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Robert Amen ’73, president of International Paper speaks on ethical issues facing the company around the world.

Business leaders representing the pharmaceutical and paper industries discuss the tradeoffs between profitability and social responsibility.

Commissioners Paul Atkins and Harvey Goldschmid of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) join Dean Hubbard in a panel discussion.

By Madeleine Tregidga '05, the Bottom Line.

By Erik Svanholm '05, Bottom Line.

Interview of Malik Ashiru '05, Bottom Line.

By Jeff Koehler '05, Bottom Line.

Under the leadership of Bruce Greenwald, the Heilbrunn Professor of Finance & Asset Management, the Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing has assembled a full suite of courses.

Columbia Business School and Net Impact anticipate an impressive turnout over 1,000 MBA student and professionals at the 12th Annual Net Impact Conference "Business Leaders Building a Better World" on November 11-14, 2004.

SEC commissioners Paul Atkins and Harvey Goldschmid join Dean Glenn Hubbard and incoming MBA students today for a vigorous debate on the merits and costs of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The panel discussion kicks off a new School-wide curriculum titled the Individual, Business, and Society: Tradeoffs, Choices and Accountability.

Discussion kicks off a new School-wide curriculum titled the Individual, Business, and Society: Tradeoffs, Choices and Accountability.

In this five-part series, Professor Bruce Greenwald talks with Motley Fool about identifying franchises, the dos and don'ts of shorting, holding cash, and the investment manager he's betting on.

COMPUSTAT and CCM Data Updates (August 11, 2004)

Continuing an annual tradition, Columbia Business School board members — including Sallie Krawcheck ’92, Henry Kravis ’69 and Mario Gabelli ’67 — carved time out of their busy schedules to meet with small groups of MBA students to discuss industry trends and opportunities.

Columbia Business School's Research Initiative on Social Entrepreneurship (RISE) Program, Investors' Circle, and the Social Venture Network have partnered to conduct the first national survey of for-profit social ventures, which are defined as businesses that seek to create positive social and environmental impact through financially successful businesses.

Professor Rita Gunther McGrath was among the industry leaders and international economists who presented a strategy for ensuring Ireland’s competitive advantage to that country’s government and business community.

The Columbia Business School community of students, faculty, staff and alumni raised nearly $100,000 this summer to subsidize 18 internships for students interested in working in the nonprofit, public or social enterprise sectors.

A report released at the United Nations Global Compact's Leaders Summit on June 24, 2004, details recommendations by the financial industry to better integrate environmental, social and governance issues into investment analysis, asset management and securities brokerage.

After reviewing proposals, the Lang Fund board pledged a quarter of a million dollars in seed capital to three outstanding student ventures.

Joseph Azrack, MBA ?72, president and CEO of Citigroup Property Investors, generously donated the complete Urban Land Institute (ULI) ?library? to the School.