Columbia Business School In the News

"Coursework on Corporate Strategy used to be very much finance-focused, but here at Columbia, we have added non-quantifiable issues to the mix," says Professor Dan Wang, on how the School has altered its curriculum to address social and political issues.

Featuring Shivaram Rajgopal

Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, was interviewed on Bloomberg about his views on the Bank of Japan’s policy adjustments.JAPAN CENTER NEWS | December 21, 2022BOJ Tweaks Could Be First Step Toward Exit, Takatoshi Ito Says (Bloomberg, 12/20/2022)日銀の政策修正、積極緩和脱却に向けた最初の一歩も－伊藤隆敏氏 (Bloomberg, 12/21/2022)

Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, was interviewed on TV Tokyo. JAPAN CENTER NEWS | December 20, 2022日本のインフレ目標政策の10年～功罪と課題～【プロの眼】(TV Tokyo, 12/19/2022)住宅ローン金利にも影響 日銀 大規模緩和を転換 (TV Tokyo, 12/20/2022)

Constanza Gomez ’22, co-founder of Tamer Fund for Social Ventures portfolio member Sortile, discussed how her MBA helped her develop the venture, which provides technology to textile sorters so that they can identify the fiber composition of clothing and sell it to fiber-to-fiber recyclers.

Columbia Business School Professors Oded Netzer, Christopher J. Frank and Paul F. Magnone delve into the ideas and practical applications detailed in their new book Decisions Over Decimals.

April Tam Smith '10, founder of Times Square restaurant PS Kitchen, was profiled for the restaurant's commitment to hiring staff from marginalized communities in NYC. All profits are donated to charities.

Donnel Baird '13, founder and CEO of BlocPower, was named TIME's Dreamer of the Year. The climate technology company works to create more efficient affordable housing in low-income neighborhoods and generate jobs.

In addition to profiles of the leaders shaping the fight against climate change, this issue explores a range of critical topics, including financing the transition to net zero, Europe’s energy crisis, ESG, and climate measurement and modeling.

Tamer Fund for Social Ventures portfolio company Kheyti, co-founded by Kaushik Kappagantulu '17, was selected as the winner of Prince William's Earthshot Prize in the category of "Protect And Restore Nature." Kheyti is changing the lives of small-hold farmers in India through its "Greenhouse-in-a-Box," which provides shelter from unpredictable elements and pests."

Professor Bruce Usher explains the investment opportunities that will arise as demand for climate solutions propels business into a new era of sustainability.

Nearly 18% of pending home sales nationwide were canceled in October, the most since 2013. High inflation and mortgage rates have kept buyers at bay, even as the market begins to cool. Developers are turning to build-to-rent buyers to offload new supply as demand wanes.

You’re running all out but failing to reach a goal. Your team is grinding through tasks and decisions. If companies want to grow, compete, and win they need to accelerate decisions. It is estimated the average American makes 70 decisions per day, according to Professor Sheena S. Iyengar, at Columbia Business School. Given the frequency, the real need is for a practical approach to lead in a data-driven world. Our research with 2,100 professionals concluded that data in high doses is harmful. It doesn’t speed decision-making, improve logic, or enable the best decision. In fact, while data is black and white, the truth is clearly gray. The gray comes from intangibles such as bias, risk appetite, history, stakeholders’ conflicting priorities, problem definition, and expectations: things we can’t know through numbers, but only through experience and intuition. To make effective decisions across teams of different sizes, experiences, locations, and with varying amounts of data, we developed seven lessons to better faster decisions.