World Business

Social entrepreneurship can be a powerful force for bridging cultural divides.

Henry R. Kravis ’69, cofounder, cochairman, and co-CEO of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and cochair of the School’s Board of Overseers, has pledged a gift of $100 million to Columbia Business School. It is the largest gift in the School’s history.

The Center on Japanese Economy and Business and and the Academyhills organized a conference titled ??Coping with Change in Japan and the U.S.? on April 20, 2010 at the Roppongi Academyhills (Tokyo, Japan).

Professor Michael Morris will deliver the keynote address on "Harnessing Bicultural Identity" on August 27, 2010 at the Asian MBA Leadership Conference and Career Expo (AMBA) in New York.

Featured in the Japan Times Online, Professor Michael Morris's research on U.S. and Japanese media coverage of corporate scandals shows differences in the public's direction of blame and responsibility.

The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics co-hosted the May 27 event with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

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The Bernstein Student Leadership and Ethics Board hosted a student panel discussion on ethical dilemmas while working in government and with NGOs as part of Leadership and Ethics Month.

Read the report on "The Quantitative Revolution and the Crisis: How Quantitative Financial Models Have Been Used and Misused."

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