Vanessa Burbano
- Donald C. Waite III Associate Professor of Social Enterprise
- Management Division
- Areas of Expertise
- Climate, Labor Markets, Social Impact, Strategy
- Contact
- Office: 954 Kravis
- Phone: (212) 8544401
- E-mail: vanessa.burbano@gsb.columbia.edu
Vanessa Burbano is the Donald C. Waite III Associate Professor of Social Enterprise in the strategy area at Columbia Business School.
Burbano researches the strategic implications of socially responsible and irresponsible firm practices; in particular, how they influence employee behavior. Her body of work has been recognized by her receipt of the 2021 Emerging Scholar Award from the Strategic Management division of the Academy of Management, and the 2021 Emerging Sustainability Scholar Award from the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability. She was also named to Poets and Quants’ 2019 list of Best 40 Business School Professors Under 40.
Her work has been published in Organization Science, Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, California Management Review, and Organization & Environment, Her publications have been recognized with awards including those from the Strategic Management Society, the Impact for Investment Research Prize, the Responsible Research in Management Award, the Berkeley Sustainable Business and Investment Forum, the International Association of Business & Society, the Industry Studies Association, and the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability. Her work has also been cited in the popular press, including in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, and The Financial Times.
Burbano serves on the editorial boards of Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. She also serves as the Corporate Engagement Director and Executive Committee Member of LEAP, an NSF Science and Technology Center (STC) dedicated to improving the accuracy of climate projections needed for optimal adaptation to climate change.
She holds a Ph.D. from UCLA Anderson School of Management and an M.P.A. from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Prior to academia, she worked as an Associate at Goldman Sachs and as a Strategy Consultant at Monitor Group.
- Education
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B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2002; M.A., Universidad Complutense, 2003; M.P.A., Princeton Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 2009; M.A., UCLA Anderson, 2011; Ph.D., UCLA Anderson, 2015
- Joined CBS
- 2015
All Activities
Closing the Gender Pay Gap: Why Women Value Meaning at Work More Than Men
The Business Case for Doing Good
Measuring the Pros and Cons of Social Consciousness
Climate Modeling Reaches for the Next Level of Precision
Davos 2022 and the Climate Crisis: CBS Experts Weigh in on the World Economic Forum’s Priorities, Agenda
Business Leadership on the Path to Net Zero: Reasons for Optimism at the 2022 Climate Conference
Are Governments at COP26 Guilty of “Greenwashing?”
Remote Work Improves When Companies Share their Values with Employees
Overcoming Gender Segregation: Looking to Applicant Pools to Increase Gender Diversity at Work
Companies Seeking to Narrow the Gender Gap Need to Emphasize Their Social Purpose, According to New Research from Columbia Business School
Values Matters: New Study Finds Company Stances on Social-Political Issues Can Only Hurt Employee Work Performance
Scaling the Revolution: Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario Charts Path for Sustainable Business
A New Way to Do Good: Invest in Bad Companies
New Research Shows That Even in the For-Profit World, Employees Will Sacrifice Salary for Strong Corporate Social Responsibility
The Gender Gap in Meaningful Work
- Case ID
- 190401
Zara's Sustainability Dilemma
As apparel retailing moved online, would Zara's competitive advantage in traditional retail extend to e-commerce?