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Economics Professor Edmund S. Phelps delivered this fall’s University Lecture, “Economic Theory for an Innovative World,” proposing the development of new theoretical models to keep pace with entrepreneurial endeavors.

As part of the Silfen Leadership Series, Richard Parsons spoke on risk taking, accountability and highly publicized CEO resignations.

Keynote speakers Paul Keckley of Deloitte and David Holveck of Johnson & Johnson call for radical, systemic changes to the healthcare industry and the medical profession.

11月９日（金）、東京大学の岩井克人教授をお招きして、"What Will Become of the Japanese Corporation? --A Comparative Perspective"と題する講演会をコロンビア大学にて開催した。

November 9: "What Will Become of the Japanese Corporation? –A Comparative Perspective." Summary and video now available.

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Unilever group chief executive Patrick Cescau, awarded the Botwinick Prize for Business Ethics, delivered the keynote address on the importance of corporate social responsibility.

日本経済経営研究所は、ワーキング・ペーパー・シリーズの新作を３本発表した。

Network neutrality concerns about abusive discrimination by telecom network operators with market power is nothing new. There is long history in the United States of actual discrimination by network operators and consequential government actions to eliminate or at least mitigate the adverse consequences of market power, including unreasonable discrimination...

Students meet with Troika Dialog executives. 

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Presentations from The State of Telecom - 2007 are now available online.

The 17th Annual Graham & Dodd Breakfast featured David Einhorn, President of Greenlight Capital Inc. at the University Club in New York City.

Tim Brandt ’09, Gary Kats ’08 and Stephen Walker ’09 won the University of Maryland’s first Mergers & Acquisitions Competition, topping a field of 10 MBA teams.

Fangruo Chen was recently named a Chang Jiang Scholar by the Ministry of Education in China.

September 13: Professor Gerald Curtis gave a special lecture titled "ABE'S GONE...IS THE LDP NEXT?"

October 12: "Japan's Emerging M&A Market: Defensive Measures, Judicial Review,and Insider Trading." Summary now available.

On Thursday, October 11, 2007, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business and the Japan Business Association of Columbia Business School cosponsored a zadankai (roundtable discussion) entitled “Issues in Japanese Pension Fund Management”

For his research on the connections between smoking and wage dynamics, Professor Nachum Sicherman is a corecipient of the highest honor of the Eastern Economic Journal.

10月12日（金）、（株）格付投資情報センターが"R&I Ratings and Japan’s Capital Market Trends"と題する第６回NYカンファレンスを、ジャパンソサエティにて開催。