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Research from Chazen Senior Scholar Christian Moser suggests that who gets hired and how much they get paid could make the difference between a startup’s success and its failure

New study from Columbia Business School identifies underutilized predictors of classroom success – including college GPA and standardized test scores

The arrival of new medical ideas played a major role in the long-run increase in US cancer survival rates according to research by Columbia Business School Professor Frank Lichtenberg

With two new governors set to join the Federal Reserve Board, former member Frederic Mishkin of Columbia Business School outlines an alternative to the decades-old Rules vs Discretion debate

Fast Internet has brought a significant increase in the employment rate to connected areas in Africa Modern communications technology can enable job creation in poorest regions of the world In Africa, the arrival of fast Internet especially benefited the growth of high-quality jobs

NEW YORK – Capital crosses borders more today than ever before. While a small number of large firms issue bonds in foreign currency and borrow from foreigners to finance their operations, the vast majority of firms issue only in local currency and do not directly access foreign capital. That is, with the exception of U.S. firms. Since the 2008 financial crisis, according to new research from Columbia Business School, global portfolios have shifted dramatically away from the euro and toward the dollar – essentially cementing the dollar as the only international currency.

By analyzing both their impact on prolonging life and their cost-effectiveness, groundbreaking research from Columbia Business School looks at the overall impact of recently developed cancer-fighting drugs

NEW YORK – Gone are the days when commissions and bonuses are the failsafe mechanisms for incentivizing employee productivity. As job duties become increasingly wide-ranging, so too does the need to design compensation packages that correspond to the needs of a changing, global market.

Latest Columbia Business School Research of 18 Countries Shows TV Remains the Most Dominate and Influential Source; Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC/NBC Deemed “Most Powerful”.