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Organizations—including business schools—are increasingly focused on expanding their DEI capabilities. Here we discuss best practices for having productive conversations around DEI.

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was quoted in the New York Times article “Inflation? Not in Japan. And That Could Hold a Warning for the U.S.” Inflation? Not in Japan. And That Could Hold a Warning for the U.S. (New York Times, 7/15/2021)

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, wrote the Project Syndicate article “Japan’s Quiet Olympics” which discusses the current state of emergency declaration in Japan in response to COVID-19 and the Olympic/Paralympic Games in Tokyo this summer.

New Columbia Business School research finds communication is the best way to mitigate worker misconduct, but worker surveillance negates all positive effects

CJEB’s Director, Professor David Weinstein, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “Inflation Threat May Be Boosted by Changes in Globalization, Demographics and E-Commerce,” in which he discusses the complicated broader inflationary impact of recent tariffs. Inflation Threat May Be Boosted by Changes in Globalization, Demographics and E-Commerce (Wall Street Journal, 7/12/21)

The latest in private equity alumni news

The Private Equity Program had its largest group of guest speakers in the 2020-2021 school year.

Chocolate lovers around the world may not know it, but some of their guilty pleasures may have been produced by child slaves.

In a new study on such “managerial trickle-down effects” in the workplace, Columbia Business School’s Phillip Hettleman Professor of Business Joel Brockner finds that people in mid-level managerial roles are especially likely to do unto those below them as has been done to them from above when those in the mid-level managerial roles experience less of a sense of power, defined as the perceived ability to control valuable resources.

Loopholes and semantics could significantly weaken this much-needed tax.

Heather Higginbottom is the president of the JPMorgan Chase PolicyCenter, which develops and advances sustainable, evidence-based policy solutions to drive inclusive economic growth in the United States and around the world.

Heather Higginbottom is the president of the JPMorgan Chase PolicyCenter, which develops and advances sustainable, evidence-based policy solutions to drive inclusive economic growth in the United States and around the world.

Edited and condensed from an interview conducted in May 2021. Gina Baker Chambers is a Principal of capital raising, the Co-Portfolio Manager for the New York City Retirement Systems co-investment separate account, and the Portfolio Manager for the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund separate account. 

New Columbia Business School Research Raises Questions About Role of Medical Device Rep-Physician Relationships in Choices for Patient Care

Four new Tamer Fund for Social Venture awardees were selected after their participation in an application screening round, a due diligence process with student teams from a Columbia Business School course, and a final pitch to the fund’s investment board.

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, wrote the Project Syndicate article “An Olympic Size COVID Risk” which discusses the current vaccination record in Japan and how it affects the outlook on this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Magda Wierzycka, co-founder and chief executive officer of Sygnia Limited, talks leadership, integrity and seizing opportunities.

Roy Swan is the director of mission investments at the Ford Foundation and a national leader in the fields of sustainable finance, impact investing, and community and economic development.

Roy Swan is the director of mission investments at the Ford Foundation and a national leader in the fields of sustainable finance, impact investing, and community and economic development.