Why do business relationships take longer to establish in China than in the United States? New research explores key differences between the American and Chinese approaches to building networks.
According to my new friend at Blackstone, restructuring has a short window of opportunity because, unlike the weather here in London, there are typically more sunny days than rainy days in any given market cycle.
While in Paris, we met with a few CBS alumni and had many intriguing discussions, though one important theme that arose — responsibility — left us with a new perspective on our careers.
Joseph Stiglitz, a prominent critic of globalization's shortcomings, offers practical ideas for extending its benefits.
Just around the time that jet lag was due to set in, the CBS Korean Study Tour was infused with a seemingly endless supply of sugar.
New metrics provide a way to measure the growth and evolution of complex business groups.
Professor Shang-Jin Wei, the new director of the Chazen Institute, discusses how innovation and the environment are tied to the global economy.
A new book by Professor Bruce C. Greenwald and Judd Kahn challenges the predominant view of globalization.
Frederic Mishkin explains that while emerging market countries face special macroeconomic challenges, inflation targeting can work well in those countries if it's done right.
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.
Is microfinance the key to ending poverty in the developing world? New research findings could help microfinance institutions lower their interest rates and reach more borrowers.
How can investors learn to trust a foreign legal system to enforce the rules? Professor Ray Fisman looks at the case of Hermitage Capital in Russia.
How did the financial industry on the other side of the Pacific fare during the economic crisis? The new issue of the Chazen Web Journal reports.
Paraguay is selling energy to Brazil at the same price as cup of coffee in Uris Deli — $2.67. We need to renegotiate a fair price.
Sidney Taurel '71, chairman of Eli Lilly & Co., spoke about how he would spend $10 billion to solve a world problem. How would you spend it?
Asia’s growing role in international finance has brought an increasing number of executives to American universities to learn how to sustain and scale their own economic growth.
Imagine if thousands of informal businesses listed in a business directory were accessible to anyone with a mobile phone? What if they were also linked to their regular customers, and through them, thousands of potential new customers?
What exactly is a social enterprise? And how are we delivering on our bold idea for social change?
Microlumbia is considering making a loan to a small savings and loan cooperative in Ruhiira, Uganda. How did we evaluate the operation and what did we learn about the local economy?
Shareholders are demanding more rights. What are the implications for corporate governance?
Will a new bubble form in 2010? What will happen to the retail market? Faculty members share their predictions for the year ahead.
In international business, it's important to be flexible and keep learning.
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.
Business leaders are the ones best suited to manage the risk of climate change that we find ourselves subject to as a global community.
Firms in developed countries can compete with those in emerging economies by specializing at the high end of the quality scale.
I believe our most crucial role is to teach the next generation of business leaders how to apply their business knowledge in a way that will transform this newly globalized world for the better.
Switching aid to the local business sector in order to cultivate a middle class is the only way to eliminate poverty in poor countries, Dean Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan say in their new book.
During the three months we worked in New York and the two weeks we spent in Dhaka, we helped them refine a plan to train young women to install and repair the Solar Home Systems.
Turkey is currently undergoing a significant social, economical and political transition. And somewhere in these winds of change lie several interesting opportunities.
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.
How innovation and foreign ownership help high-performing firms reach even higher.
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.
In a Community Forum on October 29, Dean Glenn Hubbard, professors Bill Duggan and Gita Johar, and Eric Tienou '03 of Burkina Faso discussed economic development in Africa. Learn more about the School's partnership with the University of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania.
Incoming members of the class of 2011 have organized a trip around the globe to connect with local admits and alumni this summer. Read more about their travels.
Nearly 500 alumni and guests gathered in Hong Kong for a series of faculty panels and networking events as part of the Pan-Asian Reunion.
A new orientation lecture about the financial crisis was created this year to give students an overview of the causes and key issues of the crisis.
Only radical action can solve Europe's sovereign debt crisis.
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.
The test of the bailout will be whether the government plans to buy banks' assets at a price resembling fair market value.
How will turmoil in global money markets affect the world economy? And what can central banks do to prevent a future credit crunch?
Shanta Devarajan of the World Bank says we must foster macro-economic stability in Africa if we want to solve the problem of poverty. Watch the video interview.
New financial tools and technologies are poised to change the way microfinance is practiced, says Suresh Sundaresan.
This was my eighth consecutive year attending the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting at Davos. My first year there, I found myself guiding the late Yasser Arafat to the men’s room and having a tête-à-tête with Oprah Winfrey.
Charles Calomiris discusses India’s adaptation to participating in global markets, its challenges in sustaining growth and its rivalry with China.
How would you handle an ethical dilemma in your job? An international panel of students discuss real-life problems and solutions.
Chinese consumers judge brand names in other languages by the sound and meaning of the names’ Chinese equivalents.
In a new book, Raymond Fisman discusses how using the tools of economics to confront corruption can help alleviate poverty and promote stability in the developing world.
A growing body of evidence suggests that when private equity enters an industry, growth and productivity follow.
More than 55 MBA students in the Social Enterprise Program participated in the Summer Fellowship Program. Read more about their experiences.
Networking, perseverance and a willingness to live in relatively less-desirable locations can help you find a job with the prestigious organization. What else do you need?
Columbia Business School's economists respond to the Treasury's plan to recapitalize banks.
What areas of research would you like to see developed this year?
Professor Shang-Jin Wei and Jong-Wha Lee, chief economist of the Asian Development Bank, shared their views on Asian economies at a recent event.
Warren Buffett, MS '51, and Bill Gates spent an hour answering students' questions in a community forum on November 12. A major theme of the conversation was optimism about U.S. economic prosperity in the long-term.
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?
I recently returned from teaching a one-week program in nonprofit management in Saudi Arabia, where foundation leaders want to make philanthropy more strategic. What was the experience like?
Was Exxon's decision to pull out of Venezuela a smart one? Can Facebook challenge Orkut in Brazil? The new issue of Chazen Web Journal takes a look.
In response to cyber attacks last week, Google has said it may withdraw its operations from China. Can it afford to do that?
"You should pursue the things you're inherently interested in. Look inside yourself for career advice, because that is important, wherever it might lead you." Read more about how Karen Kalina '94 built a career in finance that took her overseas.
Corruption — a major barrier to growth and development in poor countries — is difficult to define and even more difficult to measure. Creative research methods are shedding new light on its effects.
When will mobile services in emerging markets evolve beyond text message technology? We believe that time is now.
Has the quantitative revolution in finance been misunderstood? A research symposium on December 4 explored the uses and misuses of financial models.
"The downsizing of General Motors opens economic opportunities for Toyota in the U.S. market, but it may also create serious political risks for Toyota's market share," says Professor Hugh Patrick.
There are three structural shifts that are transforming the Americas, which could provide opportunities for Sumitomo.
What can Japanese businesses learn from the unprecedented crisis engulfing Toyota? It's a question that was raised over spring break on the Chazen Study Tour to Japan.
The Urban Land Institute reports that the aging of baby boomers will lead to a dramatic increase in single-person households, driving demand for more multifamily housing.
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.
The SEC's vote for international accounting standards could make it easier for investors to compare companies.
New research shows how intermediaries play a key role in facilitating the movement of goods across the globe.
What was once a small desert city along the gulf coast is quickly becoming a large metropolis with miles of skyline and hundreds of man-made islands emerging from the Arabian Gulf.
It’s a striking claim: by giving money away, we make ourselves better off. Can this be true?
My road trip through Hong Kong, Singapore, and Manila is revealing continued opportunities for Columbia Business School in Asia.
Oil prices will continue to fall in the short term, but recovering demand and a limited supply will keep prices moving higher in the long term.
There are two ways the crisis will have an effect: through the trading route and through the asset route.
A lagging consumer appetite, not a tight market for lending, is the main cause of the plunge in exports during the global recession.
Hugh Patrick, director of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, reflects on Japan in the aftermath of disaster.
On November 12, Columbia Business School students will join Warren Buffett, MS '51, and Bill Gates in a special community forum, which will be filmed by CNBC for global broadcast.
In the early days of microfinance, a significant gender bias emerged among borrowers and persists today: approximately seven out of 10 borrowers are women. The jury is still out, but I think this is one case in which we should embrace gender bias.
New research from Professor Shang-Jin Wei points to a new macroeconomic implication of China's gender imbalance.
An indisputable highlight of J-term orientation was the presentation “The International Student Experience” given by Dan Fishel ’08, where he discussed the many challenges that international students face.
One possible explanation for Asian stock market declines a few days ago is that market participants are realizing that Asia is not “decoupled” from economic performance in the United States and the rest of the industrial world.
From the Archive: A skewed sex ratio is fueling a highly competitive marriage market, driving up China’s savings rate and with it the global trade imbalance.
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.
This week marks the beginning of the second annual student-organized CBS World Tour, where nearly 150 admitted students from the class of 2011 will be meeting up in 40 countries around the world.
Noel Capon talks about how firms can retain and grow their most valued customers by shifting from country-based account management to global account management.
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.
Research shows how online remote employment agencies can provide a crucial "stamp of approval" for inexperienced workers.
Coach chairman and CEO Lew Frankfort ’69 is going on the offensive, opening nearly 30 stores in China (with plans for 50 more) and introducing more high- and low-end styles. Will this dilute the brand?
The most recent subject to provoke shivers of anxiety is the rise of sovereign wealth funds, notably the investment by a number of them during the past two months of nearly $20 billion in some leading U.S. financial institutions.
"The two largest developing countries, India and China, are the least dark spots in this gloomy economic picture," Professor Joseph Stiglitz told audience members at the South Asian Business Association conference on Friday.
From the economy to economic gangsters, this reading list comprises some of the books faculty members enjoyed most last year.
New research suggests that membership in intergovernmental organizations is an important driver in spreading democracy.
Their popularity with low-income buyers may not be the only reason single-serve packages sell so well.
A visit to Seoul was a wonderful opportunity to enrich connections with alumni, where I found them pleased with the pro-business agenda of newly elected President Myung-bak Lee.
Telecom is helping the Nigerian economy diversify and move away from its dependence on the traditionally attractive oil and gas sector.
Will oil prices stay at current levels, and how will they affect consumer confidence and the economy as a whole?
Without financial globalization, says Frederic Mishkin, poor nations can't reach the next stage of development.
David Beim argues that China's golden age of hyper-growth is likely nearing an end.
In the late 1990s, Argentina adopted world-class bank regulation and welcomed the arrival of several large foreign banks. Did these changes make it easier for small firms to obtain funding?
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.
Any successful organization requires growth in order to stay competitive, but how does a comparatively small company continue to grow if it has a limited domestic market?
Drawing lessons from recent and historical financial crises, Charles Calomiris offers policy recommendations for managing risk in global financial markets.
In the future, global companies will do more and more business with other global companies. G2G is a different game from B2B. Noel Capon explains how to make the shift.
Shocked by the size and scope of modern-day slavery, I put aside my corporate aspirations and worked for eight years to find a way to attack the economic forces perpetuating this industry.
Why have organizations shifted from bare-minimum standards of corporate social responsibility to overcompliance?
There has been a lot of emotionally charged rhetoric surrounding sovereign wealth funds. I just don’t buy it. Calls from politicians and the media for sovereign wealth fund regulation miss the larger point.
David Beim discusses why America has little to fear from opening its markets and much to gain from moderating its appetite for deficits.
Anticipate the future structure of your industry, Coca-Cola's CEO Muhtar Kent advised students in a recent lecture at the School.
Monday morning we started the day off with yoga and it’s already in the news.
The trade organization doesn’t treat rich and poor nations the same, but all members can gain from collective negotiations.
Large, long-term investors can capture a variety of risk premiums at lower cost by shifting some investments from active management to passive benchmarks.
I could have sworn I was at a rock show, not an annual meeting. Yet there I stood outside the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska at 6 a.m.
In March, Lukas Bauer ’09 and I worked with the First MicroFinanceBank of Tajikistan to assess the viability of providing commercial loans to small and medium enterprises.
How do organizations respond to societal pressures for changes in their corporate social responsibility policies?
Although BPO has been a driver of India’s recent economic development, the future of India’s emerging economy will likely be elsewhere.
New research suggests that high-priced talent at the top may be justified in a globalized world.
When I decided to move to Hyderabad, I knew I would stand out for a variety of reasons. But I didn’t anticipate how being a female entrepreneur would make me an anomaly.
My trip began with a good omen — cherry blossoms in full bloom — and continued with frank discussions on the current state of the world’s financial markets.
The day after completing my application to CBS, I purchased a world map and a box of thumbtacks and began charting my trip: a 15-week journey to some major cities around the world. I was hoping for the adventure of a lifetime.
If you feel you’re ready to work really hard and get accustomed to an incredibly fast-paced environment, then China is the place for you.
Are there enough resources to meet growing demand? That is one of the many questions energy experts discussed at the 2009 Energy Symposium. Read more.
On February 1st I moved to Hyderabad, India to officially start GreenMango’s operations. That first day, a lot went wrong.
Twenty-two students participated in a Chazen Study Tour to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in January and gained insight into how Western business operates in the United Arab Emirates.
Despite all the fuss about offshoring to Bangalore, Amar Bhide claims it can't transform India's economy. Here, he explains the reforms needed to spur business growth and put India on the fast track.
New research from Professor Brett Gordon shows that competition between Intel and AMD stifled, rather than fostered, Intel's innovation. How so?
Professor Andrew Schmidt discusses the impact of Obama's proposed tax code changes. What industries will be affected?
The giant was willing to lose. New research from Professor Paul Ingram examines the impact of protesters on Walmart's strategy for opening new stores.
Why has Africa been left out of the business revolution? William Duggan discusses an alternative to aid for the world's poorest countries.
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.
How can corporations play neighboring states’ regulations off each other to identify the best environment for doing business?
After the first flight arrived at BA’s new Terminal 5 at Heathrow, everything went downhill.
The reason India and China went from being peripheral players in the world market in 1980 to the powerful forces they are today didn’t have to do with changes in the global market. It had to do with local changes.
From the moment we exited the airport, we knew we’d have to throw all preconceived notions about Lagos out the window.
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.
The recent KPMG Peat Marwick/Stanley R. Klion Forum on Ethics focused on the growing role of corruption in international trade.
The Tsukiji Fish Market may be one of the last places in a developed country where business is transacted quickly and efficiently without the aid of technology.
To better understand the business environment in Italy, we attended a private equity conference, where we had the opportunity to meet with the U.S. Ambassador to Italy.
International work is becoming increasingly instrumental for career advancement. Here’s how to make the most of your experience.
Prof. Amar Bhide argues that midlevel innovation is of greater competitive value than high-level research to companies.
Satyam's auditors were responsible for proactive audit work which they, by their own admission, did not conduct. A close look at the company's balance sheet shows why.
When I enrolled at CBS, I had no idea that I’d have such a global experience right in my own backyard — or how that would help me see how important an international perspective is to succeeding in business.
The cofounders of Microlumbia tell how their experience at Columbia propelled them to start something big — really big.
Maurice Lam '78 has played a key role in turning Mauritius into an African success story for private-sector development. What can be learned from his experience?
Assessing the work of the Federal Reserve, Frederic Mishkin contends that communication and transparency must counterbalance the necessary independence of a strong central bank.
Forget the old assumptions about China's boom — the country's economic growth doesn't fit the usual models. Geert Bekaert talks about what is and isn't behind China's ever-mushrooming economy.
The U.S. is a leader in the global economy, but it needs to be careful not to violate trade obligations with protectionism in the stimulus bill.
There is no shortage of Asian brands that are known globally and more will be coming soon.
Paul Tierney, chairman of TechnoServe, an organization that provides technical assistance to entrepreneurs in developing countries, explains what works and what doesn't.
Spending cuts must be coupled with tax reform that addresses corruption, Professor Charles Calomiris says.
Glenn Hubbard discusses how an old plan can become a new solution to help the world’s poorest nations lift themselves out of poverty — by putting business first.
The dramatic increase in multinational production has realigned aggregate risk on a global scale, buffering firms and nations from shocks.
How can we best help the world’s poor access the wealth-magnifying capacity of financial markets?
How cultural differences between Japan and the United States affect the way leaders are perceived when accidents strike.
During spring break we traveled to Ghana with the mission of developing a marketing strategy that would increase tourism and investment in Kumasi, Ghana’s second largest city.
Shang-Jin Wei, the Director of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia Business School, compares monetary policy decisions made by China and Japan. Read more...
Frederic Mishkin, the Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions, was sworn in Tuesday as a governor of the Federal Reserve Board. Read more...
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Professor Bernd Schmitt Makes Appearance on NHK BS1, "Global Debate WISDOM" on Saturday, April 28th at 22:00 (JST). Read more...
China and the United States should work toward a common goal to strengthen their relationship, Henry Kissinger said during a candid talk in front of a packed house at Columbia University’s Miller Theater on April 16.
In a Reuters Japan article, Professor David E. Weinstein weighs in on Japan's nuclear power issue, urging Japanese to examine the health hazards caused by fossil fuels before abandoning nuclear power Read more...
The article features the Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness in Latin America (ECLA) initiative, led by Prof. Fraiman, which aids Latin American entrepreneurs in international business growth. Read more...
JETRO Focus Newsletter & Questionnaire -- February 2012 featuring interview with CJEB Director Professor Hugh Patrick titled "Understanding Japan and Implications for the United States." Read more...
With some risk, but the prospect of great reward, Tim Cook can polish Apple as a company willing to change while emphasizing its greatest asset: the love of a design aesthetic that also meets the moral and lifestyle expectations of its customers, its fans -- and even its critics. Read more...
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Professor David Beim has been appointed a Chazen Senior Scholar at Columbia Business School’s Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business.
Four Columbia Business School faculty members shared their expertise as part of a special panel, “Understanding the Euro Crisis,” moderated by Dean Glenn Hubbard, on Thursday, February 2 at the School.
CJEB Research Associate Professor Takatoshi Ito of the University of Tokyo led a research group which published a series of articles on "Economic Strategy for Reconstruction" in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Read more...
Study provides evidence that retail chains, and not just individual stores, explains variation in price dynamics Read more...
Professors Hugh Patrick and David Weinstein interviewed for feature in the December 24 issue of the Weekly Diamond Read more...
Each year the Center conducts a University-wide competition on behalf of the Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Scholarship Foundation and nominates one Columbia student to receive full tuition and some living expenses for a one-year program of undergraduate or graduate study in Japan. For the academic year 2012-2013, send your application by Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Read more...
Professor David Weinstein's opinions on taxes and the Japanese elderly were featured in the November 18, 2011 Economist article, "Whose Lost Decade?" Read more...
Columbia University Professor David Weinstein was featured in the Wall Street Journal article "On the TPP and its merits and demerits: Impact on agriculture industry will be severe, but benefits for manufacturing will be vast" on 18 November, 2011. Read more...
Prof. Weinstein notes that in order for benefits to grow in line with income, Japan’s economy needs to increase taxes by 10% of GDP. Read more...
Erskine Bowles ’69, cochair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, addressed a capacity crowd of Columbia Business School students, faculty members, alumni, and industry professionals at the Inaugural Program for Financial Studies Conference, “Finance in a World of Uncertainties.”
Prof. Weber talks with the Dalai Lama, discussing “Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence.” Read more...
Professor Gerald L. Curtis's lecture on the political, social, and economic situation in Japan following the Tohoku Earthquake featured in the September 21, 2011 edition of Kyodo News Read more...
Prof. David Beim joins NPR’s Planet Money to weigh–in on the worst–case scenario for Europe’s economy. Read more...
David E. Weinstein analyzes the effects of Wall Street's failure on Main Street, using experience from Japan's financial crisis in 1990s, in an interview with the Institute for New Economic Thinking Read more...
Professor Hugh Patrick made an appearance on NHK BS1's program "Project Wisdom" on Saturday July 30 at 10:00 pm JST. It will be re-broadcast on August 8 and 28. Read more...
Forbes discusses a paper by Prof. Ray Fisman that compiled a comprehensive list of diplomatic parking violations by U.N. diplomats. The paper revealed how social norms and culture influence corrupt officials. Read more...
The Financial Times reports on research by Shang–Jin Wei that finds that the rising sex ratio imbalance in China has led parents to accumulate wealth for their son’s marriages, helping to drive the rise in private savings between 1990 and 2005. Read more...
CNN features Prof. Ray Fisman’s thoughts on new anti-corruption websites surfacing in China that encourage people to share stories of bribes online. Read more...
David E. Weinstein discusses the economic impact of the March 11 earthquake in Japan, as well as its relatively quick economic recovery, on Marketplace Read more...
Forbes features research findings by Prof. Charles Calomiris that reveal the size of bank loans made within EU member nations, and the relationship of these loans to the GDPs of the nations extending the credit. Read more...
Hugh Patrick speaks about the yen and the economy at Bloomberg Japan conference Read more...
Walmart more likely to open stores in pro-business states that are near borders of less-friendly states Read more...
David E. Weinstein discusses the outlook for the Japanese economy on Bloomberg's Hays Advantage program Read more...
BloombergBusinessWeek’s Debate Room features Prof. Bill Duggan’s thoughts on the need to prioritize business loans in order to build infrastructure in undeveloped countries. Read more...
Columbia Business School’s Center for Decision Sciences’ study depicts how beliefs on global warming are mistakenly influenced by daily temperature Read more...
MarketWatch features Professor and Director of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business Shang-Jin Wei’s thoughts on the challenges facing China as they execute monetary policy reforms. Read more...
Vox reports on research by Prof. Ang that reveals why the risk of default by EuroZone countries is much higher than it is for U.S. states. Read more...
Study co-authored by Columbia Business School faculty provides the first empirical evidence to depict the role of intermediaries in expanding trade Read more...
The Student Leadership and Ethics Board hosted a series of events under the emerging theme of Rebuilding Trust & Restoring Confidence. Read more...
Fifteen Latin American business owners have completed a groundbreaking yearlong entrepreneurial education program that took them across three continents.
Professor Hugh Patrick's reflections on experiencing the Japanese earthquake in Tokyo featured in Columbia Ideas at Work Read more...
Professor David E. Weinstein interviewed by Sankei News about his outlook on the Japanese economy and Japan's recovery from the earthquake Read more...
Four women shared their experiences as entrepreneurs in Rwanda, a nation still recovering from the scars of genocide, during a panel discussion on April 12 at Columbia Business School.
Two of China’s top business players visited Columbia Business School April 6 to discuss the restructuring and globalization of Chinese state-owned enterprises and markets as part of the School’s 2011 China Business Initiative (CBI) Forum.
Less than two weeks after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan, three Columbia University professors shared their expertise as part of the university event, “The Economic, Health, and Political Consequences of Japan’s Earthquake.”
Professor Alicia Ogawa, senior advisor at CJEB, was quoted in Barron's and interviewed by Institutional Investor on the economic effects of the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant problems Read more...
Professor David E. Weinstein, CJEB Associate Director for Research, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article, "Quake Joins Oil Shocks in Straining But Not Halting Economic Recovery", and interviewed on NPR on the earthquake's effects on the Japanese economy Read more...
Professor David E. Weinstein, CJEB Associate Director for Research, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article, "Quake Joins Oil Shocks in Straining But Not Halting Economic Recovery", and interviewed on two NPR programs regarding the earthquake's effects on the Japanese economy Read more...
Prof. David Weinstein discusses what Japan's economic recovery will look like on WNYC. Read more...
Professor Charles Jones discusses if and how America will be impacted by a potential NYSE and Borse merger. Read more...
Professor Michael Morris discusses the influence of bicultural identity on creativity in an interview for AsianLife Magazine. Read more...
Prof. Brett Gordon discusses the next steps we are likely to see in the European Commission's probe of Google. Read more...
The Sanford C. Bernstein Center, in conjunction with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, has produced a research report on Governance, Executive Compensation, and Excessive Risk in the Financial Services Industry, which addresses the latest academic research and industry best practices on corporate governance and compensation in the financial industry as well as the latest proposals for reform and regulation of these practices. Read more...
Peter Blom Receives Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics for his leadership in responsible banking. Read more...
Social entrepreneurship can be a powerful force for bridging cultural divides. Read more...
The largest gift in the School's history will be used to support the construction of Columbia Business School's new state-of-the-art facilities in Manhattanville. Read more...
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business and and the Academyhills organized a conference titled â??Coping with Change in Japan and the U.S.â? on April 20, 2010 at the Roppongi Academyhills (Tokyo, Japan). Read more...
Professor Michael Morris will deliver the keynote address on "Harnessing Bicultural Identity" on August 27, 2010 at the Asian MBA Leadership Conference and Career Expo (AMBA) in New York. Read more...
Featured in the Japan Times Online, Professor Michael Morris's research on U.S. and Japanese media coverage of corporate scandals shows differences in the public's direction of blame and responsibility. Read more...
The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics co-hosted the May 27 event with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Read more...
The Bernstein Student Leadership and Ethics Board hosted a student panel discussion on ethical dilemmas while working in government and with NGOs as part of Leadership and Ethics Month. Read more...
Read the report on "The Quantitative Revolution and the Crisis: How Quantitative Financial Models Have Been Used and Misused." Read more...
Summary report and video available for lecture by William C. Dudley, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Read more...
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business organized a symposium titled "Economic Recovery and Growth in Asia and the Pacific" from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, November 23, 2009 at Columbia Business School. A summary report and video of this symposium is available. Read more...
A new case study, authored by Professor Bernd Schmitt, examines Samsung's launch of the 2View camera: the first point-and-shoot camera with a display screen on both sides. Schmitt explores both the customer insights that led to this innovation as well as how the 2View is emblematic of Samsung's drive to transform itself from a purely engineering-driven company to a consumer-driven company as well. Read more...
Bruce Usher, who was the CEO of EcoSecurities Group and is an adjunct professor, has joined the Executives in Residence Program. Read more...
Participants from 12 business schools competed in the two-day event to test their management skills and heard presentations from top corporate leaders. Read more...
Summary Report available for the conference featuring Prof. Heizo Takenaka, "Coping with Crisis: Financial Policy in the U.S. and Japan" on 11/10. Read more...
The Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business has concluded the first of six modules that make up the new Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness in Latin America (ECLA) program, which is in collaboration with the Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires. Read more...
Brett Gordon discusses the likelihood that Google will work with the Chinese authorities in order to ensure it will remain in China. He also explores why Google would want to retain its base of customers in China. Read more...
Shang-Jin Wei, the N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy, has been named as director of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia Business School. Read more...
東京カンファレンス 4月20日に決定 基調講演：福井俊彦 元日本銀行総裁 Read more...
CJEB's 2008-2009 Annual Report, detailing the Center's recent activities, is now available for download. Read more...
David Rogers, Executive Director of the Center on Global Brand Leadership at Columbia Business School, was given the prestigious "Brand Leadership Award" at the 18th annual World Brand Congress held on November 4th & 5th in Mumbai India. Rogers also served as Keynote Speaker at the event, which had the theme "Brands - Recharge, Innovate, Re-engage in Today's Times."Â Read more...
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business(CJEB) and The Program for Economic Research(PER) organized a conference titled "Coping with Crisis: Financial Policy in the U.S. and Japan" from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at Columbia Business School. This was the inaugural event of CJEB's new program, "New Financial Architecture-Japan & the U.S." Read more...
In a community forum event on November 12, Buffett and Gates responded to student body questions on a variety of topics, including the economy, investing during an economic downturn and the fruitful careers and industries of the future. Read more...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives which at one time helped companies to differentiate themselves are now expected practices, and distinguishing a company through "green initiatives" is a particularly high hurdle. A new case study co-authored by Columbia Professor Bernd Schmitt examines how these familiar challenges are impacting the Yuhan-Kimberly Corporation (Y-K), and what strategies the company is considering in response. Read more...
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School and the Program for Economic Research are organizing a conference on Tuesday, November 10, Coping with Crisis: Financial Policy in the U.S. and Japan. The speakers are Professors Heizo Takenaka of Keio University, Patrick Bolton of Columbia Business School, and Takatoshi Ito of The University of Tokyo. The conference will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. in Uris #301at the Columbia Business School, followed by a reception until 8:30 p.m. Read more...
The Social enterprise field and Program at Columbia Business School examined, by Kimberly Kinchen, Hermes, Summer 2009. Read more...
In an op-ed in the Financial Times, Dean Glenn Hubbard calls for policies designed to support local business in the fight against global poverty. Read more...
Professor Wouter Dessein participates in Keizai Koho Center Invitation Program for U.S. Business School Educators Read more...
Video available for the conference "The Financial and Economic Futures of Japan and the US" held on May 14 in Tokyo Read more...
David Del Ser '08 developed and launched Frogtek while at Columbia Business School, and was awarded a 2009 Echoing Green Fellowship. Read more...
Video available for the symposium "Two Behemoths in a Troubled Industry: Toyota and GM" held on April 6 in New York Read more...
On April 29th, Columbia Business School faculty, alumni and other prominent business leaders gathered at the Capital Club at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Read more...
Professor Raymond Horton will teach a two-week course on Corporate Social Responsibility at the Graduate School of Business of Seoul National University in Korea, April 25 to May 10, 2009. Read more...
On April 6, 2009, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business organized a symposium titled "Two Behemoths in a Troubled Industry: Toyota and GM." The speakers were Steven Sturm, Group Vice President of Americas Strategic Research and Planning and Corporate Communications at Toyota Motor North America, and William Holstein, author of Why GM Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon. The discussion was moderated by David Weinstein, Carl S Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy at Columbia University, and Professor Hugh Patrick, director of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, served as commentator. The symposium was cosponsored by Columbia Business School's Asian Business Association, General Management Association, and Japan Business Association. Read more...
Members of the winning team were Ahmad Bakri '10, Francesco Braggiotti '10, Erica Brailey '10, Micael Calatrava '10 and Alexandre Domange '10. Read more...
Hugh Patrick, Director of Center on Japanese Economy and Business, was featured on the Columbia Business School's blog "Public Offering" in a post titled "GM's Plight Is a Slippery Slope for Toyota." Read more...
The Japan Table at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on March 26 hosted an informal panel discussion on the Japanese economy, focusing on macroeconomic and monetary policy in Japan, and lessons for the United States. The panelists in order of appearance were Richard Katz, editor of The Oriental Economist; David Weinstein, Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy and Associate Director for Research of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia University; Nami Numoto, Deputy General Manager of the Chief Representative Office for the Americas, Bank of Japan; Hugh Patrick, Director of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University; and Alicia Ogawa, Adjunct Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs and Senior Advisor to the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University. Read more...
Video available for the symposium "Japan's Solar and Wind Ambitions: How Promising is the U.S. Market?" held on February 5 in New York Read more...
CJEB Associate Director David Weinstein was quoted in a Feb. 27 Bloomberg article, titled "Obama Must Defeat Spite on Bailouts to Beat Recession (Update1)". Read more...
A look at America's iconic Singer sewing machine company sheds light on some of the lessons earlier American capitalists learned when venturing abroad. On March 3, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business cosponsored a lecture titled "Yankee Capitalist Go Home: The Singer Sewing Machine Company in 1930s Japan." The guest speaker Andrew D. Gordon is a Professor of History at Harvard University, where he is also director of the Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies. Hugh Patrick, director of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School, moderated the event. Read more...
In an op-ed Prof. Ray Fisman writes that corporate corruption is more widespread than meets the eye. Read more...
Jane Trombley, Director of Public Relations, Marketing and Communications, interviewed Hugh Patrick, Director of Center on Japanese Economy and Business. Read more...
In an op-ed Profs. Patrick Bolton, Bruce Kogut and Tano Santos call for the creation of a "crisis resolution board" designed to mitigate future financial crises. Read more...
Prof. Hugh Patrick says Japan's response to its financial crisis in the 1990s was too slow, and that the U.S. should learn from this mistake and act aggressively to shore up its own ailing banking sector. Read more...
Hugh Patrick, Director for the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, was quoted in a Feb. 18th CNNMoney.com article, "Dawn of the dead banks." Read more...
An impressive group of speakers gathered at Columbia Business School last Thursday, February 5 for a symposium titled "Japan's Solar and Wind Ambitions: How Promising is the U.S. Market?" The event, organized by the Center on Japanese Economy and Business with the support of the Mitsui USA Foundation, marked the 10th anniversary of the Mitsui USA Foundation's sponsored symposia at Columbia Business School and was the first-ever to include a remote audience of Columbia Business School's alumni association in Tokyo via live webcast. Columbia Business School's Energy Club, Green Business Club, and Japan Business Association also cosponsored the event. Read more...
In an op-ed Prof. Ray Fisman explores Venezuela's relationship to Big Oil. Read more...
David Weinstein, Associate Director for the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, was quoted in a February 5th New York Times article, "Japan's Big-Works Stimulus Is Lesson." Read more...
The School's strategic partnerships with two leading African universities will focus on building capacity for business and management education, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship. Read more...
The Economist names Prof. Amar Bhide’s new book, The Venturesome Economy, among the best books of 2008. 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...
Kenneth Scheffler '09 explores sustainable financial services for the poor in this Bottom Line article. Read more...
Alicia Ogawa, Director of the Program on Alternative Investments and Associate Director, Advising of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business will speak at the panel discussion entitled, " Japan's financial and economic problems of the 1990s and the current crisis in the United States: A Comparison" in room 11-75 Cantor Board Room at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business from 6:30 to 8:30 pm on Tuesday, November 25, 2008. This event is organized by the Center for Japan-U.S. Business and Economic Studies and the Undergraduate International Business Association at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business. Read more...
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) continued its Zandankai Series of lunchtime, informal discussions as it welcomed Mr. Michihisa Shinagawa, president and CEO of Sumitomo Corporation of America, to the Business School on November 13. Faculty and students filled the room to listen to Mr. Shinagawa's discussion titled "Approaches to Change - Conquering the 'Crisis of a Century'."� The event was cosponsored by the Japan Business Association of Columbia Business School. Read more...
Mr. Steve Sturm, the group vice president of Americas strategic research and planning and corporate communications for Toyota Motor North America, came to Columbia Business School on Thursday, November 6 to discuss the global automobile company's "Green Strategy." The event was organized by the student led Japanese Business Association and Green Business Club, with the support and cosponsorship of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business. Read more...
On Friday evening, November 7, approximately 50 members of the Japanese Business Association (JBA) at Columbia Business School gathered at the official residence of Ambassador Motoatsu Sakurai, consul general of Japan in New York City. Read more...
The event's focus, "Asia and the World Economy," highlighted the growing importance of Asia due to its remarkable economic growth and development. Read more...
Prof. Shang-Jin Wei discusses the international impact of China’s own stimulus plan, worth four trillion yuan. 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. Charles Calomiris discusses economic priorities for the next president, including taking continued action to deal with the financial crisis, bolstering the mortgage market and ensuring pathways to free trade. Read more...
Faculty opinion piece on "How To Prevent War And Famine" in Forbes.com Read more...
Revised Agenda and All Speakers Confirmed for "The Japanese Government as a Portfolio Manager: Managing the Nation's Wealth" on October 21st in Tokyo Read more...
MBA students report on their social enterprise summer internships Read more...
The Program on Alternative Investments of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School will hold a conference titled, "The Japanese Government as a Portfolio Manager: Managing the Nation's Wealth," from 1:30pm to 5:45pm on Tuesday, October 21 at the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo. Read more...
Professor Shang-Jin Wei says China can ease the burden on its exporters even as the Chinese yuan continues to appreciate. Read more...
Professor Robert Hodrick says the market doesn't allow speculators to conspire to drive up the price of oil. Read more...
EMBA-Global Asia incorporates HKU Business School into the existing partnership between Columbia Business School and London Business School, establishing the first executive MBA program jointly located in the three cities that drive global business. Read more...
Columbia Business School and London Business School launch EMBA-Global Asia, incorporating HKU Business School and expanding elective offerings and networking opportunities across the three global business capitals. Read more...
On June 11 and 12, Columbia Business School alumni clubs around the world hosted social gatherings and celebrations as part of the second annual synchronized worldwide alumni club event. Read more...
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...
Columbia University team, consisting of four MBA students, takes first place in Global Social Venture Competition. Read more...
Presentations Online from Paris Ultrabroadband Conference (4/3 - 4/4/08) Read more...
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. Read more...
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...
Presentations from CITI's conference "Future Scenarios for Latin American Telecom" are now online. Read more...
Dean Glenn Hubbard says the MBA is beneficial to business: “I think we’ve seen a very healthy swing of the pendulum back — without losing academic rigour. We step back and ask: ‘What are the big issues that business has to grapple with?’” Read more...
Professor David Beim says highly leveraged companies are finding themselves in a precarious position. Read more...
In recent years American media have focused on the dramatic rise of China while largely ignoring the role of Japan in Asia. However, the relationship between these two Asian giants is much more complex than the occasional diplomatic flap that Americans read about in the newspapers. Read more...
Professor Charles Jones comments on the importance of maintaining confidence in the U.S. banking system during an economic downturn. Read more...
JPMorgan Chase CEO James Dimon wins accolades for leading the bank’s buyout of Bear Stearns, including one from Professor David Beim : “It’s a tremendous deal,” Beim says. “They’ve done everybody a service by coming in as a white knight.” 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...
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...
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...
Avon CEO Andrea Jung delivered the keynote address, emphasizing the importance of passion, humility, balance and social responsibility. Read more...
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. Read more...
With no oil or natural gas reserves of its own, Japan has long depended on the Middle East for its energy needs. Ninety percent of the country's oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, so stability in the region is crucial to Japan’s economic well-being. Read more...
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. Read more...
Unilever group chief executive Patrick Cescau, awarded the Botwinick Prize for Business Ethics, delivered the keynote address on the importance of corporate social responsibility. Read more...
On Thursday, October 11, 2007, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business and the Japan Business Association of Columbia Business School cosponsored a zadankai (roundtable discussion) entitled “Issues in Japanese Pension Fund Management” Read more...
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. Read more...
September 13: Professor Gerald Curtis spoke at our lecture series titled "ABE'S GONE...IS THE LDP NEXT?" 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...
The CJEB Working Paper Series has recently published three new installments. Read more...
Three Korean alumni help export the School's Social Enterprise Program. Read more...
Dean Glenn Hubbard and Professor William Duggan propose a business-sector support project for Africa. Read more...
May 29: the Program on Alternative Investments of CJEB presented a conference titled ?Operational Restructuring: New Strategies of Japanese Corporate Leaders.? Read more...
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. Read more...
Article by By Katie Leonberger '08, cofounder of Microlumbia, the student-run microfinance investment fund. Read more...
Columbia Business School's International Development Club members make a difference abroad. Article by Maren Winnick '08, for the Bottom Line, April 18, 2007 Read more...
By Ryan Petersen '08, Article for the Bottom Line, April 18, 2007 Read more...
On April 4, 2007, CJEB co-sponsored the WEAI Policy Forum "Japan's UN Diplomacy and Security Council Reform" by Ambassador Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations. Read more...
Ethanol, "Sim, por favor." Emissions, "Nao, obrigado." Article by Emi Kubota '08, For the Bottom Line, April 4, 2007 Read more...
GSVC's Judges Select Semi-finalists Read more...
Bottom Line Article: CBS Japan Business Association student leaders interview Alicia Ogawa, CJEB Director of Program on Alternative Investments Read more...
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. Read more...
“Just because we have been the center of the world’s financial markets until now does not mean that we can afford to be complacent about prospects for the future,” said O’Neal. Read more...
The Eighth Annual Mitsui USA Symposium, Investors Unleashed: The Rise of Shareholder Activism, on January 30, 2007. Read more...
The Brand Research Center of Shanghai Jiaotong University is the first of its kind in China ever established by an academic institution. Read more...
Video of CJEB's Twentieth Anniversary conference in New York, "Japan's Economic Future:Policy, Politics, and Producers" is now available Read more...
Timothy F. Geithner's keynote speech at CJEB's "Japan's Economic Future: Policy, Politics, and Producers" Conference is now available. Read more...
Columbia Business School congratulates CJEB on "Japan's Economic Future: Policy, Politics, and Producers", the Center's twentieth anniversary conference Read more...
On October 27, CJEB will hold a zadankai (informal discussion group) titled, "Japan?s Economy: Policies and Issues for the Abe Administration" Read more...
On October 26, the CJEB Twentieth Anniversary celebration continues with a major international conference in New York. Read more...
Alicia Ogawa moderates "Developments in Japan and the Japanese Markets", a CBS Asian Alumni Club event on November 1st. Read more...
More than 200 students, faculty members and distinguished guests from around the world convened on campus last week for a three-day conference on India and its role in global commerce. Read more...
CJEB will co-sponsor the Graduate Student Conference on East Asia, which will take place at Columbia University, February 9 - 10, 2007. Read more...
Christian Lee ’07 discusses his Summer Fellowship in Afganistan. By by David Rosensweig ’07, Bottom Line. Read more...
Greg Zumas ’07 is interviewed by Melanie Santos ’08 for the Bottom Line. Read more...
Brand Revolution in the Age of Consumerism: An Olympic Feat for China at the Sir Gordon Wu Distinguished Speaker Forum Read more...
Global Financial Warriors - an inside look at finance in the Middle East at the upcoming Jerome A. Chazen Lecture on September 18 Read more...
Frederic Mishkin, the Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions, has been nominated by President George W. Bush to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Read more...
"In Koizumi's wake comes uncertainity" written by Gerald Curtis, Columbia University professor and CJEB core faculty member. Read more...
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) celebrated its 20th anniversary with a conference on “Japan’s Future Economic Directions.” Read more...
Appointment of Alicia Ogawa as Director of Program on Alternative Investments Read more...
Departure of Mark Mason as Director of Program on Alternative Investments Read more...
Hugh Patrick writes about the 20 year history of CJEB Read more...
CJEB co-sponsors 2006 Chazen Study Tour to Japan. On March 4, 77 Columbia Business School students traveled to Japan for a ten day educational and cultural tour. Read more...
CJEB 20th anniversary conference: "Japan's Future Economic Directions" was held in Tokyo. Governor Toshihiko Fukui of Bank of Japan delivered the keynote speech. Read more...
Agora Partnerships: A New Model for Development Read more...
The Annual Global Social Venture Competition Boasts Record Participation Read more...
CJEB 20th anniversary conference in Tokyo: "Japan's Future Economic Directions". Keynote speaker: Toshihiko Fukui, Governor of Bank of Japan. Read more...
A company cofounded by Jordan Tongalson ’06 won first place at the 2006 Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC), the first competition in the world to reward business plans that demonstrate both financial and social returns. Read more...
CJEB 20th Anniversary Conference in Tokyo Read more...
More than 100 career services professionals from 72 U.S. and international MBA programs gathered in New York for the 13th annual Chazen/CIBER International MBA Career Services Conference. Read more...
Suresh Sundaresan, the Chase Manhattan Bank Foundation Professor of Financial Institutions, conducts research in concert with the Centre for Microfinance Research... Read more...
MBA students serve as pro bono consultants in Rwanda. By Tricia Morente '07, Bottom Line. Read more...
Alicia Ogawa presides over the Roles of Private Equity Investment in the Growing Japanese Economy lecture Read more...
More than 100 researchers, practitioners and alumni participated in China at the Crossroads: FX and Capital Markets Policies for the Coming Decade organized by the Chazen Institute and Columbia’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). Read more...
More than 100 researchers, practitioners and alumni gathered at the School on February 2?3 for the ?China at the Crossroads? conference, which examined the challenges facing China?s financial system. Read more...
The Seventh Annual Mitsui USA Symposium, Agents of Change: Women CEOs of U.S.-Based Japanese Subsidiaries, on January 30, 2006. Read more...
CJEB co-sponsors conference celebrating the 10th anniversary of the WTO, April 5-7 Read more...
Professor Gerald Curtis, Columbia University Burgess Professor of Political Science, gave his perspective on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi?s recent call for snap elections and its aftermath. Read more...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India discussed economic reforms and leadership strategies during a meeting with 38 students who traveled to India during last month’s Chazen International Study Tour. Read more...
The seventh annual Mitsui symposium will take place on January 30, 2006. This year's theme is "Agents of Change: Women CEOs of U.S.-based Japanese Subsidiaries." Read more...
Thinking Small: Entrepreneurship in India Read more...
Sir John Major, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, gave his perspective on events that have fundamentally shifted the international landscape Read more...
The global approach to value investing Read more...
Miguel Schloss '68 discusses international corporate governance, anti-corruption and transparency. Read more...
Reviving Japan's Economy: Problems and Prescriptions Read more...
Engines Running: Volkswagen's Wolfgang Bernhard Opens the Inaugural Jerome A. Chazen Lecture Read more...
Beijing Conference Kicks Off Chazen Book Project Read more...
Columbia Executive Education has partnered with Shanghai’s renowned Fudan University to offer executives a new class on global financial markets Read more...
Professor Low works to strengthen business education in Africa Read more...
Jeffrey Sturchio, Merck vice president of external affairs and human health in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, discusses a partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the government of Botswana. Read more...
Lee Branstetter introduces guest lecture on Merck & Co.'s efforts to combat the AIDS epidemic. Read more...
Charles Calomiris explores changes in global capital flows Read more...
Student Paper Featured in Top Mexican Newspaper Read more...
Opening a panel he moderated at a symposium on “China’s Economic Emergence,” Professor Charles Calomiris, academic director of the Chazen Institute, pointed out that capital markets are thought of as the gatekeepers of resource allocation within any market economy. Read more...
Working for Agora Partnerships, students conduct consulting sessions with some of Central America's budding entrepreneurs. By Jaya Balasubramaniam '06 and Michelle Fertig '06, Bottom Line. Read more...
Twelfth Annual Chazen CIBER MBA Career Services Conference Draws Crowds Read more...
Africa attracts less than one percent of international private investment but many maintain that it offers tremendous opportunities. Experts gathered to discuss venture capital, beekeeping and innovative strategies for tapping the continent's potential. Read more...
After more than a quarter-century of growth averaging nine percent annually, the Chinese economy faces a host of new challenges. Can it keep up with the pace? Legal and financial experts weigh in. Read more...
A CORPS fellowship enabled Ben Powell '05 to work with Ashoka, a global nonprofit that support entrepreneurs who advance social change via scalable and systemic approaches. Read more...
A team of students work on a project for the Bank of Africa in Madagascar, initiated by the United Nations Public-Private Alliance for Rural Development. Read more...
"Adam Smith's invisible hand often seems invisible because it’s not actually there" said Professor Joseph Stiglitz in his keynote address to the annual Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) conference. Read more...
Students traveled to Paris and Brussels over spring break to learn about corporate social responsibility and governance and trends in socially responsible investing. Read more...
Geoffrey M. Heal leads panel discussion on "Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line." Read more...
International Development career meetings. By Saidja Drentje '06 Read more...
By Saidja Drentje '06, Bottom Line. Read more...
Robert Amen ’73, president of International Paper speaks on ethical issues facing the company around the world. Read more...
Susan McDade explains the role of energy for sustainable development in emerging markets. Read more...
By Chris Flynn '04 and Frank Flynn, Bottom Line. Read more...
By Ben Powell '05, Bottom Line. Read more...
By Janera Soerel '04, Bottom Line. Read more...
By Diana Yousef '03 and Carol Yang '05. Read more...
By Gautam Nivarthy '04 and Elizabeth Bury '04, Bottom Line. Read more...
By Tom Karlo '04 and Janera Soerel '04, Bottom Line. Read more...
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