Corporate Finance

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The 2nd Annual News and Finance Conference explored the interplay between the media and the markets through expert research, presentations, and discussions.

The Fourth Annual Family Business Conference brought together family business leaders, consultants, and research experts to talk about paths to expansion.

Frustrated with constraints imposed upon them by their employers during times of distress, many high-quality employees feel compelled to take the leap into entrepreneurship. This is most likely to happen when their companies face financial distress and become restrictive, says a study from Columbia Business School.

There's a truism that only two things in life are certain: death and taxes.

Not all information is good information, so how do you separate fact from fiction? On March 8, interdisciplinary leaders from academia, business, government, and the media will gather at Columbia Business School’s 2nd Annual News and Finance Conference to explore how media coverage of financial news, rumors, and whispers affect stock market movement.

The innovative program focuses on teaching fundamental analysis to provide students with practical tools for fundamental investing.

In the past three decades, dozens of investors have tried to improve education by funneling billions of dollars into alternative schools, online education, and textbook publishing, and they have, with surprising regularity, failed. A just-released book from Columbia Business School Professor Jonathan Knee dissects what drives investors' efforts to improve education and why they consistently struggle to succeed.

The cracks are starting to show in the proverbial glass ceiling.

New research from Columbia Business School helps explain the low number of corporate whistle-blowers: company stock options are often given to rank-and-file employees to discourage them from publicly reporting financial reporting violations.