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The timing of loan loss provisions was an influencing factor in the housing crisis.

New possibilities emerge when cities think of housing as insurance.

A spouse’s preferences can affect household spending and credit card bills.

Why the US Fed’s recent drop in interest rates is misguided.

Are Americans primarily suffering from income inequality or lack of opportunity? At the 2019 Social Enterprise Leadership Forum, speakers diagnosed the problem and proposed solutions.

On August 5th, Bunny Ellerin, Director of the Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Management Program at Columbia Business School and President of NYC Health Business Leaders was featured as one of Crain’s 2019 Notable Women in Healthcare. 

Columbia Business School’s W. Edwards Deming Center for Quality, Productivity, and Competitiveness announced today David Abney, chairman and CEO, United Parcel Service, Janet DiFiore, chief judge, New York State, and Hubert Joly, executive chairman, Best Buy, will receive its 2019 Deming Cup for Operational Excellence.

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

The inaugural Leader-in-Residence for the Reuben Mark Initiative discusses personal leadership styles and effective organizational cultures.

Professor Takatoshi Ito commented on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory in the upper house elections, and the implications for government and central bank policies. To view this segment, visit Bloomberg’s website below: What Are Japanese PM Abe's Priorities? (Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia, 7/21/19)

Congratulations to our DRO PhD graduates of the class of 2019! DRO PhD student Francisco Castro accepted a faculty position at UCLA Anderson School of Management. He will join the Decisions, Operations and Technology Management (DOTM) area. Francisco was advised by Professors Omar Besbes, Ilan Lobel and Gabriel Weintraub.

With two new governors set to join the Federal Reserve Board, former member Frederic Mishkin of Columbia Business School outlines an alternative to the decades-old Rules vs Discretion debate.

The Lang Center’s Summer Fellowship Program provides salary supplements to support rising second-year students who want to gain experience working at early-stage ventures.

Clothes communicate a message both to yourself and to others.

Central bankers’ actions are more visible and politically sensitive than ever.

Business casual is now commonplace, but is it the right dress code when the job calls for abstract thinking? Based on research by Michael Slepian, S.N. Ferber, J.M. Gold, and A.M. Rutchick

A look at subtle stereotyping and prejudice in the workplace. Based on research by A.S. Rosette, Modupe Akinola, and Anyi Ma

Job fulfillment is often dependent on factors that go beyond a paycheck.

If a CEO habitually scowls, watch out: he or she is less likely to oversee acquisitions.

Now in its sixth year, Columbia Startup Lab provides subsidized coworking space for a total of 71 Columbia entrepreneurs—32 of whom are graduates of CBS.