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The YOOX founder shared lessons on entrepreneurship, risk-taking, timing, and sustainability from his new book The Geek of Chic at a recent CBS event.

In public markets, the identity of the marginal buyer is usually a footnote. If one investor steps away, another one shows up, without much impact on the price. Commercial real estate (CRE) does not work that way. Stijn Van NieuwerburghEarle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor of Real Estate, Finance Division Neel ShahPhD Candidate, Finance Division

Professor Parinitha (Pari) Sastry is an assistant professor of finance at Columbia Business School. Her research focuses on climate change, financial intermediation, and real-estate markets. She received her B.A. from Columbia University and her finance Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has worked previously at the Department of Treasury, Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, Brookings Institution, and New York Fed. 

New Columbia Business School Study Shows Pronoun Use Influences Receptiveness In Conflict-Laden Interactions

Research from Columbia Business School Reveals that Employees’ Perceptions of Promotion System Fairness May Rely on their Boss’s Status Markers 

Valerie Rockefeller is one of the country's most innovative leaders in the fight against climate change and in our transition to a low carbon economy. As chair of Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and BankFWD, she is helping to pioneer ways to channel philanthropy and the capital markets towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.

Donnel Baird '13 is the founder and CEO of BlocPower, a clean tech startup based in New York City that develops portfolios of clean energy retrofit opportunities in underserved communities and connects those opportunities to investors seeking social, environmental, and financial returns.