June 17, 2025
How “Better World” Innovation Is Redefining Business Success
A new CBS-backed framework redefines innovation to prioritize sustainability, equity, and long-term value in today’s business landscape.
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May 30, 2025
Can Machine Learning Detect Political Bias in Economics Papers?
New Columbia Business School research shows how economists’ political leanings can be detected in their academic writing, and may shape their findings on key policy issues like taxes and labor.
May 5, 2025
Did AI Write That Pitch? The Impact of Generative AI on Hiring and Startup Evaluations
Research from Columbia Business School examines the challenges posed by generative AI in hiring and entrepreneurial pitching, offering insights into when AI helps — and when it hinders.
April 23, 2025
How Tax-Deferred Retirement Accounts Cost the U.S. Government $23 Billion a Year
Columbia Business School research reveals the hidden cost of traditional retirement accounts: a $3.8 trillion government-owned investment portfolio driving $23.4 billion in annual fees. A shift to Roth accounts could save billions — and fund a national retirement match.
April 21, 2025
Uncovering the Costly Bias in Marketplace Testing
Statistical bias could be misleading your product and feature testing, according to research from Columbia Business School Professor Hannah Li, but solutions might be easier than you think.
April 17, 2025
Designing Smarter Economic Systems: A New Approach to Mechanism Design
Award-winning research from Professor Laura Doval tackles the “limited commitment” problem in economics, offering a model that helps governments and firms adjust rules and strategies based on new information over time.
April 4, 2025
How Real-Time Click Data Drives Smarter Personalization
New Columbia Business School research reveals how analyzing real-time customer journey data — from search queries to filtering behavior — can predict preferences with remarkable accuracy, even without historical data.
March 27, 2025
When Economic Struggles Foster Self-Interest, Not Universal Compassion
A Columbia Business School study shows that experiencing a recession in young adulthood leads to lasting support for wealth redistribution—but mostly for one’s own group.
March 18, 2025
The Secret to Getting Consumers to Trust Personalized Recommendations
Columbia Business School researchers discover that the amount of variety in a consumer’s past purchases predicts their openness to algorithm-based recommendations.
March 4, 2025
Big App Acquisitions in Apple’s iOS Ecosystem Stifle Competition and Innovation
A new study by Professor Lori Yue and her co-authors reveals how app developers acquiring smaller third-party apps in the iOS App Store create powerful synergies that discourage new competitors from entering the market.
February 25, 2025
Diversity Targets: An Actual Path to Change or the Latest Corporate Lip Service?
As calls for accountability in corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion grow louder, a new Columbia Business School study explores which companies disclose diversity goals, why the timing of those disclosures matters, and which types of goals are seen as more credible.
February 18, 2025
When Fragile Insurers Meet Climate Change, Taxpayers End Up on the Hook
New research from Professor Parinitha Sastry and her co-authors examines the challenges facing Florida’s homeowners insurance market.