Attendance at Annual Net Impact Conference Breaks Records
Nearly 1,400
MBA students,
professionals
and sponsors
attended
the 2004
Net Impact
conference,
Business
Leaders Building
a Better
World,
which took
place from
November
11 to 14.
The sold-out
conference
drew participants
from 80 business
schools,
167 companies
and 11 countries.
Professor and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz has joined two University of California, Berkeley, economists in launching the Economists’ Voice, a journal featuring analysis and opinion by leading economists about key national and international policy issues.
Dean's Prizes for Teaching Excellence Awarded to Management Professors Toby Stuart and Daniel Ames
Dean Glenn
Hubbard presented
the annual
Dean’s
Prize for
Teaching
Excellence
to management
professors
Toby
Stuart and Daniel
Ames in recognition
of their
outstanding
teaching
in the core
curriculum.
Have you ever wondered what happens on the board of a nonprofit or how you get involved? Last Monday, the Social Enterprise Club was fortunate to have David LaGreca, CBS '89 lead a session on NonProfit Board Leadership.
The Individual, Business and Society Curriculum Launches with Debate of Sarbanes-Oxley Act
SEC commissioners
Paul
Atkins and Harvey
Goldschmid join Dean
Glenn Hubbard and incoming
MBA students
today for
a vigorous
debate on
the merits
and costs
of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. The
panel discussion
kicks off
a new School-wide
curriculum
titled the
Individual,
Business,
and Society:
Tradeoffs,
Choices and
Accountability.
In this five-part series, Professor Bruce Greenwald talks with Motley Fool about identifying franchises, the dos and don'ts of shorting, holding cash, and the investment manager he's betting on.
Students Benefit from Power Lunches with Board Members
Continuing
an annual
tradition,
Columbia
Business
School board
members — including
Sallie
Krawcheck
’92,
Henry Kravis
’69 and Mario
Gabelli ’67 — carved
time out
of their
busy schedules
to meet with
small groups
of MBA students
to discuss
industry
trends and
opportunities.
Columbia Business School, Investors' Circle, and Social Venture Network Conduct First National Survey of Social Ventures
Columbia Business School's Research Initiative on Social Entrepreneurship (RISE) Program, Investors' Circle, and the Social Venture Network have partnered to conduct the first national survey of for-profit social ventures, which are defined as businesses that seek to create positive social and environmental impact through financially successful businesses.
Professor Rita McGrath Contributes to Independent Strategy Group for Irish Enterprise
Professor
Rita
Gunther
McGrath was
among
the
industry
leaders
and
international
economists
who
presented
a
strategy
for
ensuring
Ireland’s
competitive
advantage
to
that
country’s
government
and
business
community.
CORPS Fellowship Program Raises Funds for Student Internships
The
Columbia Business School community of students, faculty, staff and
alumni raised nearly $100,000 this summer to subsidize 18 internships
for students interested in working in the nonprofit, public or social
enterprise sectors.