World Business

The Center on Japanese Economy and Business organized a symposium titled "Economic Recovery and Growth in Asia and the Pacific" from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, November 23, 2009 at Columbia Business School. A summary report and video of this symposium is available.

Bruce Usher, who was the CEO of EcoSecurities Group and is an adjunct professor, has joined the Executives in Residence Program.

Participants from 12 business schools competed in the two-day event to test their management skills and heard presentations from top corporate leaders.

In response to the current challenging economic conditions for real estate capital markets, Columbia Business School and Goodwin Procter have partnered to present the 2010 International Real Estate Capital Markets Conference.

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The Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business has concluded the first of six modules that make up the new Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness in Latin America (ECLA) program, which is in collaboration with the Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires.

Shang-Jin Wei, the N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy, has been named as director of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia Business School.

The Center on Japanese Economy and Business(CJEB) and The Program for Economic Research(PER) organized a conference titled "Coping with Crisis: Financial Policy in the U.S. and Japan" from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at Columbia Business School. This was the inaugural event of CJEB's new program, "New Financial Architecture-Japan & the U.S."

In a community forum event on November 12, Buffett and Gates responded to student body questions on a variety of topics, including the economy, investing during an economic downturn and the fruitful careers and industries of the future.

The Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School and the Program for Economic Research are organizing a conference on Tuesday, November 10, Coping with Crisis: Financial Policy in the U.S. and Japan. The speakers are Professors Heizo Takenaka of Keio University, Patrick Bolton of Columbia Business School, and Takatoshi Ito of The University of Tokyo. The conference will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. in Uris #301at the Columbia Business School, followed by a reception until 8:30 p.m.