays in shaping the way most of us think and feel about nonmusical things.
Newspaper and media publishers are struggling to find a way to make money. Adjunct professor and media consultant Ava Seave shares her thoughts on how they might find the right price.
Everyone has his or her own choices for the top marketers of 2007, so I don’;t expect you to agree with me.
Super Bowl ads don’t quite make it to the new world of networking sites, user content and interactive media.
Facebook users sent a strong message to the company in November: don’t share our online buying information. But how valuable is this information among friends?
It's imperative that marketers realize that social media is the business strategy - not just a part of the business strategy.
Sirius Radio CEO Mel Karmazin describes his early days with CBS Radio and how he went from taxi driver’ son to media industry legend.
How did the Indian Premier League become a worldwide phenomenon? Professor Rajeev Kohli's case study on the cricket league was the focus of the School's inaugural case competition, which concluded last night. Read more about the case.
Columbia Business School's digital footprint is growing. Where does your social network overlap?
To combat the high cost of textbooks, Professor Noel Capon is allowing students to pay what they wish for the online version of his new marketing text.
Monday morning we started the day off with yoga and it’s already in the news.
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."
"Modeling and stats classes were key for me," says Stephano Kim '03. Read more about Kim's journey to become president of online advertising firm x+1.
Naif al Mutawa '03 was recently honored with the Social Entrepreneur Award in the Middle East from the Schwab Foundation. Public Offering spoke with him about how his comic book company is a social enterprise.
In his new book The Venturesome Economy, Amar Bhidé argues that the willingness and ability of Americans to develop and use innovations derived from the scientific research of other nations is a crucial driver of U.S. prosperity.
We are in the midst of a huge shift towards “cloud computing” — where we store our files and software on the web rather than on our personal desktop machines.
New research from Professor Leonard Lee shows that decisions made with emotional processing tend to be more consistent. Certain attributes can elicit those kinds of gut decisions.
On a giant video screen, robot avatars armed with space-age immobilizers competed in a 3D landscape. But in order to win, these players better know their algebra.
I’ve been working to have my novel turned into a movie for the past few years, and the process has revealed the truth behind both positive and negative film-industry stereotypes: it’s full of passive-aggressive people, but it does respect persistence.
Dr. Craig Barrett, retired Intel CEO and chairman, was awarded the 2009 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics at this year's Social Enterprise Conference. Read about conference highlights.
Antitrust laws aim to protect consumers and spur innovation by fostering competition, but in some industries ingenuity thrives under monopolists.
Could the power of the crowd soon rival corporations for organizing labor? Author Jeff Howe, who is a speaker at today's BRITE conference, discusses the evolution of crowdsourcing.
Technological tying may allow a market leader to maintain an edge, but innovation is another question.
Based on her research for the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Kathryn Harrigan discusses strategy models for players in the rapidly evolving telecommunications industry.
What exactly is a social enterprise? And how are we delivering on our bold idea for social change?
Pinpointing your location on a Google map is only the beginning.
A viral marketing campaign, like OfficeMax's Elf Yourself program, can do great things for brand recognition. But how well does that translate into direct sales? Adjunct professor Ava Seave blogs about how to set the right expectations for viral marketing.
Over the past decade, leading African business schools have adopted the traditional case method. But how much can they really learn from these cases when they are about American companies that routinely leave Africa out of their operating plans altogether?
A taxonomy of new web-based business models shows how healthy profits can be made even when aspects of an offering are available for free.
The gap between rich and poor has widened in America over the past few decades. And we’re getting increasingly better evidence that technology is one of the main culprits.
New research from Professor Brett Gordon shows that competition between Intel and AMD stifled, rather than fostered, Intel's innovation. How so?
It is hard to believe that just 10 years ago no one had yet used “google” as a verb, sent an email invitation to another person requesting declaration of their friendship to the world, or even remotely considered penning a Wikipedia entry.
Infosys' Narayana Murthy spoke to the community last week. He defined success as being "the acceptance by the circle of your family, friends and your community that you are indeed valuable." What is your definition of success?
Word-of-mouth promotions can significantly outperform conventional campaigns, and online and offline interactions are both important for success.
Professor William Duggan, author of "Strategic Intuition", and Naif Al-Mutawa '03 are speakers at the inaugural TEDxEast event today. Watch live streaming video from the event.
We need intelligent economic models to excite investors and present operators before things get worse for the newspaper industry.
If your industry has a high rate of technological change, are you more likely to outsource?
For President-elect Obama's plan to expand the nation's broadband Internet to effectively stimulate the economy, it must address the issue of net neutrality, says Professor Eli Noam.
If climate change is caused by human behavior, can decision science be used to stop it? Professor Elke Weber explains.
Finding the optimal level of task specialization helps organizations adapt and gives workers needed flexibility.
Why does the world out there have such a dismal view of the so-called dismal science? We, as economists, have been terrible ambassadors of the profession in two critical ways.
Just what is the difference between a widget and an app?
I’ve always believed that there are millions of people out there just waiting to hear accessible language about cars, not technical jargon.
This year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, was so well attended that this normally quaint ski town was bursting at the seams: on Saturday night, at the height of the opening weekend’s hottest parties and screenings, the power went out on Main Street for about an hour.
"You have to focus on your competitive advantage, which is local," says Jonathan Knee, director of the media program, about the future of the newspaper business.
The Internet's image is that of a decentralized industry with low barriers to entry. But a study of market concentration in the Internet sector and related industries yields some surprising results.
In a new book coauthored with Jonathan Knee and Ava Seave, Bruce Greenwald explains why performance suffers at so many big media conglomerates, and which media firms will succeed in a changed media landscape.
When it comes to movies, can critics and the average moviegoer ever agree? Research by Professor Morris Holbrook suggests that in the absence of a major marketing blitz, they often do.
A new venture by Megan Bordi ’09 and her business partner won this year's A. Lorne Weil Outrageous Business Plan Competition. Their business brings an educational aspect to the online game market for kids and tweens in China.
Professor Wei Jiang weighs in on Google's plan to allow its employees to exchange stock options. Does the plan create the right incentive for employees or is there a better solution?
Unilever’s Dove brand has garnered much goodwill for its 4-year “Campaign for Real Beauty.” But it turns out that the refreshingly atypical beauties from its print campaign may have been airbrushed.
During difficult economic times, companies must differentiate themselves in new ways to build a solid and loyal customer base. Unique to Columbia...
Del Ser hatched the idea for Frogtek while he was a student at Columbia Business School, in partnership with Mark Pedersen ’07. Read more...
As part of the Silfen Leadership Series, Richard Parsons spoke on risk taking, accountability and highly publicized CEO resignations. Read more...
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In Jonathan Knee's article for Barrons, he points out that despite popular belief, newspapers are still more profitable than other types of consumer media. Although profit margins have fallen from levels exceeding 30% to the mid-teens today, this still exceeds margins for movies, music, and books which have often struggled to reach 10%. Read more...
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Dan Rosensweig, the president and CEO of Guitar Hero, a division of Activision, has been appointed Columbia Business School's newest executive in residence. Read more...
This study quantifies the macroeconomic impact of investment in broadband technology on employment and output of Germany�??�?�¢??s economy. Building on the �??�?�¢??National Broadband Strategy�??�?�¢?�??�?� announced by the German government, two sequential investment scenarios (2014 and 2020) are defined. The economic impact of broadband development over a ten year period in Germany amounts to 968,000 additional jobs and EUR 170.9 billion in incremental output. Read more...
This presentation was made to the West Virginia High Technology Consortium. It looks at some of the practical issues raised by the implementation of the Obama Administration's Broadband Stimulus plan. Read more...
In a New York Times Magazine article on April 16, Professor Elke Weber, codirector of the Center for Decision Sciences, suggests that solving climate change requires more than developing the right technology. Read more...
CITI Director Raul Katz, quoted in Fortune.com Read more...
In separate posts to the New York Times Room for Debate blog, Profs. Amar Bhidé and Rita McGrath each offer a perspective on how tough economic times can give rise to entrepreneurial success. Read more...
Still living in Web 1.0? Find out with our 10 question quiz and join our conference "User Generated Content 3.0" on April 17, 2009! Read more...
In an op-ed Prof. Amar Bhidé says America’s “venturesome consumers” will continue to add value to the economy even during the current crisis. Read more...
The two-day event brought together leaders in business, technology, media and marketing to discuss how technology and innovation are transforming the ways that companies build and sustain brands. Read more...
On February 19, 2009, The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) and The Georgetown Center for Business & Public Policy hosted "Implementing the Broadband Stimulus: Maximizing Benefits and Monitoring Performance" at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Read more...
A speaker at the BRITE 09' conference, put on by the Center on Global Brand Leadership at Columbia Business School, presented a method for generating innovative ideas. Read more...
On February 19, 2009, The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information and The Georgetown Center for Business & Public Policy hosted "Implementing the Broadband Stimulus: Maximizing Benefits and Monitoring Performance" at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Presentations have now been posted online, and press coverage is listed here. Read more...
Prof. Raul Katz considered the effect that wiring rural areas for broadband Internet service will have on job creation, at a seminar in Washington co-sponsored by Columbia Business School. Read more...
In conjunction with CITI's conference, "Implementing the Broadband Stimulus," Dr. Raul Katz has released a new working paper on the broadband stimulus package, recently signed into law by President Obama. Read more...
Prof. Mark Cohen expresses skepticism that attempts to convert brick-and-mortar retailers to online businesses will succeed. Read more...
An article profiles RareShare.org, a social networking site co-founded by David Isserman '10 to connect people affected by rare diseases. Read more...
Speaker presentations have been posted from CITI's conference on December 12, 2008, "The Economics of the Digital Television Transition." Read more...
The Economist names Prof. Amar Bhide’s new book, The Venturesome Economy, among the best books of 2008. Read more...
Photos Posted from CITI 25th Anniversary Summit on Media & Communication! Read more...
The Venturesome Economy, a new book by Prof. Amar Bhidé, prompts an examination of the nature of America's competitive advantage. Read more...
Speaker presentations have been posted from CITI's 25th Anniversary International Summit on Media & Communication, with video of the event to follow in the coming weeks. Please visit the event page to access this material: http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/citi/events/summit2008 Read more...
Prof. Michael Morris discusses his research findings on how the language used to describe market movement influences investors. Read more...
In celebration of its 25th Anniversary, CITI will be hosting two special media and communication events over the course of two days. Reservation can be made for either or both events, however, admission for The Next Generation of Communications conference will be complimentary for registrants of The CITI 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner. The CITI 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner Thursday, October 30th, 2008, 6 P.M. Low Library, Columbia University And Conference: The Next Generation of Communications - The Dawning of the Ultra-Broadband Era Friday, October 31st, 2008, 9 A.M. - 6 P.M. Read more...
CITI Announces the publication of "Peer-to-Peer Video: The Economics, Policy, and Culture of Today's New Mass Medium," edited by Eli Noam & Lorenzo Pupillo Read more...
Richard Zannino, former CEO of Dow Jones & Company, is Columbia Business School’s newest executive in residence. Read more...
Video and Presentations Now Online from "The Focus on Locus" (7/11/08) Read more...
With the US electoral campaign heating up, one of the main high-tech issues will be the state of high-speed internet in America. A campaign discussion on this subject could be much deeper and more meaningful. It should be about Americaâ??s future information economy, about the interplay of private and public initiatives, about a diverse media landscape and about its role as an exporter of information and media products. Read more...
Presentations Online from Paris Ultrabroadband Conference (4/3 - 4/4/08) Read more...
Presentations from CITI's conference "Future Scenarios for Latin American Telecom" are now online. Read more...
RecycleBank, co-founded by Ron Gonen ’04, is greening neighborhoods by creating an economic incentive for recycling. “Recycling is something you can do today that has a significant environmental impact on the way you live,” says Gonen. Read more...
Professor Paul Ingram says an effective manager knows how to step outside of his or her comfort zone: “The fact that you are an excellent programmer or salesman...doesn't mean you can be a great leader outside of your technical or cultural expertise.” Read more...
CITI and WiMAXDay.com Announce 2 Day WiMAX Investor Summit - May 12 & 13 Read more...
On April 14th 2008, the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information will hold the inaugural meeting of the Network of Research Centers on ICT in Latin America. This cross-disciplinary academic network seeks to advance knowledge on the social and economic impact of ICTs in Central and Latin America, and examine the policy and regulatory issues that affect its broad-based development. Read more...
Conference Registration for Future Scenarios for Latin American Telecom Now Open! Read more...
This conference will bring together policy makers, industry experts, and academics from the United States, Korea and Europe to examine the perspective of "Ultrabroadband" (i.e. transmission rates above 1Gbps on the residential market). It is a joint event of the Chair on Innovation and Regulation in the Digital Economy (Ecole Polytechnique - Telecom ParisTech - OrangeLabs) and is jointly organized with the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI), and Korea Telecom. Read more...
In this article about mobile phone design, Professor Rita Gunther McGrath comments: "There is an awful lot of pressure to keep the wheels turning instead of putting money into new innovation and development." Read more...
CITI Announces Symposium on Location Based Services - April 11, 2008 Read more...
Network neutrality concerns about abusive discrimination by telecom network operators with market power is nothing new. There is long history in the United States of actual discrimination by network operators and consequential government actions to eliminate or at least mitigate the adverse consequences of market power, including unreasonable discrimination... Read more...
Presentations from The State of Telecom - 2007 are now available online. Read more...
To record the success of our intern program,and the projects/activities of a full working summer, CITI has produced a commemorative "journal." Read more...
Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement, by Professor William Duggan, will be the first book published under the Columbia Business School Publishing imprint. Read more...
Published in The Financial Times Online. Read more...
Are Internet Companies Overvalued (Again)? What we can learn from eBay?s acquisition of Skype. by Raul L. Katz and Paul Zangrilli Read more...
Video of Smart Radio, Smart Markets, and Policies now hosted online! To view the video, please visit the Smart Radio event page. Read more...
Published in The Financial Times Online Read more...
A student's venture captures one moment on earth Read more...
By Michelle Savage '07. Read more...
CEBiz has launched an online virtual laboratory to research decision making, focusing on customers, managers and others. Read more...
Professors Sunil Gupta and Donald Lehmann's E-Customer Value Project has been published in the article "Customers as Assets," which was awarded the Best Paper award in the Journal of Interactive Marketing. Read more...
Building a Wealth of Communities: Wikispaces a Year Later Read more...
Tango Tops 200,000 in Circulation Read more...
NPR Interview Read more...
Wikispaces in the news Read more...
Student Paper Featured in Top Mexican Newspaper Read more...
Dean Glenn Hubbard and Annual Dinner Chair Lulu Wang ’83, CEO of Tupelo Capital, welcomed 1,000 guests to the School’s 29th Annual Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria last night. Read more...
