Global Markets Update: The State of the Economy, and What's in Store for 2024
November 16, 2023
Abby Joseph Cohen, retired partner and Chief Investment Strategist for Goldman Sachs, and Glenn Hubbard, faculty director of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business, discuss the likelihood of a recession, the impact of global conflicts on the markets, and more.
An Evening with Aireen Omar of Capital A (formerly Air Asia)
April 26, 2023
As President, Investments & Ventures of Capital A (formerly known as AirAsia Group) Aireen Omar is responsible for the company's ventures strategy, promoting innovation while overseeing digital strategic group-wide initiatives. She is the current Lulu Chow Wang Senior Asian Scholar at Columbia Business School.
Monetary and Fiscal Policies as Anchors of Trust and Stability
April 17, 2023
Agustín Carstens, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, delivered a speech at Columbia Business School previewing a special chapter of the BIS 2023 Annual Economic Report. High inflation combined with financial stress suggest monetary and fiscal policy have tested their limits.
Fall in Love With the Problem, Not the Solution
February 28, 2023
Uri Levine, the cofounder of Waze — the world's leading commuting and navigation app with more than 700 million users to date, and which Google acquired in 2013 for $1.15 billion — is committed to spreading entrepreneurial thinking so that other founders, managers, and employees in the tech space can build their own highly valued companies.
In this sold-out event, Levine discussed:
- Firing and hiring
- Disrupting "broken" markets
- Raising funding
- Understanding your users
- Reaching product market fit
- Making scale-up decisions
- Going global
- Deciding when to sell
2023 Global Markets: What's Ahead and What We Can Leave Behind
February 14, 2023
Abby Joseph Cohen, retired partner and Chief Investment Strategist for Goldman Sachs, and Professor of Business at CBS, discussed the trends that will shape the next 12 months. Pierre Yared, MUTB Professor of International Business, Senior Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Vice Dean for Executive Education at Columbia Business School, moderated.