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The Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business has concluded the first of six modules that make up the new Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness in Latin America (ECLA) program, which is in collaboration with the Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires.

The Japan Society, Nomura Holding America Inc., The Women's Bond Club of New York, and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) of Columbia Business School cosponsored the symposium, "America Has Voted: Impact of New U.S. President on Asian Markets" on January 29, 2009. Sitting on the panel were three distinguished speakers: Alicia Ogawa, Director of the Program on Alternative Investments at CJEB; David Resler, Managing Director and Chief Economist at Nomura Securities International, Inc.; and Jeffrey Young, Chief Economist at Platinum Grove Asset Management. Leslie Norton, Foreign Editor, Asia at Barron's moderated the discussion.

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Faculty finds that the creation of a nonprofit institution, “CommonMuni,” could enhance liquidity in the municipal bond market

The group was in Tokyo from June 2-6, 2008. The participant from Columbia Business School was Tim Baldenius, professor of accounting. Other participants in addition to Charles Wolf included Charla Griffy-Brown, professor of information systems, Pepperdine Graduate School of Business; Charles O'Reilly, professor of management, Stanford Graduate School of Business; and Richard Rumelt, professor of business and society, UCLA Anderson School of Management.

The CJEB Working Paper Series has recently published two new installments.

Paul Milstein, leading New York real estate developer, philanthropist, and friend to the School, died on August 9.