Research from Columbia Business School Reveals that Employees’ Perceptions of Promotion System Fairness May Rely on their Boss’s Status Markers
New Study Reveals Bias Against AI Art Cannot Beat the Impact of Human Intention
Columbia Business School study’s new approach to understanding customers’ needs and their journey to purchase is ten times more accurate than previous models
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Research from Columbia Business School reveals that understanding how biases persist in evaluations can help to address inequality
For its 15th anniversary, the award for operational excellence recognizes executives Ford, of Land O’Lakes, Inc., and Sweet, of Accenture
White paper reveals barriers to innovation and strategies for realizing transformative improvements
The Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change Will Address Urgent Need for Business Climate Research and Education
The following message was sent to the Columbia Business School Community on October 10, 2023.
Designed by Columbia Business School, the New Initiative Will Accelerate the Teaching of Climate Change in Business Schools Globally
"The commercial real estate market is open for business. There are major loans being made on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. Rockefeller Center for a massive $3 billion refinancing in the last quarter… the cost of that debt is high. And I think herein lies one of the main advantages of transportation funding, where you could essentially borrow at Treasury interest rates."
- Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
"I think one of the big reasons why this is happening is because the parent company, ByteDance, is dragging its feet on implementing this. It is also raising concerns that this is a violation of free speech rights as well. In other words, that the United States government does not have grounds to force ByteDance to make such a move or to implement such a divestiture practice."
- Professor Dan Wang
"A lot of senior leaders at various companies are sensing resistance from employees to adopt AI, and AI in particular because they're afraid of being replaced and losing their jobs. A lot of companies now are trying to convince their employees and middle managers that it's okay that AI is helping them organize and it won't be affecting their jobs… But at the same time, if you look at OpenAI's reports, they're planning to replace human employees and even managers themselves who are thinking of using AI to save on labor costs."
- Professor Olivier Toubia
"Every tech company is focusing on AI as a future growth engine. And when it comes to AI, data privacy issues become a huge number one issue, and that comes out to the administration's policy. Hence, they're trying to earn goodwill. But here again, Trump needs the tech sector and the AI sector."
- Professor Daniel Keum
Professor Omid Malekan on recent bitcoin price drops, "The positive news from the election is mostly priced in. Trump takes office in a few weeks. There will be this question of when the rubber hits the road, what is he actually going to do?"
Professor Kairong Xiao on financial regulation under the SEC’s new chair Paul Atkins, "With Paul Atkins expected to replace Gary Gensler as SEC Chair, we’re looking at a big shift in financial regulation. Atkins has long championed a lighter touch approach, favoring free markets over aggressive oversight. One of the biggest swings will be in how the SEC policies broker-dealers like Robinhood. Under Gensler, the agency cracked down on payment for order flow, best execution, and retail trading practices, culminating in high-profile fines. But with an administration that’s more Wall Street-friendly than Main Street-focused, firms like Robinhood could find themselves facing fewer enforcement actions and a more relaxed regulatory climate."
Director Rita McGrath on the potential purchase of TikTok, "If they do get shut down, which seems to be likely, I think it opens up a second tier of bargaining possibilities. TikTok has taken the time - since the law was passed until these court hearings - to not investigate buyers, to not investigate an alternative, to not look into whatever legal remedies they might have. They’ve been going on a lobbying and charm offensive. This is kind of a Hail Mary for them."
Professor Brett House on Trump’s tariff threats, "he is trying to sow as much uncertainty on trade with the United States as possible to put a chilling effect on further production and investment in the United States’ trading partners. This is all part of a general strategy to try to draw investment and production back to the United States, not necessarily by imposing tariffs, but by creating the threat of them, and adding more broadly to uncertainty in a way that makes it more costly, on a risk-adjusted basis, to produce and invest abroad."
Sandra Matz takes a Big Data approach to studying human behavior in a variety of business-related domains. She combines methodologies from psychology and computer science – including machine learning, experimental designs, online surveys, and field studies – to explore the relationships between people’s psychological characteristics (e.g. their personality) and the digital footprints they leave with every step they take in the digital environment (e.g. their Facebook Likes or their credit card transactions).
Rebecca Ponce de Leon is an Assistant Professor in the Management Division of Columbia Business School. Her research is grounded in the desire to uncover the processes that hinder progress toward diversity and equality in organizations and society more broadly. She approaches this topic by exploring how social categories, like race and gender, and motivated beliefs, like social dominance ideologies, lead to patterns of bias in perceptions and behavior.
Adam Galinsky is the Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics at the Columbia Business School.
Professor Galinsky has published more than 300 scientific articles, chapters, and teaching cases in the fields of management and social psychology. His research and teaching focus on leadership, negotiations, diversity, decision-making, and ethics.
CBS Alum Harsh Jain, founder of fantasy sports company Dream11
Professor Hubbard is a specialist in public economics, managerial information and incentive problems in corporate finance, and financial markets and institutions. He has written more than 100 articles and books on corporate finance, investment decisions, banking, energy economics and public policy, including two textbooks, and has authored The Wall and the Bridge and coauthored Balance, The Aid Trap, and Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise.
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh is the Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor of Real Estate and Professor of Finance at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, which he joined in July 2018 after 15 years at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He earned his PhD in Economics (2003), MSc in Financial Mathematics (2001), and MA in Economics (2001) from Stanford University, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Ghent, Belgium (1998).
Adam Galinsky is the Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics at the Columbia Business School.
Professor Galinsky has published more than 300 scientific articles, chapters, and teaching cases in the fields of management and social psychology. His research and teaching focus on leadership, negotiations, diversity, decision-making, and ethics.
Adam Galinsky is the Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics at the Columbia Business School.
Professor Galinsky has published more than 300 scientific articles, chapters, and teaching cases in the fields of management and social psychology. His research and teaching focus on leadership, negotiations, diversity, decision-making, and ethics.
