Politics

If it had been windier on November 8, then the election results might have looked very different, says research from Columbia Business School and Cambridge Judge Business School. A research paper titled Weather Affects Voting Decisions finds that the weather on Election Day affects voters’ decisions.

Professor Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University, wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, on Japan's Upper House election. You can read the article on The Wall Street Journal's website: Japan’s Election Offers Little Choice (The Wall Street Journal, 06/26/16)

CJEB recently held its 10th annual lecture on Japanese politics with Professor Gerald Curtis, CJEB's core faculty member and Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. The lecture was titled "New Directions in Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy". To view the video of this lecture, please click here.  

CJEB's Core Faculty member, Professor Gerald Curtis, recently interviewed with The Wall Street Journal in Tokyo to discuss Japan's upcoming election which will take place in December. He speculates the outcome of the election and how it may impact Abe and the LDP party. He also discusses the recent recession and the progress of Abenomics. For more information and to view the video, please click here.

A new study on the connections between race and gender — a phenomenon called gendered race — reveals unexpected ways in which stereotypes affect our personal and professional decisions.

The Columbia Business School Real Estate Association is pleased to announce the co-presidents and vice presidents elected for the 2012-13 academic year. The officers, all in the class of 2013, were elected by the REA membership.

The Center on Japanese Economy and Business and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute cosponsored a special lecture titled, "Japan's Politics: Current Realities, Future Possibilities" with Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University. Video of the Special Lecture is now available and a detailed summary report is forthcoming.

In the wake of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's resignation and the election of Taro Aso as his successor, Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, gave a special lecture titled "Japan's Politics: Current Realities, Future Possibilities." The event was cosponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) of Columbia Business School on September 25. Approximately 180 people were in attendance.

CJEB-WEAI Lecture: "Japan's Politics: Current Realities, Future Possibilities" with Professor Gerald L. Curtis on September 25

With the US electoral campaign heating up, one of the main high-tech issues will be the state of high-speed internet in America. A campaign discussion on this subject could be much deeper and more meaningful. It should be about America??s future information economy, about the interplay of private and public initiatives, about a diverse media landscape and about its role as an exporter of information and media products.