Chazen Global Insights Archive

When India mandated that firms spend at least 2 percent of income on corporate social responsibility initiatives, there was an odd result: many firms reduced CSR spending. 

Pro bono work trains you to be more successful and gives your employer information about how you will perform in a more senior role, says Assistant Professor Vanessa Burbano.

Employees may work less if they suspect a selfish motivation behind corporate social responsibility initiatives, says Professor Stephan Meier.

Policies aimed at promoting imports will likely end up promoting exports as well.

Carson Family Professor of Business Miklos Sarvary sees Facebook as an ambivalent force in the media, raising the quality of top newspapers while hurting profits for everyone.

The moment to act could not be better.

Shifting U.S. trade policies are affecting companies around the world. Attendees of the Columbia Business School Pan-Euro Forum, held in Paris in October 2018, discuss how trade policy is changing their perspective on business.

For years, retail studies director Mark Cohen has been predicting the demise of Sears — and drawing takeaways for today’s business leaders.

Attendees of the Columbia Business School Pan Euro Forum, held in Paris in October 2018, talk about their biggest takeaways – and why their school is the crème de la crème.

Even with a flawed democracy, the power of the American electorate matters.

Kaushik Kappagantula ’17 wants to ease poverty in rural India and thinks his company, Kheyti, can do just that.

Adam Michaels ’06 is responsible for tracking consumer behavior for some of the world’s most beloved snack brands.

Once a poster child for lifting millions of people from poverty, Brazil is now battling rising earnings inequality — which is factoring into a presidential election.

Dean Glenn Hubbard and Professor Charles Calomiris on the economic fallout from President Trump’s first two years — and prescriptions for the next two.