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Columbia Business School faculty members are world-renowned — not only for generating new thinking in their fields but also for having a genuine impact on current business practices. Our professors routinely partner with businesses in New York and across the globe to test, refine, and implement new ideas for the ever-changing business landscape. This interchange of theory and practice is part of what makes the School such a rich environment for creating research that is truly groundbreaking.

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Derek Brown

Derek Brown

Assistant Professor of Business
Management Division

Derek Brown

Assistant Professor of Business
Management Division

Derek Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Management Division at Columbia Business School. He investigates what stifles equality in organizations and society. His research focuses on how and why group membership, social hierarchies, and intergroup ideologies shape how we react and respond to the increasingly diverse society around us.

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Wenxin Du

Wenxin Du

Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions
Finance Division

Wenxin Du

Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions
Finance Division
Wenxin Du is a Professor of Finance and the Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions at the Columbia Business School. She studies global currency and fixed income markets, central banking, financial regulations, and emerging market finance. She was the recipient of 2022 Award for Economics in Central Banking, and was named the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow 2019-2021, In addition, she has won several top academic awards for her research, including the Amundi Pioneer First Prize and AQR Insight Award Top Prize for her work on deviations from covered interest rate parity.
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Hannah Li

Hannah Li

Assistant Professor of Business
Decision, Risk, and Operations Division

Hannah Li

Assistant Professor of Business
Decision, Risk, and Operations Division

Hannah Li is an Assistant Professor in the Decision, Risk, and Operations division at Columbia Business School. Her research focuses on developing data science methods for social systems--marketplaces, education systems, and online platforms. Her research combines techniques from operations research, statistics, and economics to develop theoretical insights for practically motivated problems. She informs her work with industry experience, working for and collaborating with large online platforms.

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Kristina Manysheva

Kristina Manysheva

Assistant Professor of Business
Economics Division

Kristina Manysheva

Assistant Professor of Business
Economics Division
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Gaia Marchisio

Gaia Marchisio

Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Management in the Faculty of Business
Management Division
Faculty Director
Global Family Enterprise Program

Gaia Marchisio

Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Management in the Faculty of Business
Management Division
Faculty Director
Global Family Enterprise Program

Gaia Marchisio, Ph.D., is a family-enterprise researcher, consultant, educator, speaker, and writer with 25+ years of impact across global family enterprises, academic institutions, corporations, public-sector organizations, and others. 

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Syrena Shirley

Syrena Shirley

Assistant Professor of Business
Accounting Division

Syrena Shirley

Assistant Professor of Business
Accounting Division
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The Latest Research

Analytics
Artificial intelligence
Date
September 26, 2023
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Analytics
Artificial intelligence

Meaning in the Age of Autonomy: Marketing Autonomous Products to Consumers Who Value Manual Labor

This paper from Columbia Business School, “Meaning of Manual Labor Impedes Consumer Adoption of Autonomous Products,” explores marketing solutions to some consumers’ resistance towards autonomous products. The study was co-authored by Emanuel de Bellis of the University of St. Gallen, Gita Johar of Columbia Business School, and Nicola Poletti of Cada.

  • Read more about Meaning in the Age of Autonomy: Marketing Autonomous Products to Consumers Who Value Manual Labor about Meaning in the Age of Autonomy: Marketing Autonomous Products to Consumers Who Value Manual Labor
Business and society
Strategy
Date
November 29, 2023
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Business and society
Strategy

Online Shopping: What Companies Can Conclude Based on How Consumers Search

Adapted from “Online Advertising as Passive Search,” by Raluca M. Ursu of New York University Stern School of Business, Andrey Simonov of Columbia Business School, and Eunkyung An of New York University Stern School of Business.

  • Read more about Online Shopping: What Companies Can Conclude Based on How Consumers Search about Online Shopping: What Companies Can Conclude Based on How Consumers Search
Economics & Policy
Date
December 19, 2023
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Economics & Policy

Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding

Adapted from “Global Value Chains in Developing Countries: A Relational Perspective from Coffee and Garments,” by Laura Boudreau of Columbia Business School, Julia Cajal Grossi of the Geneva Graduate Institute, and Rocco Macchiavello of the London School of Economics.

  • Read more about Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding about Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding
Economics & Policy
Date
September 26, 2023
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Economics & Policy

My Work Is My Bond? A Financial-Asset Approach to Wage Contracts Could Lessen Inequality

Co-authored by John B. Donaldson of Columbia Business School, “The Macroeconomics of Stakeholder Equilibria,” proposes a model for a purely private, mutually beneficial financial agreement between worker and firm that keeps decision-making in the hands of stockholders while improving the employment contract for employees.

 

  • Read more about My Work Is My Bond? A Financial-Asset Approach to Wage Contracts Could Lessen Inequality about My Work Is My Bond? A Financial-Asset Approach to Wage Contracts Could Lessen Inequality
Leadership
Date
September 07, 2023
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Leadership

Not Just Soft Skills: Corporate Culture as a Key Company Value Driver

The paper from Columbia Business School's Shivaram Rajgopal, “Corporate culture: Evidence from the Field,” explores how corporate culture can be one of the most important drivers of a company’s performance, even as it’s often considered a lower priority.

  • Read more about Not Just Soft Skills: Corporate Culture as a Key Company Value Driver about Not Just Soft Skills: Corporate Culture as a Key Company Value Driver
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Areas of Expertise

Asset Management

Economics & Policy
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Type
Columbia Business
Date
October 12, 2022
Economics & Policy
Entrepreneurship
Innovation

5 Questions About Value Investing and Finance

Tano Santos, the Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Asset Management and Finance and Director of Columbia Business School’s Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Dodd Investing, discusses the school’s approach to value investing and finance.

  • Read more about 5 Questions About Value Investing and Finance about 5 Questions About Value Investing and Finance

Brand and Product Management

Marketing
Date
August 30, 2023
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Marketing

The Newest Symbol of Status and Wealth: Showing Distance

Columbia Business School Study Highlights Shift in Consumer Preferences from Conventional Luxury Goods

  • Read more about The Newest Symbol of Status and Wealth: Showing Distance about The Newest Symbol of Status and Wealth: Showing Distance

Climate

Business and society
Climate and finance
Climate and policy
Climate and solutions
Climate and Sustainability
Economics & Policy
Social Enterprise
Tamer Center for Social Enterprise
Date
January 19, 2024
Geoffrey Heal
Business and society
Climate and finance
Climate and policy
Climate and solutions
Climate and Sustainability
Economics & Policy
Social Enterprise
Tamer Center for Social Enterprise

Climate Change: Its Economic Impact and How We Should Respond

Host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Geoffrey Heal, an economist and conservationist whose teaching and research on climate change have left an indelible mark on the School. 

  • Read more about Climate Change: Its Economic Impact and How We Should Respond about Climate Change: Its Economic Impact and How We Should Respond

Consumer Behavior

Business and society
Strategy
Date
November 29, 2023
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Business and society
Strategy

Online Shopping: What Companies Can Conclude Based on How Consumers Search

Adapted from “Online Advertising as Passive Search,” by Raluca M. Ursu of New York University Stern School of Business, Andrey Simonov of Columbia Business School, and Eunkyung An of New York University Stern School of Business.

  • Read more about Online Shopping: What Companies Can Conclude Based on How Consumers Search about Online Shopping: What Companies Can Conclude Based on How Consumers Search

Corporate Finance

Economics & Policy
Date
December 19, 2023
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Economics & Policy

Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding

Adapted from “Global Value Chains in Developing Countries: A Relational Perspective from Coffee and Garments,” by Laura Boudreau of Columbia Business School, Julia Cajal Grossi of the Geneva Graduate Institute, and Rocco Macchiavello of the London School of Economics.

  • Read more about Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding about Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding

Corporate Governance

Economics & Policy
Date
December 19, 2023
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Economics & Policy

Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding

Adapted from “Global Value Chains in Developing Countries: A Relational Perspective from Coffee and Garments,” by Laura Boudreau of Columbia Business School, Julia Cajal Grossi of the Geneva Graduate Institute, and Rocco Macchiavello of the London School of Economics.

  • Read more about Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding about Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding

Decision Making & Negotiations

Business and society
Strategy
Date
November 29, 2023
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Business and society
Strategy

Online Shopping: What Companies Can Conclude Based on How Consumers Search

Adapted from “Online Advertising as Passive Search,” by Raluca M. Ursu of New York University Stern School of Business, Andrey Simonov of Columbia Business School, and Eunkyung An of New York University Stern School of Business.

  • Read more about Online Shopping: What Companies Can Conclude Based on How Consumers Search about Online Shopping: What Companies Can Conclude Based on How Consumers Search

Digital Future Initiative

DFI News & Write-Ups
Innovation
Labor
Date
January 18, 2024
DFI News & Write-Ups
Innovation
Labor

The Technology Skills Every Employee Should Have Today

Many employers expect workers to be proficient in a host of tech tools. Among them: data analysis, online collaboration and project management.

  • Read more about The Technology Skills Every Employee Should Have Today about The Technology Skills Every Employee Should Have Today

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

Diversity
Equity & Inclusion News
Date
September 13, 2023
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Diversity
Equity & Inclusion News

Showcasing Excellence: CBS Takes Action on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

With a TEDx event, new research, and other efforts, CBS delves into how DEI values contribute to distinction in education and business.

  • Read more about Showcasing Excellence: CBS Takes Action on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion about Showcasing Excellence: CBS Takes Action on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Business and society
Entrepreneurship
Social Enterprise
Tamer Center for Social Enterprise
Date
January 26, 2024
Dan Wang and Sandra Portocarrero
Business and society
Entrepreneurship
Social Enterprise
Tamer Center for Social Enterprise

Dispelling the Myths of Global Migration

Host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Dan Wang and postdoctoral research scholar Sandra Portocarrero about the wide-ranging effects of migration internationally, in the United States, and in NYC.

  • Read more about Dispelling the Myths of Global Migration about Dispelling the Myths of Global Migration

Financial Accounting & Auditing

Finance
Date
September 22, 2020
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Finance

Advice to the Next US President: Accounting

Our fiscal health is in shambles. Accounting can help fix it, says Chazen Senior Scholar Shivaram Rajgopal.

  • Read more about Advice to the Next US President: Accounting about Advice to the Next US President: Accounting

Financial Engineering

Business and society
Hub Insights
Date
February 28, 2023
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Business and society
Hub Insights

Joseph Stiglitz on Business, Inequality and the Case for an Economists’ Hippocratic Oath

The Nobel Prize-winning economist visited CBS for the first installment of a new speaker series from The Hub, a new think tank, to discuss the future of capitalism with CBS Dean Emeritus Glenn Hubbard.

  • Read more about Joseph Stiglitz on Business, Inequality and the Case for an Economists’ Hippocratic Oath about Joseph Stiglitz on Business, Inequality and the Case for an Economists’ Hippocratic Oath

Financial Institutions

Economics & Policy
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Type
Columbia Business
Date
October 12, 2022
Economics & Policy
Entrepreneurship
Innovation

5 Questions About Value Investing and Finance

Tano Santos, the Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Asset Management and Finance and Director of Columbia Business School’s Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Dodd Investing, discusses the school’s approach to value investing and finance.

  • Read more about 5 Questions About Value Investing and Finance about 5 Questions About Value Investing and Finance

Fundamental Investment Analysis

Business and society
Capital Markets and Investments
Digital Future
Economics & Policy
Innovation
Strategy
Technology
Value investing
Type
Columbia Business
Date
October 24, 2022
Business and society
Capital Markets and Investments
Digital Future
Economics & Policy
Innovation
Strategy
Technology
Value investing

Why Value Investing is Making a Comeback

Professor Tano Santos, the Faculty Director of Value Investing and Advanced Value Investing programs at Columbia Business School, outlines the reasons why value investing is returning to a period of ascendancy.

  • Read more about Why Value Investing is Making a Comeback about Why Value Investing is Making a Comeback

Globalization

Business Economics and Public Policy
Chazen Global Insights
Data/Big Data
Media and Technology
Organizations
Platforms
World Business
Date
August 23, 2020
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Business Economics and Public Policy
Chazen Global Insights
Data/Big Data
Media and Technology
Organizations
Platforms
World Business

A Better Alternative to Trump's WeChat Ban

In its ongoing war against Chinese technology companies, the Trump administration has now set its sights on China's leading social-media app, WeChat.

  • Read more about A Better Alternative to Trump's WeChat Ban about A Better Alternative to Trump's WeChat Ban

Healthcare

Future of work
Healthcare
Leading through Crisis
Marketplace
Reliability, resilience, and trustworthiness
Technology
Date
April 01, 2020
A girl on a laptop next to an image of cellphone and a tablet.
Future of work
Healthcare
Leading through Crisis
Marketplace
Reliability, resilience, and trustworthiness
Technology

Providing Mental Wellbeing From a Distance

Providing Mental Wellbeing From a Distance

  • Read more about Providing Mental Wellbeing From a Distance about Providing Mental Wellbeing From a Distance

Labor Markets

Business and society
Entrepreneurship
Social Enterprise
Tamer Center for Social Enterprise
Date
January 26, 2024
Dan Wang and Sandra Portocarrero
Business and society
Entrepreneurship
Social Enterprise
Tamer Center for Social Enterprise

Dispelling the Myths of Global Migration

Host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Dan Wang and postdoctoral research scholar Sandra Portocarrero about the wide-ranging effects of migration internationally, in the United States, and in NYC.

  • Read more about Dispelling the Myths of Global Migration about Dispelling the Myths of Global Migration

Leadership & Organizational Behavior

Artificial intelligence
Future of work
Labor
Management
Organizations
The Workplace
Date
January 04, 2024
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Artificial intelligence
Future of work
Labor
Management
Organizations
The Workplace

Increasing Headcount: Companies that Invest in AI are Adding Jobs

Research from Columbia Business School Analyzes Trends in Workplace AI Investment Revealing New Shifts for the Everyday Worker

  • Read more about Increasing Headcount: Companies that Invest in AI are Adding Jobs about Increasing Headcount: Companies that Invest in AI are Adding Jobs

Macroeconomics

Business and society
Business Economics and Public Policy
Economics & Policy
Date
October 30, 2023
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Business and society
Business Economics and Public Policy
Economics & Policy

Political Leanings in Academic Economics Writing And Its Impact on Policy Recommendations

A New Columbia Business School Study Unveils Connection Between Economists' Political Orientation and Academic Writing in Economics

  • Read more about Political Leanings in Academic Economics Writing And Its Impact on Policy Recommendations about Political Leanings in Academic Economics Writing And Its Impact on Policy Recommendations

Marketing

Business and society
Strategy
Date
November 29, 2023
This stock photo features a woman shopping with a credit card and laptop at her home next to Christmas decorations
Business and society
Strategy

Online Shopping: What Companies Can Conclude Based on How Consumers Search

Adapted from “Online Advertising as Passive Search,” by Raluca M. Ursu of New York University Stern School of Business, Andrey Simonov of Columbia Business School, and Eunkyung An of New York University Stern School of Business.

  • Read more about Online Shopping: What Companies Can Conclude Based on How Consumers Search about Online Shopping: What Companies Can Conclude Based on How Consumers Search

Marketplace Design

Marketing
Marketplace
Strategy
Date
December 12, 2023
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Marketing
Marketplace
Strategy

Holiday Shopping Season: Columbia Business School's Research Delivers Best Practices for Targeting Consumers

Five Studies by Columbia Business School Faculty Present Insights into Pivotal Delivery Times, Emerging Fashion Trends, Advertising Strategies, and Customer Behavior

  • Read more about Holiday Shopping Season: Columbia Business School's Research Delivers Best Practices for Targeting Consumers about Holiday Shopping Season: Columbia Business School's Research Delivers Best Practices for Targeting Consumers

Media

Marketing
Media and Technology
Technology
Date
January 08, 2020
Julie DeTraglia
Marketing
Media and Technology
Technology

Julie DeTraglia: On the Front Lines of the Streaming Wars

For Julie DeTraglia (VP, Head of Research and Insights, Hulu; BRITE ’20 Speaker), the most competitive year yet in the streaming wars presents an opportunity.

  • Read more about Julie DeTraglia: On the Front Lines of the Streaming Wars about Julie DeTraglia: On the Front Lines of the Streaming Wars

Microeconomics

Business and society
Business Economics and Public Policy
Economics & Policy
Date
October 30, 2023
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Business and society
Business Economics and Public Policy
Economics & Policy

Political Leanings in Academic Economics Writing And Its Impact on Policy Recommendations

A New Columbia Business School Study Unveils Connection Between Economists' Political Orientation and Academic Writing in Economics

  • Read more about Political Leanings in Academic Economics Writing And Its Impact on Policy Recommendations about Political Leanings in Academic Economics Writing And Its Impact on Policy Recommendations

Operations & Supply Chain Management

DFI News & Write-Ups
Innovation
Labor
Date
January 18, 2024
DFI News & Write-Ups
Innovation
Labor

The Technology Skills Every Employee Should Have Today

Many employers expect workers to be proficient in a host of tech tools. Among them: data analysis, online collaboration and project management.

  • Read more about The Technology Skills Every Employee Should Have Today about The Technology Skills Every Employee Should Have Today

Organizations & Markets

DFI News & Write-Ups
Innovation
Labor
Date
January 18, 2024
DFI News & Write-Ups
Innovation
Labor

The Technology Skills Every Employee Should Have Today

Many employers expect workers to be proficient in a host of tech tools. Among them: data analysis, online collaboration and project management.

  • Read more about The Technology Skills Every Employee Should Have Today about The Technology Skills Every Employee Should Have Today

Real Estate

Milstein Center News
Real Estate
Type
Columbia Business
Date
January 17, 2024
Professor Stijn van Nieuwerburgh is interviewed.
Milstein Center News
Real Estate

60 Minutes: How empty office buildings are setting cities on a doom loop

Sunday, January 14, 2024: Professor Stijn van Nieuwerburgh is interviewed by 60 Minutes about commercial real estate and how empty office buildings are setting cities on a doom loop.

  • Read more about 60 Minutes: How empty office buildings are setting cities on a doom loop about 60 Minutes: How empty office buildings are setting cities on a doom loop

Social Impact

Artificial intelligence
Leadership
Social Enterprise
Tamer Center for Social Enterprise
Date
January 31, 2024
Fei-Fei Li
Artificial intelligence
Leadership
Social Enterprise
Tamer Center for Social Enterprise

Dr. Fei-Fei Li: The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

Dr. Fei-Fei Li is the Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford and the Denning Co-Director of Stanford’s Human Centered AI-Institute. Dr. Li has been called the godmother of artificial intelligence and has emerged as one of the country’s leading scientists — and humanists.

  • Read more about Dr. Fei-Fei Li: The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI about Dr. Fei-Fei Li: The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

Strategy

DFI News & Write-Ups
Innovation
Labor
Date
January 18, 2024
DFI News & Write-Ups
Innovation
Labor

The Technology Skills Every Employee Should Have Today

Many employers expect workers to be proficient in a host of tech tools. Among them: data analysis, online collaboration and project management.

  • Read more about The Technology Skills Every Employee Should Have Today about The Technology Skills Every Employee Should Have Today
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