A simple text message can prompt the poor to double their savings.
Does anonymity create a more honest selection process or increase the chances that corrupt elements can hide?
Does teacher certification affect student performance?
Global economic growth and sustainability can -- and should -- go hand in hand, argues Geoffrey Heal, who here offers, in the keynote address prepared for the Rio+20 sustainability summit, four crucial steps to building long-term fiscal and environmental prosperity.
Professor Stephan Meier's research looks at the ways individuals behave with financial products. How can firms better help consumers make decisions?
New financial tools and technologies are poised to change the way microfinance is practiced, says Suresh Sundaresan.
Millions of dollars are being raised for aid to earthquake survivors in Haiti. What does this mean for charitable giving and CSR?
New research from Professor Ray Fisman and his colleagues shows that linking a product with a charity donation is an effective way to boost sales.
From the economy to economic gangsters, this reading list comprises some of the books faculty members enjoyed most last year.
Paul Tierney, chairman of TechnoServe, an organization that provides technical assistance to entrepreneurs in developing countries, explains what works and what doesn't.
Executive in Residence Bruce Usher says the United States must take fast action on clean-energy projects to compete with China in the clean-tech race.
Bruce Kogut, the director of the School's Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics, discusses the center's latest perspective about making the financial sector work for Wall Street and Main Street after the financial crisis.
More than 55 MBA students in the Social Enterprise Program participated in the Summer Fellowship Program. Read more about their experiences.
Professor Shang-Jin Wei, the new director of the Chazen Institute, discusses how innovation and the environment are tied to the global economy.
New research reveals how connectivity in local social networks promotes cooperation.
When it comes to social responsibility, being too bad or too good can bring harmful headlines.
Professor Geoff Heal says there are two actions that can mitigate the effect of greenhouse gases on the planet.
The First Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Case Competition, sponsored by IBM, looked at the Norwegian Government Pension Fund and its divestiture of Wal-Mart.
In a video interview, Nancy Barry, CEO of Enterprise Solutions for Poverty, shares her thoughts about how the private sector can be used to help low-income countries build businesses.
New research shows just how much teacher absences hurt student achievement.
Corporate social responsibility, says Ray Fisman, can help companies earn consumers' trust, and perhaps even higher profits.
How municipal governments can use incentive programs to create a shorter commute and improve welfare for all.
Geoffrey Heal discusses his new book, in which he considers how a firm's environmental and social performance affect its competitiveness and financial performance.
A group of Columbia Business School students attended the annual Net Impact Conference last weekend, where one topic of discussion was the future of energy. What business models have the greatest growth potential?
The generous endowed gift will support the teaching, research, and ancillary activities related to Usher’s role as the SEP’s co-director. Read more...
The article discusses Prof. Gonen ’04 and his appointment as New York City’s deputy commissioner for recycling and sustainability. Read more...
Columbia Business School’s innovative real estate cases and new Social Impact Real Estate Investing and Development are highlighted in a November 26 Financial Times article about real estate curricula at leading business schools. Read more...
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Profs. Fisman and Usher, co-directors of the Social Enterprise Program, discuss the importance of equipping student entrepreneurs with the framework and ideas that will help them in innovating for social change. Read more...
Columbia Business School would like to invite you to our new Spark Social Venture Workshop series!� � Spark provides Social Innovators with an opportunity to explore resources, connections and potential solutions to help their social ventures, by tapping the collective knowledge within Columbia University, and the larger entrepreneurial and social impact community in the New York area and beyond. This workshop is open to all who are willing to bring their ideas, experience, and connections to help solve social and environmental challenges that these social innovators aim to address. This event is supported by the� Social Enterprise Program, the� Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center and the� Social Enterprise Club� at Columbia Business School. Read more...
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Bruce Kogut, the director of the School's Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics, discusses the center's latest perspective about making the financial sector work for Wall Street and Main Street after the financial crisis. Read more...
More than 20 executives of nonprofit groups in Harlem came together at Columbia Business School for a leadership training program, "Strengthening West Harlem Nonprofits." Read more...
For Kesha Cash '10, being an impact investor means doubling as a social entrepreneur and as an activist for the next generation of change-makers. Read more...
In an article for The Huffington Post, Director of the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center Murray Low discusses the annual A. Lorne Weil Outrageous Business Plan Competition. A photo gallery of students who pitched their business plans is also featured. Read more...
Professor Bruce Kogut recently co-authored an article describing how bringing philanthropic and investment capital together effectively could increase capacity to address pressing social challenges and how savvy financial structuring would be necessary to make this work. Read more...
Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of The Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures, spoke at the annual Stanley R. Klion Forum. Read more...
