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Additional chairs in finance and economics and marketing will be used to attract and retain top-flight faculty members.

Raymond D. Horton, the Frank R. Lautenberg Professor of Ethics and Corporate Governance at Columbia Business School, is appointed the faculty director of Social Enterprise programs within the Executive Education division.

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Columbia Business School and Columbia Law School announced on January 7 a new joint proposal to stem foreclosures through loan modifications. The plan aims to facilitate mortgage modifications, and thus reduce foreclosures, by compensating servicers and removing some legal constraints.

The School's strategic partnerships with two leading African universities will focus on building capacity for business and management education, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship.

PSI in an op-ed on Forbes.com

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Leading academics and experts gathered to examine the origins of the financial crisis and discuss what actions policymakers might take to prevent it from happening again.

Congratulations to Donald Lehmann and his co-authors, Sunil Gupta and Jennifer Ames Stuart, for winning the 2009 William F. O’Dell Award.

Columbia Business School's thought leadership on issues related to the U.S. housing crisis has gained the attention of the media and policymakers alike. This page is a guide to related background, analyses and opinions.

Professors Ray Fisman and Rakesh Khurana discuss the role of business schools and the current economic crisis.

The Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) of Columbia University held a brown bag lecture titled "Financial Crisis: Impact on Japan and Lessons from Japan" on December 4 featuring Shijuro Ogata, former Deputy Governor of International Relations at the Bank of Japan.

In a new 30-minute documentary program on public television, William F. Baker, Executive-in-Residence at Columbia Business School and President Emeritus of WNET.ORG, parent company of public media providers THIRTEEN and WLIW21, leads a timely discussion about the future of American corporations and how they are redefining their approach to achieving success.

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Video available for the symposium "Lessons From the Japanese Bubble For the U.S." held on November 19 in New York.

The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations Partner with Columbia Business School and Scholars from Cambridge University

The Program on Alternative Investments of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute of Columbia University cosponsored the symposium "Lessons From the Japanese Bubble For the U.S." on November 19, 2008. Two hundred and sixty people attended to hear from three distinguished speakers on how the United States can learn from Japan's bubble experience and avoid its own "lost decade."

Kenneth Scheffler '09 explores sustainable financial services for the poor in this Bottom Line article.

PSI Coach Ora Shtull discusses nonverbal communication in a public speaking workshop as part of Women Rule!, a leadership training event in New York City that is featured in the November 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.

Alicia Ogawa, Director of the Program on Alternative Investments and Associate Director, Advising of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business will speak at the panel discussion entitled,  "Japan's financial and economic problems of the 1990s and the current crisis in the United States: A Comparison" in room 11-75 Cantor Board Room at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business from 6:30 to 8:30 pm on Tuesday, November 25, 2008. This event is organized by the Center for Japan-U.S. Business and Economic Studies and the Undergraduate International Business Association at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business.