Research

Policymakers and international organizations like the United Nations have suspected that local banks play a role in improving healthcare outcomes in developing countries. New research affiliated with the Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics takes a broad look at bank services in developing countries and uncovers surprising links between healthcare marketplaces and positive community outcomes.

Recently, some brands have chosen to take sides on controversial issues. However, this type of brand activism may aggravate social polarization without benefit. New research affiliated with the Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School suggests brands that choose a different path can play a unique and successful role decreasing the polarization of social and political attitudes.

Employee selection systems are important tools for shaping organizational culture. Previous research has shown that identifying and hiring employees who hold company-aligned vales, such as quality or adaptability, is an effective way to directly infuse those values into an organization. New research affiliated with the Reuben Mark Initiative for Organizational Character and Leadership under the auspices of the Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School goes a step further and finds that the cultural values of new hires can have spillover effects on existing employees and company-wide performance.

As firms aim to increase age, gender and racial diversity in their promotional materials, recent social movements such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Me Too have simultaneously raised awareness of long-standing social inequality. However, past studies on the effects of racial diversity in advertising have been largely inconclusive. Now, new research affiliated with the Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School suggests that advertisers would be well advised to diversify racial representation in their materials.

Columbia Business School research reveals the impact of employees' anticipation of in-person work on their engagement and feelings about work.

Bernstein Faculty Director Modupe Akinola made her blue-carpet debut as a featured expert on National Geographic’s new docuseries, Limitless with Chris Hemsworth.

Studying real estate at Columbia means learning from leading scholars, connecting with industry professionals, and gaining hands-on experience in order to build your career.

Rather than measure your progress by how far you've hit the ball on a hole, it's more valuable to look at the decrease in the average strokes it takes you to finish a hole from where you are.