Digital Future Initiative Insights bridges business research and practice, offering accessible insights from Columbia Business School’s world-class faculty. Through written articles, published research, and infographics, we bring you the latest Digital Future insights from the very center of business.
DFI affiliated Professor Stephan Meier recently co-authored "The Gender Gap in Meaningful Work" with CBS Professor Vanessa Burbano, Olle Folke, and Johanna Rickne arguing that whereas the gender gap in meaningful work closes a substantial part of the wage gap in lower paid jobs, it does little to close the gap in higher paid jobs in which the gender wage gap is largest.
We explore how companies can transform the overwhelming influx of digital data into actionable intelligence for strategic decision-making.
We show, using machine learning, that fund characteristics can consistently differentiate high from low-performing mutual funds, before and after fees.
Used correctly, AI can actually help us preserve and protect copyright — versus the present fear of usurping it. Through audio fingerprinting, AI tools that verify authorship in real time will help reduce the unnecessary litigation that can be based on subjective interpretations or human error.
Employers are already using some form of artificial intelligence in employment decision-making–but concerns over its objectivity persist.