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A study by Columbia Business School Professor Doron Nissim reveals a better understanding of how investors value insurance companies.

For aspiring entrepreneurs, previous employer size can forecast performance and commitment.

Three Columbia Business School faculty members have received 2011 Dean’s Prizes for Teaching Excellence.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honored Professor Mueller with the prize for his research on the composition of the unemployed during recessions

Incentives can worsen outcomes for firms needing financing

Mayer remarks that the plan is probably not as risky as it sounds.

A new study by Professor Jonah Rockoff and colleagues indicates that good elementary school teachers have a positive effect on students in the long-term.

Jesse Greene, former vice president of financial management and chief financial risk officer for IBM, and Jack Mitchell, chairman and CEO of retail stores Mitchells/Richards/Marshs and Wilkes Bashford, have joined Columbia Business School as executives in residence.

Lecturer Aaron Wallen's Managerial Negotiations course inspired two students and Slate contributors to create a podcast series on the art of negotiation.

See how Kikkoman and Coca-Cola are taking part in the global community.

Congratulations to our colleagues Andrew Hertzberg and Daniel Paravisini.  The paper “Public Information and Coordination: Evidence from a Credit Registry Expansion” (co-authored with Jose Liberti) just won the Brattle Group Distinguished Paper Prize at the AFA meeting in Chicago.

Mitchell’s appointment will provide students with a connection to a family business expert

On December 2 through December 4 over sixty members and friends of the Columbia Business School community, including current MBA and EMBA students, law students, alumni, and industry professionals headed to the oceanfront conference facilities of Gurney's Inn located in Montauk, NY for an innovative seminar/retreat called Deal Camp.

Study provides evidence that retail chains, and not just individual stores, explains variation in price dynamics

Tech Trends to watch for in 2012.

Three Columbia Business School faculty members have received 2011 Dean’s awards for teaching an elective.

Each year the Center conducts a University-wide competition on behalf of the Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Scholarship Foundation and nominates one Columbia student to receive full tuition and some living expenses for a one-year program of undergraduate or graduate study in Japan. For the academic year 2012-2013, send your application by Wednesday, February 29, 2012.

Professor Christopher Mayer discusses the limitations of the federal Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) with Bloomberg.

Research reveals role of government funding in pharmaceutical R&D and its direct and indirect impact on innovative new drugs

Arvind Chary '11 is a co-founder of Altas Real Estate Partners