Columbia Business School Executive Education Launches Nine-Month Venture Capital Private Equity Program in Collaboration with Emeritus
NEW YORK - Columbia Business School Executive Education is proud to announce the Venture Capital Private Equity Program for investment professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of institutional investment opportunities. The program is being launched in collaboration with Emeritus, a global leader in making high-quality education accessible and affordable.
Professor Matthias Breuer presented with Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence in the Core
Congratulations to Professor Matthias Breuer for being recognized with the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence in the Core for his teaching of the course Financial Accounting in the MBA Core.
Real Conversation: 10 Questions with the 2021–2022 REA Co-Presidents
The Paul Milstein center for Real Estate sat down with the incoming Real Estate Association (REA) Co-Presidents Katie Hogan ’22 and Dan Vasserman ’22 to learn more about what brought them to the MBA Real Estate Program at Columbia Business School, into leadership positions in the REA, and beyond! Read more to get the inside scoop on the lives of Katie and Dan!
Introducing New July 2021 Members of the Real Estate Circle
The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate is pleased to welcome the following new alumni to the Real Estate Circle: Matthew Neisser ’14 and Arthur Romeo ’12 as Leaders and Maureen Devenny ’21 as an Associate.
Columbia Business School's Deming Center Awards 2021 Deming Cup to Mary Barra and Ken Frazier
NEW YORK — Columbia Business School’s W. Edwards Deming Center for Quality, Productivity, and Competitiveness announced that Mary Barra, chair and CEO of General Motors, and Ken Frazier, Merck’s executive chairman of the board, will receive its 2021 Deming Cup for Operational Excellence at a virtual ceremony on October 19.
Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Wrote the Article "Japan's Four-Horse Race" for Project Syndicate
Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, wrote the Project Syndicate article "Japan's Four-Horse Race." The article discusses the effects of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's announcement that he will not seek re-election as president of the Liberal Democratic Party. It also goes over the likely candidates to be elected the LDP's leader and Japan's next Prime Minister.
Columbia Business School Executive Education Launches Nine-Month Chief Marketing Officer Program in Collaboration with Emeritus
NEW YORK - Columbia Business School Executive Education is proud to announce the Chief Marketing Officer Program for senior marketing professionals who seek to advance their careers and take on leadership roles in their organizations. The program is being launched in collaboration with Emeritus, a global leader in making high-quality education accessible and affordable.
Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Quoted in the Pensions&Investments Article "CIO of Japan endowment faces investing headwinds"
Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was quoted in the Pensions&Investments article "CIO of Japan endowment faces investing headwinds."
CIO of Japan endowment faces investing headwinds (Pensions&Investments, 9/6/2021)
CJEB core faculty member, Prof. Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, was quoted in an Economist article discussing Japan Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide
One of CJEB’s core faculty members, Professor Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University, was quoted in an Economist article discussing Japan Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and the upcoming leadership vote at the end of September.
Suga Yoshihide is unpopular, uninspiring and struggling to survive (Economist 9/2/21)
Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Wrote the Article "Japan's Delta Desperation" for Project Syndicate
Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, wrote the Project Syndicate article "Japan's Delta Desperation." The article discusses the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games unfolding without any major incidents, the trailing but accelerating vaccine rollout, the spread of the Delta variant in Japan, Prime Minister Suga’s general election challenges, and the political and economic outlooks resulting from the current state of the pandemic.
GPS Accurately Tracks Your Whereabouts, but Predicting Your Depression Is Much Harder
New York – Depression is one of the most common mental health issues in the United States, affecting the lives of over 17 million Americans suffering from it with over 800,000 people dying from suicide annually, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). While long held stigmas around mental health are being torn down, dependency on technology to accurately predict depression is on the rise.
Hope after all? Political Leaders and Policy is Influenced By Research Findings
New Columbia Business School Research Finds that Local Political Leaders Are Influenced By and Display Demand For Research Relevant to their Policy Choices
Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Quoted in the Pensions&Investments Article “Japan funds' private markets diversification proceeds slowly”
Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was quoted in the Pensions&Investments article “Japan funds' private markets diversification proceeds slowly” which discusses trends in the portfolios of Japan’s top public pension funds, such as Government Pension Investment Fund.
Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Quoted in the New York Times Article “Inflation? Not in Japan. And That Could Hold a Warning for the U.S.”
Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was quoted in the New York Times article “Inflation? Not in Japan. And That Could Hold a Warning for the U.S.”
Inflation? Not in Japan. And That Could Hold a Warning for the U.S. (New York Times, 7/15/2021)
Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Wrote the Article “Japan’s Quiet Olympics” for Project Syndicate
Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, wrote the Project Syndicate article “Japan’s Quiet Olympics” which discusses the current state of emergency declaration in Japan in response to COVID-19 and the Olympic/Paralympic Games in Tokyo this summer.
Remote Work Improves When Companies Share their Values with Employees
New Columbia Business School research finds communication is the best way to mitigate worker misconduct, but worker surveillance negates all positive effects
CJEB’s Director, Professor David Weinstein, Quoted in the Wall Street Journal Article “Inflation Threat May Be Boosted by Changes in Globalization, Demographics and E-Commerce”
CJEB’s Director, Professor David Weinstein, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “Inflation Threat May Be Boosted by Changes in Globalization, Demographics and E-Commerce,” in which he discusses the complicated broader inflationary impact of recent tariffs.
Inflation Threat May Be Boosted by Changes in Globalization, Demographics and E-Commerce (Wall Street Journal, 7/12/21)
Workplace Dynamics: When are Managerial Trickle-Down Effects Most Likely to Occur?
In a new study on such “managerial trickle-down effects” in the workplace, Columbia Business School’s Phillip Hettleman Professor of Business Joel Brockner finds that people in mid-level managerial roles are especially likely to do unto those below them as has been done to them from above when those in the mid-level managerial roles experience less of a sense of power, defined as the perceived ability to control valuable resources.