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The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics

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January 17, 2008

Media concentration in an era of digital convergence

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.

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April 25, 2006

Outsourcing and technological change

If your industry has a high rate of technological change, are you more likely to outsource?

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February 15, 2008

The Case Method Makes Room for Africa

Ryan Petersen ’08

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?

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May 07, 2008

Flying the Frenzied Skies

Garrett van Ryzin

Flight cancellations, delays, inspection fiascos, mergers, bankruptcies. And now a second bag tax? What’s going on with the airline industry?

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January 30, 2008

Reimagining Nigeria

Ryan Petersen ’08

From the moment we exited the airport, we knew we’d have to throw all preconceived notions about Lagos out the window.

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February 27, 2006

Embrace your mess: Q&A with Eric Abrahamson

In his new book, Eric Abrahamson lambastes our profit-devouring, time-wasting obsession with order and revels in having achieved an optimal state of messiness.

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June 15, 2005

The impact of founder succession

A founder's departure can have a positive, negative or neutral effect on organizational performance. New research helps to predict the impact of founder succession on a particular organization.

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November 15, 2006

A Return to the banker's honor code

Jonathan Knee wants to bring back the traditional values of investment banking's early days -- before junk bonds, LBO funds and the Internet bubble changed everything.

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May 03, 2007

The blame game

How cultural differences between Japan and the United States affect the way leaders are perceived when accidents strike.

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July 12, 2007

Putting the customer back at center stage

Noel Capon looks at how companies succeed in a new world where an oversupply of goods and services means an undersupply of customers.

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February 22, 2008

Pulling the Plug: Polaroid and Toshiba

Rita Gunther McGrath

One of the most difficult — but essential — decisions to make in today’s hypercompetitive markets are those that involve shutting things down.

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June 15, 2005

When culture counts

Do Chinese avoid conflict? If so, how will this cultural trait affect negotiations with your Chinese joint venture partner? New research sheds light on how culture influences people in business settings.

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January 14, 2008

Putting Skills to the Test in Africa

Ryan Petersen ’08

If I think too much about it, Nigeria scares me. But my nervous tension is dwarfed by the excitement that only a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity can create.

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April 16, 2008

Matters of trust play out on the global stage

Why do Americans and Japanese show different levels of trust? Ko Kuwabara examines how different cultures build relationships and social networks.

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July 26, 2006

Decision brief: EMC turnaround

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?

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May 09, 2008

Tips for Managing a Fast-Growing Company

Ryan Petersen '08

When a company’s development is driven primarily by industry-wide expansion rather than a company’s innovation and operational excellence, you can be certain that the business will experience its share of growing pains.

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October 03, 2007

Do high CEO salaries pay off?

New research suggests that high-priced talent at the top may be justified in a globalized world.

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March 06, 2008

Building better market research

A new method for designing market-research experiments reduces costs and yields more precise results.

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March 25, 2008

Sirius and XM: The Changing Nature of Competition

David Rogers

During Sirius Satellite Radio’s bid to acquire XM Satellite Radio it claimed that its real competition was not from XM but all the other options — hi-def radio, MP3 players, cellphones and backseat DVDs — that consumers have for incorporating audio and media into their drive time.

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February 27, 2007

What really happens at mixers?

An innovative experiment shows how we try -- with varying degrees of success -- to meet new people.

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June 15, 2005

Creative recombination

Eric Abrahamson discusses his book, Change Without Pain, which presents "creative recombination" as a sustainable alternative to traditional methods of organizational change.

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May 03, 2007

The unsung heroes of corporate growth

Rita McGrath calls for empowering middle managers, who -- with their inside company knowledge, political savvy and talent for getting things done -- make innovation possible.

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January 07, 2008

Can Video Games Teach Algebra?

Jill Stoddard

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.

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April 09, 2008

PE or VC: What's in a Name?

Sanjeev Sharma '06

Before working at a venture capital company, I tried for years to figure out how to quickly determine if something is a venture capital investment or a private equity investment.

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April 18, 2008

Risk Management: Who's Listening?

Michael Keehner

After conducting a survey of very large corporations around the world, I discovered that a standard of best practices for employing risk management within a governance structure does not yet exist.

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December 19, 2007

When familiarity breeds connections

For young biotech firms seeking prestigious industry alliances, who their top management team knows may be as important as what they know.

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February 11, 2008

Marketing Virgin Territory

Jill Stoddard

Delivering the dream of space travel has always been the exclusive province of government agencies, and primarily the privilege of professional astronauts. With Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson is trying to change that.

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April 16, 2008

Adaptive Organizations

Finding the optimal level of task specialization helps organizations adapt and gives workers needed flexibility.

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November 15, 2007

Is it really irrational to be emotional?

Why strong displays of emotion — even negative ones like anger — can be good for organizations.

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March 05, 2008

The C4I: Capon’s Customer-Centric CEO Index

Noel Capon

What could be a better basis for determining your firm’s degree of customer orientation than the behavior of your CEO?

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March 07, 2008

Why Educating 10,000 Women Is Good for Goldman Sachs

Geoff Heal

It’s a striking claim: by giving money away, we make ourselves better off. Can this be true?

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Academics

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Management Division

B7399: Private Equity: Growth Equity & LBOs

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B9455: Social Entrepreneurship: Global Perspective

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B9701: Corporate Governance

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B8799: Organizational Change

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B7399: Corporate Restructuring

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B9701: Managing the Growing Company

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B9707: (PhD) Organization Theory

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B9706: (PhD) Organizational Behavior

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B9455: Financing Social Ventures

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B7701: High Performance Leadership

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B9701: Innovate or Die

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B8399: Value Investing

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B9399: Healthcare Investment & Dealmaking

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B9777: What does it take to raise venture capital?

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B9301: Venture Capital

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B9701: Private Equity in Emerging Markets

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B7618: Business to Business Marketing

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B7708: Corporate Growth & Development

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B8713: Introduction to Venturing

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B9301: The Business of Sports

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B7739: Advanced Entrepreneurship

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B8714: Power & Influence in Organizations

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B8153: Tax Factors in Business Decisions

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B9711: (PhD) Strategy

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B9377: Mergers & Acquisitions in Media (Master Class)

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B7399: Applied Investment Analysis

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B9301: Distressed Value Investing

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B9713: (PHD) ADVNCD MACRO SEMNAR

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B7713: Introduction to Venturing

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B8412: Managerial Negotiations

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B9301: Private Equity, Credit Markets, Leveraged Buy-Outs

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B9701: Family Business Management

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B8399: Entrepreneurial Finance

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B9377: Private Equity (Master Class)

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B9811: Healthcare Industry in the 21st Century

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B9677: Strategy Consulting Skills (Master Class)

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B9701: Top Management Challenges

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B8299: Economics of Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

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School News & Events

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March 06, 2008

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. Read more...

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December 11, 2007

Vikram Pandit, PhD ’86, Appointed CEO of Citigroup

University trustee and Business School alumnus has won the top leadership position, following his recent promotion to chairman and CEO of the bank’s institutional clients group. Read more...

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April 01, 2008
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Leadership & Ethics week: Bobbi Silten, The Gap - Product RED Campaign

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Directory

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Ann Bartel
Ann Bartel

apb2@columbia.edu
212-854-4419

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Michael Feiner
Michael Feiner

mcf612@gmail.com
212-854-5767

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Charles Calomiris
Charles Calomiris

cc374@columbia.edu
212-854-8748

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Maria Guadalupe
Maria Guadalupe

mg2341@columbia.edu
212-854-6176

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Stuart Ellman
Stuart Ellman

se2111@columbia.edu
212-418-5101

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Kathryn Harrigan
Kathryn Harrigan

krh1@columbia.edu
212-854-3494

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Laura Resnikoff
Laura Resnikoff

lbr6@columbia.edu
212-854-5813

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Salvatore Galatioto
Salvatore Galatioto

GalatiotoS@gspcap.com
212-854-7903

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Bruce Kogut
Bruce Kogut

bruce.kogut@columbia.edu
212-854-9050

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Eric Abrahamson
Eric Abrahamson

ea1@columbia.edu
212-854-4432

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Joel Brockner
Joel Brockner

jb54@columbia.edu
212-854-4435

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Frank Lichtenberg
Frank Lichtenberg

frl1@columbia.edu
212-854-4408

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E. Ralph Biggadike
E. Ralph Biggadike

rb317@columbia.edu
212-854-4426

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R. Glenn Hubbard
R. Glenn Hubbard

rgh1@columbia.edu
212-854-2888

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Murray Low
Murray Low

mbl2@columbia.edu
212-854-4403

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School News

April 25, 2008

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. Read more...

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April 23, 2008

Must I Bank?

Professor Jonathan Knee suggests that the current financial crisis presents an opportunity for bankers to reflect on their career satisfaction. Read more...

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April 19, 2008

Citigroup Records a Loss and Plans 9,000 Layoffs

Following the close of a difficult quarter, investors will be watching closely as Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit ’86 continues his push to turn the company around. Read more...

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April 17, 2008

Where Pandit Is Taking Citi

Rejecting calls for Citigroup’s breakup, CEO Vikram Pandit ’86 has vowed to keep the world’s largest bank intact in order to preserve its wide international reach. Read more...

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April 06, 2008

Your True Calling Could Suit a Nonprofit

Professor Ray Horton advises those wishing to transition from for-profit into not-for-profit work to start by looking within their industry. “If you work for a private educational institution, you could go to a public charter school,“ he suggests. Read more...

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April 01, 2008

Under the Treasury's Plan, Fed Would Lose a Key Power

Commenting on the Treasury Department’s plan to overhaul the regulatory framework for the financial system, Professor David Beim points out the difficult reality of forcing institutions to merge. Read more...

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March 26, 2008

Volunteering Abroad to Climb at I.B.M.

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...

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March 11, 2008

Boot Camp for Curators Who Want the Top Job