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Professor Elke Weber, co-director of the Center for Decision Sciences, presented at Mind & Life XXIII: Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence in Dharamsala, India about "Ethics and Action: The Psychology of Action and Behavior Change."

Study finds that subjective evaluations are comparable with and complementary to objective measures of teacher effectiveness

NEW YORK—October 10, 2012—Thanks to blogs, online forums, and product review sites, companies and marketers now have access to a seemingly endless array of data on consumers’ opinions and experiences. In principle, businesses should be able to use this information to gain a better understanding of the general market and of their own and their competitors’ customers.

Columbia’s popular course on personal leadership kicks off new program; Offers innovative networking and interactive educational opportunities to a broader audience of business professionals

NEW YORK—October 4, 2012—Consider a Japanese–American woman strolling through a mall. If she passes by a UNIQLO store, is she more likely to opt for sushi than a hamburger when she reaches the food court? Would this cue of Japanese culture draw out her Japanese side? The answer, according to new research from Columbia Business School’s Michael Morris, the Chavkin–Chang Professor of Leadership, and Aurelia Mok, Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong (she received her Ph.D.

Research finds that women are savvy bargainers who simultaneously negotiate economic outcomes and gender role expectations

New research by Columbia Business School offers rare insights into what consumers are thinking when they land on the search engine results page