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Finance, Governance, Ownership, Research Findings

Date: February 24, 2021

Finance, Governance, Ownership, Research Findings

What is Pyramidal Ownership?

Professor Daniel Wolfenzon and colleague provide insights into this form of family firm ownership in “A Theory of Pyramidal Ownership and Family Business Groups.”

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Governance, Leadership, Management, Research Findings

Date: February 23, 2021

Governance, Leadership, Management, Research Findings

Professor Daniel Wolfenzon and colleagues provide thought-provoking findings on family versus non-family- CEO’s of family firms in Inside the Family Firm: Families in Succession Decisions and Performance.

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Real Estate

Date: February 22, 2021

NYC Skyline. Photo Credit: Frank Oudeman.

Real Estate

Real Estate News

Introducing New Members of the Real Estate Circle: February 2021

The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate is pleased to welcome the following new alumni to the Real Estate Circle: Christopher Chang ’07, Steve Grant ’92, Ines Leung ’07 and Jeff Wainwright ’11 as Leaders.

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Strategy

Type: Brand Talk
Date: February 19, 2021

Delivering on your mission as a recipe for success seems obvious. With competing priorities from internal and external stakeholders, however, it isn’t always easy. This webinar, presented by Columbia Business School's Center on Global Brand Leadership, examines how a focus on mission—and using it to “dream, do, and dare”—can drive brands to be perceived as peerless and priceless.

Strategy

Dream, Do, Dare: Using Brand Mission to Drive Market Opportunity

Delivering on your mission as a recipe for success seems obvious. With competing priorities from internal and external stakeholders, however, it isn’t always easy. A recent panel at Columbia Business School examined how a focus on mission—and using it to “dream, do, and dare”—can drive brands to be perceived as peerless and priceless.

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Marketing, Operations, Strategy

Date: February 16, 2021

Marketing, Operations, Strategy

Marketing Press Release

Why Businesses Should Make Sure Consumers Can See 'Unfavorable' Reviews of Their Products

E-commerce has seen continued growth since the onset of the pandemic, making product reviews more relevant than ever before. Now, new research from Columbia Business School sheds light on what is making reviews so compelling.

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Capital Markets and Investments, Strategy

Date: February 16, 2021

Columbia Business School. Photo Credit: Frank Oudeman.

Capital Markets and Investments, Strategy

Finance Press Release

Owning a Company’s Stock Drives Brand Loyalty and Increases Spending

New Columbia Business School study finds that owning stock at popular brands like Taco Bell and ExxonMobil can increase day-to-day spending at store locations.

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Economics and Policy, Labor

Date: February 09, 2021

Economics and Policy, Labor

Firms With Overseas Networks Had an Early Warning About COVID-19

Companies with networks in China and Italy responded to the pandemic and enacted work-from-home policies faster than local governments.

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Entrepreneurship

Date: February 09, 2021

business people talking at conference table

Entrepreneurship

The Gender Factor in Investing

New research explores how biases can affect the funding of female-led ventures.

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Corporate Finance, Healthcare, Operations, Risk Management

Date: February 09, 2021

Corporate Finance, Healthcare, Operations, Risk Management

Finance Press Release

Bringing Epidemiology to Economics: When Risk Mitigation Pays Off

New research from Columbia Business School’s Chong Khoon Lin Professor of Real Estate Neng Wang finds that when firms take precautions to mitigate COVID-19 risks early – such as testing employees, implementing social distancing protocols, and implementing health checks – companies may face initial losses, but in the long run, perform better than those that didn’t mitigate.

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Capital Markets and Investments, Operations, Risk Management, World Business

Date: February 09, 2021

Capital Markets and Investments, Operations, Risk Management, World Business

Finance Press Release

How International Trade Can Thrive In Uncertain Times

Columbia Business School Study Finds that High Uncertainty Can Lead to Conditions and Demand to Spark Trade

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Marketing

Type: Brand Talk
Date: February 08, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, as gravely ill patients filled the wards of Mount Sinai’s hospitals, concurrent crises of fear, anxiety, and misinformation about the coronavirus also took hold in the general populace.

Marketing

The Importance of Team Agility in Uncertain Times: Karen Wish ’94, VP and CMO of Mount Sinai Hospital Group and Network

During the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians and scientists quickly became the world’s most trusted sources of information on the pandemic. In this talk at the Future of Marketing Leadership Conference, learn how Karen Wish ’94 (VP and CMO, Mount Sinai Hospital Group and Network) led her team at Mount Sinai to get the truth and consistent messaging across to patients, staff, and the general public when they needed it most.

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Future of Work, Leadership

Date: February 08, 2021

Image of women growing like flowers in a pot

Future of Work, Leadership

SLEB Corner

Paving the Way for Women in STEM

Student Leadership and Ethics Board member Deeksha Chawla '21 is becoming the role model and mentor she craved in her formative years.

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Entrepreneurship, Labor, Media and Technology, Organizations, Risk Management

Date: February 01, 2021

Entrepreneurship, Labor, Media and Technology, Organizations, Risk Management

Finance Press Release

The Color of Money: Funding Sources for University Research Influence Commercial Legacy

Columbia Business School Professor Tania Babina uses a brand new data set comprising grants for university research from 22 universities and wage records for individual researcher to show that privately-funded research more often results in researchers departing for commercial careers, while federally-funded research more likely results in the emergence of high-tech startups.

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Governance, Ownership, Research Findings

Date: January 27, 2021

Governance, Ownership, Research Findings

How is Family Firm Ownership Structured? The Case of Korean Chaebols.

Research by Professor Daniel Wolfenzon, Stefan H. Robock Professor of Finance and Economics, and colleagues examines family firm ownership structures. 

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Strategy

Type: Brand Talk
Date: January 27, 2021

COVID-19 created not only suffering and hardship, but a dislocation in American life. For many, the pandemic forced a reappraisal of relationships, careers, consumption, and priorities for the future.

Strategy

John Gerzema on What a Post-Vaccine America Might Look Like

The Center on Global Brand Leadership was pleased to host The Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema to share their data and insights around “The Four I’s,” that he noted as top of mind during pandemic and at the moment on January 14, 2021 – the long running issues of infection and injustice along with the latest crisis in the U.S. on insurrection and impeachment.

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Ethics and Leadership, Leadership, Organizations

Date: January 26, 2021

Ethics and Leadership, Leadership, Organizations

Leadership and Ethics News

The Bernstein Center Awards 2020-2021 Research Grants

The research grants will support doctoral students in their pursuit of discovery around leadership, ethical conflicts, and the future of work across industries.

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Healthcare, Labor, Operations, Risk Management

Date: January 26, 2021

Healthcare, Labor, Operations, Risk Management

DRO Press Release

Economics Press Release

An Extra Day in the Hospital Could Save the Life of Heart Attack Patients

In a new study on hospital mortality rates, Columbia Business School’s Merrill Lynch Professor of Workforce Transformation Ann P. Bartel and Associate Professor of Business Carri W. find that increasing heart attack patients’ length of stay by just one day could decrease 30-day mortality rates and save lives

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Real Estate

Date: January 25, 2021

Real Estate

Real Estate News

2020 Real Estate Symposium Report: Opening Keynote Conversation on Housing

The 2020 Real Estate Symposium, in its 13th year, was held for the first time ever in a fully virtual format.

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Real Estate

Date: January 25, 2021

Real Estate

Real Estate News

2020 Real Estate Symposium Panel Report: Future of Cities post COVID-19: Will urbanization continue or will smaller cities level up?

The current global pandemic is impacting cities in various ways, both predictable and unpredictable. The Future of Cities Panel at the Columbia Business School’s Real Estate Symposium explored whether urbanization will continue, or small cities will level up.