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No matter where your home base is, Asia is a necessary stopover on the career path to the corner office. Here’s how, and where, to get your ticket punched.

The nurse in the Ebola quarantine flap is a reminder that it hurts when decisions go against us, but it hurts a lot more when you feel you’ve also been disrespected in the process.

A new look at the money multiplier sheds light on bank behavior in the wake of the recession.

On December 10, 2014, Christopher Mayer, Co-Director of the Richard Paul Richman Center of Business, Law, and Public Policy & Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate, Columbia Business School moderated a panel titled "The Implication of Secular Change" at the Barclays Select Series 2014 – Real Estate: The Year Ahead. 

MBA students Chris Doman '15, Dennis Giuliano '15, Sarah Pous '15, and Kris Ronning '15 won first place, the Alexander Bodini Foundation Prize, at the Real Estate Project Class Final Presentations Competition and Awards Dinner at Columbia Business School on December 10, 2014. Their team was one of four to present at the competition, which is the culmination of the second-year course taught by Adjunct Associate Professor Andrew C. Jacobs '96. Each team was tasked with developing and presenting its own investment strategy for actual properties owned by the real estate firms sponsoring the event. Prior to the contest, four other teams had been eliminated.

Nearly every business wants a piece of this huge consumer market.

A foreign posting is a real resume booster — right? Not always, especially if you're coming from outside the United States to work within its borders.

A big congratulations to CBS for taking both 1st and 2nd place in the ABI Corporate Restructuring Competition! The $6,000 first place was awarded to Colin McCarthy '16, Mark Reynolds '16, Wariz Anifowoshe '16 and Andrew Longley '16, and the $3,500 second place was awarded to Ari David '16, Catalin Cibu '16, Robert Dellinger '16 and Adam Yoran '16.

Professor Pierre Yared talks about his recent research, which looks at the rising popularity of guiding monetary policy through target-based rules.

Nina Tandon '12 talks about the origin of EpiBone and overcoming the challenges facing women entrepreneurs.

Do Longer Hospital Stays Lead to Better Outcomes?

"Lean startup" methodology has a place in established enterprises as well as startups, says Columbia Business School instructor Bob Dorf.

New research explores the ideal contest design for spurring innovation.

Columbia Business School students pitched their startups at the 2014 Fall Venture Fair.

On October 28, 2014, the Deming Cup for Operational Excellence was awarded to Ellen J. Kullman, chairman and CEO of DuPont, and Stefan Wertheimer, founder of ISCAR, at a gala reception in Low Rotunda.

New research shows that the less frequently investors check their portfolios, the better off they are.

Mobile Display Advertising benefits companies that sell big ticket items such as cars.

Six years after the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve and other central banks are still looking for answers to whether the unconventional monetary policies adopted following the crisis — including lowered interest rates — have been effective in helping American households and the larger economy. The persistence of so many debt-burdened households, widespread unemployment, and relatively low economic growth has only increased the debate among economists and policymakers.

Venture capitalist David S. Rose offers tips for aspiring angel investors.

Our business founders and entrepreneurial leaders are proving that many startups don’t just succeed. They thrive.

  Alexander Tuff '03 discusses five key concepts every COO should know.

By Sean Epstein '04, Head of SAP Private Equity, EMEA and Emmanuel Cassimatis, Head of Small & Mid Cap Private Equity, EMEA

The opportunities are endless for brands, especially technology companies, to take root in and grow in Africa.