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Using a unique dataset from Denmark, Professor Daniel Wolfenzon and colleagues find that CEO and family deaths are strongly correlated with declines in firm operating profitability, investment and sales growth.

Although the gender wage gap in the U.S. has narrowed, women’s career trajectories diverge from men’s after the birth of children, suggesting a potential role for family-friendly policies.

Professor Michaela Pagel and colleague document how a spouse who spends more of his or her share of income increases overall household spending.

Student Leadership and Ethics Board member Josie Cox ‘22 reflects on the one-year anniversary of the pandemic in the U.S. and shares lessons learned during this extraordinary time.

The leaders of the multinational corporation dug deep into the importance of the CEO-General Counsel relationship as it relates to organizational culture and shared career advice, including where to start when you’re fresh out of graduate school.

Lisa Mensah, president and CEO of Opportunity Finance Network, discusses economic and community development finance institutions (CDFIs), finance justice, and ways the Biden-Harris Administration can support CDFIs to "finance hope" and help struggling communities build back stronger.

Lisa Mensah, president and CEO of Opportunity Finance Network, discusses economic and community development finance institutions (CDFIs), finance justice, and ways the Biden-Harris Administration can support CDFIs to "finance hope" and help struggling communities build back stronger.

The New Ideas in Family Firms Conference brings together the world’s leading academic researchers and consulting practitioners to discuss what they can learn from each other and how to move theory and practice forward.  

Professor Adam Galinsky and co-authors explore whether emotions intensify among people in groups in “Feeling more together: Group attention intensifies emotion.”

In “Board Composition and CEO Power,” Professor Tim Baldenius and colleagues study the optimal composition of corporate boards.

Three policy pros ask the United States to lead by power of example.

Professor Daniel Wolfenzon and colleague provide insights into this form of family firm ownership in “A Theory of Pyramidal Ownership and Family Business Groups.”

Professor Daniel Wolfenzon and colleagues provide thought-provoking findings on family versus non-family- CEO’s of family firms in Inside the Family Firm: Families in Succession Decisions and Performance.

The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate is pleased to welcome the following new alumni to the Real Estate Circle: Christopher Chang ’07, Steve Grant ’92, Ines Leung ’07 and Jeff Wainwright ’11 as Leaders.

E-commerce has seen continued growth since the onset of the pandemic, making product reviews more relevant than ever before. Now, new research from Columbia Business School sheds light on what is making reviews so compelling.

New Columbia Business School study finds that owning stock at popular brands like Taco Bell and ExxonMobil can increase day-to-day spending at store locations.

Companies with networks in China and Italy responded to the pandemic and enacted work-from-home policies faster than local governments.

New research explores how biases can affect the funding of female-led ventures.

New research from Columbia Business School’s Chong Khoon Lin Professor of Real Estate Neng Wang finds that when firms take precautions to mitigate COVID-19 risks early – such as testing employees, implementing social distancing protocols, and implementing health checks – companies may face initial losses, but in the long run, perform better than those that didn’t mitigate.