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Sydney Finkelstein ’88 researched successful, high-profile managers to understand how they helped their businesses flourish. Here’s what he learned.

We spoke with four alumni CEOs of high-performing companies about their approach to risk. Get inspired to step outside your comfort zone.

Bill Ackman awarded $100,000 to the winners of the Pershing Square Challenge: Thais Fernandes '16, Melody Li '17, and Joanna Vu '17. 

As the National Security Agency’s first chief risk officer, Anne Neuberger ’05 is tackling one of the most urgent challenges in US government today: ensuring national security while respecting civil liberties and privacy.

These two alumni share how they took the plunge and forged new paths in their careers.

For more than a decade, IBM has built upon research to produce its C-suite Studies series, one of the largest collections of C-level executive insights. Its latest research Stepping Up to the Challenge: cmo Insights from the Global C-Suite Study focuses on how cmos “are helping their enterprises become more ‘customer-activated.’”

These six alumni made dramatic career changes to pursue their passions. Here’s how they did it.

On April 14th, 2016, during the conference with Governor Kuroda on Japan's fight against deflation, Professor Takatoshi Ito commented on policy moves for the BoJ in order to slow down the appreciation of the Japanese Yen, including expanding the already-record stimulus. His views highlighted the importance of the policy meeting on April 27th and 28th at BoJ. Professor Ito's comments can be found in Japanese and English below. Kuroda ally says BOJ should use easing now rather than later

Julie Hansen ’03 anticipated the digital age long before it arrived — and, as president and COO of Business Insider, she is shaping the future of online news.

Professor Wei Jiang will assume the role on July 1.

Professor Amit Khandelwal has been appointed director of The Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business, effective July 1. He assumes the role most recently held by Professor Wei Jiang, who will assume the role of Vice Dean for Curriculum and Instruction on July 1.

Forty students from Columbia Business School attended a study tour to Singapore and Southern China from March 13th through March 20th. 

Dean Glenn Hubbard of Columbia Business School announced that The Chazen Institute of International Business has been renamed the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business, and Jerome Chazen has donated $10 million for its continued development.

On April 13, 2016, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business hosted a special lecture, featuring Governor Haruhiko Kuroda. Governor Kuroda spoke the Bank of Japan's decision for negative interest rates and Japan's unconventional monetary policy. For media coverage and more information on this event, please see the links below: TBS News (04/13/2016)Bloomberg (04/14/2016)Reuters (04/13/2016)

The Chazen Institute of International Business has been renamed the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business, and Jerome Chazen has generously donated $10 million for its continued development, Dean Glenn Hubbard has announced.

Central banks are operating on old, discredited models. The result: even as interest rates fall, business investment has stagnated.

Here, alumni share stories of the businesses they inherited and led — and some of the lessons they learned along the way.

Nicholas Bienstock '96 is the Co-Managing Partner of Savanna. In a recent interview with Eric Liang '17, Mr. Bienstock discussed trends in creative office development in Brooklyn, starting his own business, and gave advice for Columbia Business School students aspiring to have careers in real estate.

Don’t be afraid to fail spectacularly, says the chairman of Club Mahindra Holidays.

A new book by Jeff Gramm ’03 includes original letters by the likes of Warren Buffett ’51, Benjamin Graham, Carl Icahn, and Ross Perot.