Innovation

In her new book, CBS Professor Sheena Iyengar addresses a timeless and significant question for business leaders: How can I get my best ideas?

CBS scholars in these evolving fields are expanding horizons and making groundbreaking discoveries.

Professors Glenn Hubbard and Tano Santos have been honored with the 2023 Singhvi Prize for Scholarship in the Classroom, selected by the School's graduating class. The prestigious award recognizes full-time faculty who demonstrate exceptional dedication to teaching and ability to engage students.

The W. Edwards Deming Center for Quality, Productivity, and Competitiveness at Columbia Business School honored Michele Buck, chair, president, and CEO of The Hershey Company, and Brian Cornell, chair and CEO of Target, with the 2023 Deming Cup for Operational Excellence during a ceremony at Columbia University's Low Library Rotunda in October.

Jensen Huang, a tech visionary who built his company into a $1 trillion giant, met with Columbia Business School Dean Costis Maglaras for a conversation organized by CBS's Digital Future Initiative and the Silfen Leadership Series.

Turning a startup idea into a successful business takes passion, perseverance, and grit, as the alumni entrepreneurs profiled below exemplify. These former CBS students leveraged the School's programs and resources at the Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurship Center to get their ventures off the ground. 

Over the summer, nine other US business school deans and I traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with Lael Brainard, Director of the National Economic Council, and Jared Bernstein, Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, as well as other members of Congress, top White House staff, and business leaders.

The tech visionary discussed lessons from building his tech company into a $1 trillion giant at an event organized by the School's Digital Future Initiative and the Silfen Leadership Series.