Skip to main content
Official Logo of Columbia Business School
Academics
  • Visit Academics
  • Degree Programs
  • Admissions
  • Tuition & Financial Aid
  • Campus Life
  • Career Management
Faculty & Research
  • Visit Faculty & Research
  • Academic Divisions
  • Search the Directory
  • Research
  • Faculty Resources
  • Teaching Excellence
Executive Education
  • Visit Executive Education
  • For Organizations
  • For Individuals
  • Program Finder
  • Online Programs
  • Certificates
About Us
  • Visit About Us
  • CBS Directory
  • Events Calendar
  • Leadership
  • Our History
  • The CBS Experience
  • Newsroom
Alumni
  • Visit Alumni
  • Update Your Information
  • Lifetime Network
  • Alumni Benefits
  • Alumni Career Management
  • Women's Circle
  • Alumni Clubs
Insights
  • Visit Insights
  • Digital Future
  • Climate
  • Business & Society
  • Entrepreneurship
  • 21st Century Finance
  • Magazine
CBS Landing Image

Columbia Business Insights

Search All Insights

Explore Further on Search All Insights

CBS In the News

Explore Further on CBS In the News
Insights
  • Digital Future
  • Climate
  • Business & Society
  • Entrepreneurship
  • 21st Century Finance
  • Magazine
  • More 
Jump to main content

Editor’s Choice

Insights
Management
Marketing
Marketplace
Research Findings
Technology
Date
July 15, 2025
A person smiling
Insights
Management
Marketing
Marketplace
Research Findings
Technology

How to Win More Bookings on Airbnb

A Columbia Business School study found that Airbnb hosts who smile in their profile photos see 3.5% more bookings. Smiling reduces customer uncertainty and increases trust, with implications for hospitality, e-commerce, and even online dating.
  • Read more about How to Win More Bookings on Airbnb about How to Win More Bookings on Airbnb
Carbon
Climate and Policy
Climate Knowledge Initiative
Elections
Energy
Date
July 16, 2025
US Capitol building
Carbon
Climate and Policy
Climate Knowledge Initiative
Elections
Energy

America's Clean Energy Transition Will Continue Despite the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

While the OBBBA (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) guts renewable energy incentives, undercuts US manufacturing, and hands a long-term advantage to China, economics will continue to drive clean energy growth.
  • Read more about America's Clean Energy Transition Will Continue Despite the One Big Beautiful Bill Act about America's Clean Energy Transition Will Continue Despite the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Accounting
Business and Society
Faculty Views
Leadership
Management
Social Impact
Date
July 08, 2025
A gardener trims a hedge
Accounting
Business and Society
Faculty Views
Leadership
Management
Social Impact

The Fallacy of Across-the-Board Budget Cuts

Many leaders rely on across-the-board budget cuts to save money. This approach may seem fair but often weakens profitable divisions, slows growth, and fuels hidden inefficiencies. Learn why targeted cuts work better.
  • Read more about The Fallacy of Across-the-Board Budget Cuts about The Fallacy of Across-the-Board Budget Cuts
Business and Society
Future of Work
Leadership
The Workplace
Date
July 03, 2025
A team of workers
Business and Society
Future of Work
Leadership
The Workplace

How Team Diversity Prevents Collusion in the Workplace

Discover how team diversity and incentive design help prevent workplace collusion, based on new Columbia Business School research.
  • Read more about How Team Diversity Prevents Collusion in the Workplace about How Team Diversity Prevents Collusion in the Workplace
Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Business and Society
Digital Future
Ethics and Leadership
Technology
Date
July 01, 2025
TikTok, Chinese video-sharing social networking service, with company logo on screen in background
Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Business and Society
Digital Future
Ethics and Leadership
Technology

The Future of Leadership in Tech Ethics

Explore how Columbia Business School’s Tech Ethics course trains future executives to tackle AI, privacy, and misinformation dilemmas with practical ethical frameworks and real-world debates.
  • Read more about The Future of Leadership in Tech Ethics about The Future of Leadership in Tech Ethics

Latest Videos

How High-Skilled Immigrants Drive US Job Growth and Innovation

New research from Columbia Business School reveals that high-skilled immigrants, including H-1B visa holders, don’t take jobs from native-born workers—instead, they fuel entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth, particularly in diverse communities.

  1. Professor Jorge Guzman
    Business and Society

    How High-Skilled Immigrants Drive US Job Growth and Innovation

  2. A woman negotiating
    Business and Society

    How ‘Masculine Energy’ Can Hinder Your Negotiation Success

  3. Person leaving a job
    Business and Society

    Why Employee Retention is More Complicated Than You Think

  4. CBS Photo Image
    Business and Society

    The Wall and the Bridge with Glenn Hubbard

  5. Professors Stephan Meier, left, and Todd Jick
    Artificial Intelligence

    AI in the Workplace: The Power of a Human-First Approach

  6. People in a crowd
    Business and Society

    The True Face of Political Debate: Why It’s More Positive Than You Think

Latest Podcasts

Artificial Intelligence
Business and Society
Digital Future
Future of Work
Management
The Workplace
Date
May 12, 2025
Walmart Chief People Officer Donna Morris
Artificial Intelligence
Business and Society
Digital Future
Future of Work
Management
The Workplace

Bizcast: Walmart’s Chief People Officer Donna Morris on the Future of Work

In this episode, Morris joins CBS Professor Stephan Meier to discuss how Walmart is building a resilient, tech-powered, and people-led workplace.

  • Read more about Bizcast: Walmart’s Chief People Officer Donna Morris on the Future of Work about Bizcast: Walmart’s Chief People Officer Donna Morris on the Future of Work
Business and Society
Economics and Policy
Finance and Economics
World Business
Date
April 24, 2025
Professor Joseph Stiglitz
Business and Society
Economics and Policy
Finance and Economics
World Business

Bizcast: Joseph Stiglitz on AI, Freedom, and Rethinking Capitalism

The Columbia Business School Professor and Nobel laureate explores the true meaning of “freedom” in the age of AI. He explains how government, capitalism, and tech must evolve to protect democracy—not undermine it—and why progressive economic policies are key to ensuring innovation works for all.

  • Read more about Bizcast: Joseph Stiglitz on AI, Freedom, and Rethinking Capitalism about Bizcast: Joseph Stiglitz on AI, Freedom, and Rethinking Capitalism
Business and Society
Economics and Policy
Globalization
World Business
Date
April 17, 2025
Professor Shang-Jin Wei
Business and Society
Economics and Policy
Globalization
World Business

Bizcast: How Trump’s Tariffs Could Backfire on American Households and the Economy

In this episode of Columbia Bizcast, Professor Shang-Jin Wei explains why President Trump’s sweeping tariffs—intended to protect U.S. industries—may instead harm American households and businesses.

  • Read more about Bizcast: How Trump’s Tariffs Could Backfire on American Households and the Economy about Bizcast: How Trump’s Tariffs Could Backfire on American Households and the Economy
Climate and Policy
Climate and Solutions
Climate and Sustainability
Date
December 20, 2024
Wopke Hoekstra, the European Union’s Commissioner for Climate Action
Climate and Policy
Climate and Solutions
Climate and Sustainability

Bizcast: EU’s Wopke Hoekstra Calls for Urgent Climate Action

Listen to the European Union’s Commissioner for Climate Action discuss the solutions and challenges on his agenda as he embarks on a new five-year term. 

  • Read more about Bizcast: EU’s Wopke Hoekstra Calls for Urgent Climate Action about Bizcast: EU’s Wopke Hoekstra Calls for Urgent Climate Action
View All Podcasts

Latest Research

Business and Society
Data/Big Data
Digital Future
Media and Technology
Date
December 10, 2024
A person writing
Business and Society
Data/Big Data
Digital Future
Media and Technology

Can Your Writing Style Predict Your Future Success?

Using natural language processing, Professor Olivier Toubia and his co-researchers have found that the way people write, no matter the topic, can reveal clues about how well they might do in the future—whether in school, work, or other areas.

  • Read more about Can Your Writing Style Predict Your Future Success? about Can Your Writing Style Predict Your Future Success?
Economics and Policy
Ethics and Leadership
Future of Work
Labor
Management
The Workplace
Date
December 03, 2024
US immigration document
Economics and Policy
Ethics and Leadership
Future of Work
Labor
Management
The Workplace

Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor … and Your High-Skilled!

New research by Columbia Business School faculty shows how increasing the number of high-skilled immigrants can spur regional entrepreneurship and economic growth without the cost of other economy-boosting strategies.

  • Read more about Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor … and Your High-Skilled! about Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor … and Your High-Skilled!
Business and Society
Capital Markets and Investments
Economics and Policy
Finance
Finance and Economics
Politics
Date
November 26, 2024
US Army soldiers
Business and Society
Capital Markets and Investments
Economics and Policy
Finance
Finance and Economics
Politics

Dollars and Dominance: How Military Strength Secures Financial Power

A new paper co-authored by Professor Pierre Yared shows how geopolitical strength and financial privilege reinforce each other, with implications ranging from interest rates to national security.

  • Read more about Dollars and Dominance: How Military Strength Secures Financial Power about Dollars and Dominance: How Military Strength Secures Financial Power
Leadership
Politics
Research Findings
Date
November 19, 2024
Divided nation illustration
Leadership
Politics
Research Findings

Is Open-Mindedness a Liability in Today’s Polarized Politics?

Research by Professor Mohamed Hussein uncovers the social cost of engaging with opposing political views, offering new insights into America’s growing partisan divide and what it means for fostering cooperation.

  • Read more about Is Open-Mindedness a Liability in Today’s Polarized Politics? about Is Open-Mindedness a Liability in Today’s Polarized Politics?
Business Economics and Public Policy
Capital Markets and Investments
Corporate Finance
Economics and Policy
Finance
Finance and Economics
World Business
Date
November 12, 2024
Famous euro sign in Frankfurt am Main under blue sky.
Business Economics and Public Policy
Capital Markets and Investments
Corporate Finance
Economics and Policy
Finance
Finance and Economics
World Business

Who Really Owns Europe’s Wealth? New Research Uncovers the True Flow of Capital Across the Euro Area

A CBS study uses large-scale data to better estimate where money in Europe comes from — and where it goes.

  • Read more about Who Really Owns Europe’s Wealth? New Research Uncovers the True Flow of Capital Across the Euro Area about Who Really Owns Europe’s Wealth? New Research Uncovers the True Flow of Capital Across the Euro Area
More Research

Latest Faculty in the News

CBS News
June 12, 2025

NYC ends broker fees for renters, but will that lead to higher rent prices?

Professor Tomasz Piskorski's research is featured. 

Mentioned Faculty

Tomasz Piskorski

Tomasz Piskorski

Edward S. Gordon Professor of Real Estate
Finance Division
Business Insider
June 1, 2025

Southeast Asia's tech startups are chasing the American dream

Highlighted by Columbia Business School, this media piece showcases Topics and Areas of Expertise about our esteemed faculty. The content is specifically curated from the publication that showcased the mentioned faculty and/or research, emphasizing its contributions in various fields. The featured Topics and Areas of Expertise reflects the school's commitment to sharing valuable insights and knowledge.

Mentioned Faculty

Nataliya Wright

Nataliya L. Wright

Assistant Professor of Business
Management Division
USA Today
May 31, 2025

Sticker Shock: Are American Consumers Learning to Live With Inflation?

Highlighted by Columbia Business School, this media piece showcases Topics and Areas of Expertise about our esteemed faculty. The content is specifically curated from the publication that showcased the mentioned faculty and/or research, emphasizing its contributions in various fields. The featured Topics and Areas of Expertise reflects the school's commitment to sharing valuable insights and knowledge.

Mentioned Faculty

Yiming Ma

Yiming Ma

Regina Pitaro Associate Professor of Business
Finance Division
Forbes
May 31, 2025

Reinvent or Fall Behind: 5 Hard Truths From the Frontlines of Business

Highlighted by Columbia Business School, this media piece showcases Topics and Areas of Expertise about our esteemed faculty. The content is specifically curated from the publication that showcased the mentioned faculty and/or research, emphasizing its contributions in various fields. The featured Topics and Areas of Expertise reflects the school's commitment to sharing valuable insights and knowledge.

Mentioned Faculty

Rita McGrath

Rita McGrath

Academic Director in Executive Education
Executive Education
The Washington Post
May 30, 2025

Banks Are Avoiding Mortgage Loans in California’s Wildfire Zones, Study Says

Highlighted by Columbia Business School, this media piece showcases Topics and Areas of Expertise about our esteemed faculty. The content is specifically curated from the publication that showcased the mentioned faculty and/or research, emphasizing its contributions in various fields. The featured Topics and Areas of Expertise reflects the school's commitment to sharing valuable insights and knowledge.

Mentioned Faculty

Pari Sastry

Parinitha Sastry

Assistant Professor of Business
Finance Division
Marketplace
May 29, 2025

The Federal Budget Will Affect Borrowing Costs for Everyone

Highlighted by Columbia Business School, this media piece showcases Topics and Areas of Expertise about our esteemed faculty. The content is specifically curated from the publication that showcased the mentioned faculty and/or research, emphasizing its contributions in various fields. The featured Topics and Areas of Expertise reflects the school's commitment to sharing valuable insights and knowledge.

Mentioned Faculty

Stephan Meier

Jesse Schreger

Associate Professor of Business
Economics Division
Bloomberg News
May 29, 2025

Musk Exits DOGE Leaving Threadbare Agencies and Strained Workers

Highlighted by Columbia Business School, this media piece showcases Topics and Areas of Expertise about our esteemed faculty. The content is specifically curated from the publication that showcased the mentioned faculty and/or research, emphasizing its contributions in various fields. The featured Topics and Areas of Expertise reflects the school's commitment to sharing valuable insights and knowledge.

Mentioned Faculty

Rita McGrath

Rita McGrath

Academic Director in Executive Education
Executive Education
American Enterprise Institute
May 28, 2025

Thinking About Pro-Growth Policy and Federal Budget Deficits

Highlighted by Columbia Business School, this media piece showcases Topics and Areas of Expertise about our esteemed faculty. The content is specifically curated from the publication that showcased the mentioned faculty and/or research, emphasizing its contributions in various fields. The featured Topics and Areas of Expertise reflects the school's commitment to sharing valuable insights and knowledge.

Mentioned Faculty

Photo of Professor R. Glenn Hubbard

R. Glenn Hubbard

Dean Emeritus; Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics
Economics Division
Director
Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business
Chazen Institute Board
Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business
See all Faculty In the News

External CSS

Columbia Business Insights

Official Logo of Columbia Business School

Columbia University in the City of New York
665 West 130th Street, New York, NY 10027
Tel. 212-854-1100

Maps and Directions
    • Centers & Programs
    • Current Students
    • Corporate
    • Directory
    • Support Us
    • Recruiters & Partners
    • Faculty & Staff
    • Newsroom
    • Careers
    • Contact Us
    • Accessibility
    • Privacy & Policy Statements
Back to Top Upward arrow
TOP

© Columbia University

  • X
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn