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Lehman’s bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch’s takeover have important lessons for policymakers, writes Dean Glenn Hubbard.

The trade organization doesn’t treat rich and poor nations the same, but all members can gain from collective negotiations.

A strategic model shows how to buy or sell a large position most efficiently.

Kivetz and doctoral candidate Anat Kienan reveals that indulging now and then minimizes long-term regret -- welcome advice to both consumers and marketers of luxury goods

Keynote speakers Paul Keckley of Deloitte and David Holveck of Johnson & Johnson call for radical, systemic changes to the healthcare industry and the medical profession.

November 9: "What Will Become of the Japanese Corporation? –A Comparative Perspective." Summary and video now available.

Network neutrality concerns about abusive discrimination by telecom network operators with market power is nothing new. There is long history in the United States of actual discrimination by network operators and consequential government actions to eliminate or at least mitigate the adverse consequences of market power, including unreasonable discrimination...

How stock commentators speak about the market can influence investors' opinions.

Rita McGrath calls for empowering middle managers, who — with their inside company knowledge, political savvy and talent for getting things done — make innovation possible.

How cultural differences between Japan and the United States affect the way leaders are perceived when accidents strike.

An innovative experiment shows how we try — with varying degrees of success — to meet new people.

In nurturing social intelligence, a new initiative at the School brings the concept full circle

Why do business relationships take longer to establish in China than in the United States? New research explores key differences between the American and Chinese approaches to building networks

At the 2005 Alumni Reunion, Professor Bruce Greenwald put forth a simple truth about investing: in any sale, one person is wrong. Value investing offers a framework for ending up on the right side of the sale.

From the Archive, June 2005: You can sometimes improve your product's market share by adding competition. A study of consumer behavior challenges conventional wisdom about product placement.

Do Chinese avoid conflict? If so, how will this cultural trait affect negotiations with your Chinese joint venture partner? New research sheds light on how culture influences people in business settings.

More than 1,000 industry leaders, distinguished alumni and faculty members from around the world gathered at the Waldorf-Astoria to celebrate Columbia Business School's 26th Annual Dinner. The event was cochaired by Erskine B. Bowles '69, candidate for United States Senate, and Russell L. Carson '67 of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. The dinner raised $2.4 million for the School.

“Superinvestor” Warren E. Buffett, who got an A+ from Ben Graham at Columbia in 1951, never stopped making the grade. He made his fortune using the principles of Graham and Dodd's Security Analysis. Here, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of that classic text, he tracks the records of investors who stick to the “value approach” and have gotten rich going by the book.

As participants in incentive systems perceive that they are getting closer to their goal, they intensify their efforts.

Picking a sure small reward versus a risky big one depends on the effort it requires and how much you enjoy it.