Media and Technology

Fast Internet has brought a significant increase in the employment rate to connected areas in Africa Modern communications technology can enable job creation in poorest regions of the world In Africa, the arrival of fast Internet especially benefited the growth of high-quality jobs.

A recent faculty showcase spotlighted new research from Robert D. Calkins Professor of International Business Bernd Schmitt; Assistant Professor of Management Michael Mauskapf; and S. T. Lee Professor of Business Sheena Sethi Iyengar’s Authenticity, Choice, and Technology Lab. 

Shoshanah Brown '04 works to bring home healthcare to underserved New York City communities.

Carson Family Professor of Business Miklos Sarvary sees Facebook as an ambivalent force in the media, raising the quality of top newspapers while hurting profits for everyone.

Kaushik Kappagantula ’17 wants to ease poverty in rural India and thinks his company, Kheyti, can do just that.

Fox News has the greatest potential sway over US voters, but about a dozen media organizations have the power to swing a close election, says Andrea Prat, the Richard Paul Richman Professor of Business.

New electives in web programming and data analytics have become some of the Business School’s most popular courses. "It gave me a leg up," says one alumnus.

MBAs increasingly need to be equipped with programming knowledge, says adjunct assistant professor and Y Combinator-backed entrepreneur Mattan Griffel.

NEW YORK—As digital technologies define and drive a new era in patient care, Columbia Business School Executive Education has teamed up with HITLAB, a digital health innovation organization that focuses on the diffusion of technology to improve lives worldwide, to offer an industry-first program that distills how digital technologies can transform life science research, clinical development, patient experience, operations, and business models.