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Capital Markets and Investments, Operations, Risk Management, World Business

Date: February 09, 2021

NYC Skyline. Photo Credit: Frank Oudeman.

Capital Markets and Investments, Operations, Risk Management, World Business

Finance Press Release

How International Trade Can Thrive In Uncertain Times

Columbia Business School Study Finds that High Uncertainty Can Lead to Conditions and Demand to Spark Trade

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Marketing

Type: Brand Talk
Date: February 08, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, as gravely ill patients filled the wards of Mount Sinai’s hospitals, concurrent crises of fear, anxiety, and misinformation about the coronavirus also took hold in the general populace.

Marketing

The Importance of Team Agility in Uncertain Times: Karen Wish ’94, VP and CMO of Mount Sinai Hospital Group and Network

During the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians and scientists quickly became the world’s most trusted sources of information on the pandemic. In this talk at the Future of Marketing Leadership Conference, learn how Karen Wish ’94 (VP and CMO, Mount Sinai Hospital Group and Network) led her team at Mount Sinai to get the truth and consistent messaging across to patients, staff, and the general public when they needed it most.

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Future of Work, Leadership

Date: February 08, 2021

Image of women growing like flowers in a pot

Future of Work, Leadership

SLEB Corner

Paving the Way for Women in STEM

Student Leadership and Ethics Board member Deeksha Chawla '21 is becoming the role model and mentor she craved in her formative years.

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Entrepreneurship, Labor, Media and Technology, Organizations, Risk Management

Date: February 01, 2021

Entrepreneurship, Labor, Media and Technology, Organizations, Risk Management

Finance Press Release

The Color of Money: Funding Sources for University Research Influence Commercial Legacy

Columbia Business School Professor Tania Babina uses a brand new data set comprising grants for university research from 22 universities and wage records for individual researcher to show that privately-funded research more often results in researchers departing for commercial careers, while federally-funded research more likely results in the emergence of high-tech startups.

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Governance, Ownership, Research Findings

Date: January 27, 2021

Governance, Ownership, Research Findings

How is Family Firm Ownership Structured? The Case of Korean Chaebols.

Research by Professor Daniel Wolfenzon, Stefan H. Robock Professor of Finance and Economics, and colleagues examines family firm ownership structures. 

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Strategy

Type: Brand Talk
Date: January 27, 2021

COVID-19 created not only suffering and hardship, but a dislocation in American life. For many, the pandemic forced a reappraisal of relationships, careers, consumption, and priorities for the future.

Strategy

John Gerzema on What a Post-Vaccine America Might Look Like

The Center on Global Brand Leadership was pleased to host The Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema to share their data and insights around “The Four I’s,” that he noted as top of mind during pandemic and at the moment on January 14, 2021 – the long running issues of infection and injustice along with the latest crisis in the U.S. on insurrection and impeachment.

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Ethics and Leadership, Leadership, Organizations

Date: January 26, 2021

Ethics and Leadership, Leadership, Organizations

Leadership and Ethics News

The Bernstein Center Awards 2020-2021 Research Grants

The research grants will support doctoral students in their pursuit of discovery around leadership, ethical conflicts, and the future of work across industries.

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Healthcare, Labor, Operations, Risk Management

Date: January 26, 2021

Healthcare, Labor, Operations, Risk Management

DRO Press Release

Economics Press Release

An Extra Day in the Hospital Could Save the Life of Heart Attack Patients

In a new study on hospital mortality rates, Columbia Business School’s Merrill Lynch Professor of Workforce Transformation Ann P. Bartel and Associate Professor of Business Carri W. find that increasing heart attack patients’ length of stay by just one day could decrease 30-day mortality rates and save lives

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Real Estate

Date: January 25, 2021

Real Estate

Real Estate News

2020 Real Estate Symposium Report: Opening Keynote Conversation on Housing

The 2020 Real Estate Symposium, in its 13th year, was held for the first time ever in a fully virtual format.

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Real Estate

Date: January 25, 2021

Real Estate

Real Estate News

2020 Real Estate Symposium Panel Report: Future of Cities post COVID-19: Will urbanization continue or will smaller cities level up?

The current global pandemic is impacting cities in various ways, both predictable and unpredictable. The Future of Cities Panel at the Columbia Business School’s Real Estate Symposium explored whether urbanization will continue, or small cities will level up.

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Real Estate

Date: January 25, 2021

Real Estate

Real Estate News

2020 Real Estate Symposium Report: Burst Presentation: Rise of Small Cities During COVID-19

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Real Estate

Date: January 25, 2021

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Real Estate

Real Estate News

2020 Real Estate Symposium Report: Closing Keynote Fireside Chat on Retail

To close out the first-ever virtual Real Estate Symposium, attendees were treated to a “fireside chat” between Cia Buckley Marakovits ’93, President and CIO at Dune Real Estate Partners, and Jodie McLean, CEO of EDENS, a privately held company with a $6.5B national retail portfolio of 125 properties.

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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion News, Leadership

Date: January 15, 2021

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion News, Leadership

Leadership and Ethics News

The Phillips Pathway for Inclusive Leadership Launches at Columbia Business School

The Phillips Pathway for Inclusive Leadership is a one-of-a-kind co-curricular initiative designed to help students understand and appreciate the inherent value in diversity and inclusion as future business leaders.

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Leadership, Management, Ownership, Practitioner Perspectives

Date: January 14, 2021

Leadership, Management, Ownership, Practitioner Perspectives

Build a Family Business That Lasts

Many family businesses have enjoyed success for decades, even centuries. In Harvard Business Review, Professor Josh Baron PhD, explores five aspects of ownership that are crucial to family business success.

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Finance, Ownership, Research Findings

Date: January 14, 2021

Finance, Ownership, Research Findings

Do Wealthy People Deserve to Be Rich?

Shai Davidai, Associate Professor, Management, Columbia Business School, determines the role charitable giving plays on whether others perceive that the rich deserve their wealth.

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Leadership

Date: January 14, 2021

Leadership

Management Press Release

Conforming for Others’ Sake: When Being a Team Player is Seen as Leadership

New research from social psychologist and Assistant Professor of Business at Columbia Business School Shai Davidai finds that while Americans love rulebreakers, they actually respect conformists when their actions appear to serve others. 

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Chazen Global Insights, Marketing

Type: Chazen Global Insights
Date: January 13, 2021

What if marketers treated creativity as a competitive advantage? And, most importantly, what results would brand be able to achieve? As the relationship between brands and people evolves, fueled by rapidly changing technology, media landscape and consumer expectation, it is easy to confuse what is here to stay and what is just noise.

Chazen Global Insights, Marketing

Creativity as a Source of Competitive Advantage: Fernando Machado, Global CMO, Restaurant Brands International

What if marketers treated creativity as a competitive advantage? At the Future of Marketing Leadership conference, Fernando Machado, Global CMO of Restaurant Brands International, speaks about how Burger King consistently punches above its weight thanks to a firm belief that creativity does pay off.

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Labor, Leadership, Organizations, Strategy

Date: January 13, 2021

Labor, Leadership, Organizations, Strategy

Management Press Release

How to Be the Bearer of Bad News: Reducing Adverse Employee Reactions to Layoffs

As companies are forced to reckon with the difficult decision to let go of workers, the question of how to do so while causing the least pain is a delicate balancing act. New research from Joel Brockner, the Phillip Hettleman Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, sheds light on how companies can strike this balance.

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Real Estate

Date: January 12, 2021

Real Estate

Real Estate News

Introducing New Members of the Real Estate Circle: Winter 2021

The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate is pleased to welcome the following new alumni to the Real Estate Circle: Alex Bernstein ’00, Katie Pelczar ’08, and Jeff Turkanis ’10 as Leaders, and Francisco Heffesse ’19 and Taylor Pierce ’19 as Associates.