Professor Vanessa Burbano examines evidence that can guide a firm’s decision to speak out — or stay silent.
In a shifting economy, Professor Cohen shares her insights on everything from evaluating economic reports to scrutinizing new technologies.
Andrew Wellington and Dan Kaskawits of Lyrical Asset Management, recent guests on the popular Value Investing with Legends podcast, discuss the strategies behind their successful value investing portfolio.
The 100/50: Embracing Our Legacy campaign honors the 100th anniversary of the first matriculated Black student and the 50th anniversary of the Black Business Students Association.
The Nobel Prize-winning economist visited CBS for the first installment of a new speaker series from The Hub, a new think tank, to discuss the future of capitalism with CBS Dean Emeritus Glenn Hubbard.
In the sparkling new buildings at Columbia Business School, the revamped finance curriculum will get continuous updates aligned with modern markets and careers.
Angela W. Lee, faculty director at the Lang Center, shares advice on how to excel as a venture capital investor. As interest in venture capital steadily grows among business students, top-tier academic institutions are expanding course offerings to meet demand.
A panel at the 2022 Climate Conference underscores a dramatic revving up of demand for a technological niche.
“Spending is down because prices and consumer interest rates remain high and consumers are feeling increasingly ‘squeezed’ ahead of the holidays. It doesn’t help that student loan debt is now due and credit card balances have been exploding. All not good signs for a robust Q4/Holiday"
- Professor Mark Cohen
"I think in broad strokes, WeWork with a major tenant, it was the largest office tenant of new leases signed in 2018, and 2019. So, you know, they went on a major expansion at that point, in many large cities in the U.S., and in fact, sort of all over the world. New York, San Francisco, London, and like you said, Boston are sort of some of their main, were some of their main locations. And, you know, now that they're bankrupt, I think they're looking to they had about, I think, 750 or so locations. Now that they're bankrupt, they're trying to shed some of these leases, which can typically only be done in bankruptcy. And, of course, that's a major negative shock to the office market that was already struggling with record high vacancy rates."
- Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
“I mean, the bigger issue again, if you want to frame this as a structural issue, you know, wealth and income inequality is a ticking time bomb. In the short run in specific cases, it's okay you know, to say there's a reason why Apple CEO is paid that much okay, fine. But if you aggregate everything together, you're already seeing this in the elections and so on. Right? So with this technology with globalization, wealth and income inequality has gone up a lot. And ignoring that is just dangerous. Now should there be a tax or something else, fine. We can discuss that. But the surfacing that problem and making people aware, even in boardrooms that this is an issue. And even if everybody gets a great wage, and so on, perceived inequality is also a problem."
- Professor Shivaram Rajgopal
"Leaders define work and social culture in the office. Whatever parties and social obligations, anything with drinking events or more casual meetings that leaders hold [are] social obligations for employees. Some of them may love it, some of them may not love it and think this is irrelevant, this is actually taking their off time, it’s not their work hours, but they feel pressured to go. This depends on people’s personalities. Some people are more extroverted, they truly enjoy the parties, some are more introverted, so they’d rather work or stay with their family rather than go to social events. But because their boss is there, and their colleagues are there, they don't want to be perceived as the creepy or weird colleague, so they want to show I'm here, I’m interested, and I love to be in such events. Even if they don’t speak out, they may have pressure in their minds."
- Professor Wei Cai
Nathaniel Keohane, president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, visits CBS for a discussion on climate change policy and action.
Chazen Senior Scholar Geoffrey Heal outlines three major barriers to the decarbonization of electric power generation on a global scale.
Three takeaways from the 2022 Brazil Climate Summit held at Columbia Business School’s Manhattanville campus
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“[Adapting to climate change] leads to ‘climate-flation.’ That leads to price increases.”
“The U.S. is getting the soft landing corroborated more and more... Labor markets have slowed down, hiring slowed down, but not so much that it spiked unemployment.”
“Prices may or may not be the lowest prices of the season. Needless to say, subject to available inventory, prices tend to become progressively lower the closer you get to the actual holiday.”
“What all investors are looking for is highly scalable businesses. And tech companies, by definition, tend to be highly scalable.”
