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In the August 2012 APEC Economies newsletter, Professor Gerald Curtis discusses the implications for Japan's future of the response to the March 11 earthquake disaster.

Surya N. Mohapatra, former chairman and chief executive officer of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, has been named Executive in Residence at Columbia Business School.

Stefan Hyman Robock, a Columbia University faculty member for nearly 20 years and the Robert D. Calkins Professor Emeritus of International Business at Columbia Business School, died August 1 at age 97.

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Jonathan Knee is interviewed by Bloomberg on Media Mergers

Professors Bruce Greenwald and Joseph Stiglitz shared their expertise on globalization with Executive MBA students during a course at Columbia Business School July 22-26.

Adjunct Professor Tommy Craig '82 received widespread attention this week for leading Dallas-based firm Hines to sustained success in the New York market. Craig's work as senior vice president and partner in Hines's regional office in Manhattan is featured as the lead story in the July 23 Crain's "Real Estate Report." The piece commends the firm's development and management work in New York over the past 24 years, from the Lipstick Building in 1986 to the One Bryant Park building currently under way.

The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center has announced the launch of Columbia Business Lab, a new office space in Soho for recently graduated Columbia Business School entrepreneurs.

Professor Gerald Curtis was featured in a Financial Times opinion piece.

Effective July 1, the Columbia-Harlem Small Business Development Center will move to Columbia Business School from the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Effective September 1, Professor Mark Broadie will serve as Columbia Business School’s inaugural vice dean for teaching.

The Executive MBA class of 2012 recently announced the faculty members chosen for this year’s Margaret K. Chandler Commitment to Excellence Awards.

The real estate investment firm led by managing partners Nicholas Bienstock '96 and Christopher Schlank has climbed into second place among New York City's acquirers of commercial office buildings.

In June, more than 2,000 alumni, current students, and newly admitted students gathered in more than 75 cities around the world in celebration of the Columbia Business School global alumni network as part of the sixth annual Worldwide Alumni Club Event (WACE).

Allowing underwater homeowners to refinance their mortgages with shorter amortization periods and at minimal closing costs would benefit more than a million homeowners while also helping to stabilize the housing market and boost the broader economy, all without cost to taxpayers, according to new research and analysis by a team at Columbia Business School.

How branding and marketing are not so different.

Through a new Master Class — a unique partnership between the School, city agencies, and the private sector — students are working to improve one of the most complex entities in the world: New York City.

How one company is changing the way we treat one of the most common problems in society: Road Rage.

In early 2012, Lee Neibart, head of global investments for AREA Property Partners, considered the imminent changes to the real estate investment fund business. This case asks students to consider various modifications to the firm's business model, taking into consideration the macroeconomic and microeconomic drivers of the real estate market.