Press Release Archive

On April 13, 2016, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business hosted a special lecture, featuring Governor Haruhiko Kuroda. Governor Kuroda spoke the Bank of Japan's decision for negative interest rates and Japan's unconventional monetary policy. For media coverage and more information on this event, please see the links below: TBS News (04/13/2016)Bloomberg (04/14/2016)Reuters (04/13/2016)

Dean Glenn Hubbard of Columbia Business School announced that The Chazen Institute of International Business has been renamed the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business, and Jerome Chazen has donated $10 million for its continued development.

When Manal Kahi moved to New York City to attend the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, she immediately set out to stock her apartment with her favorite staple: hummus.

Deans of the nation’s top business schools come together to address critical questions about the future of management education.

The Richman Center brought together a panel of the authors behind the new Center for Global Enterprise book, Growing Global: Lessons for the New Enterprise.

On Friday February 5, 2016, Columbia Business School’s Real Estate Association, in partnership with the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, hosted the 7th annual Real Estate Career Forum at the Columbia Club of NY.  Despite the snow and difficult weather, over 20 prestigious companies from varying parts of the Real Estate industry attended the Career Forum to meet and exchange information with current Business School students. 

Professor Takatoshi Ito recently participated at IMF's conference, High-Level Conference on Economic Linkages between Asia and Latin America - Opportunities, Challenges and Policies on March 3, 2016.  He was a panelist for the session: "Assessing the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Key Opportunities and Challenges to Integration between Asia and Latin America". For more information on this conference, please visit the IMF Website below:

Professor Takatoshi Ito, associate director of research at CJEB, recently commented on the selling of Japanese government bonds with negative interest rates, with Marketplace. To read the article, please visit Marketplace's website as linked below: Why buy bonds with a negative yield?  

Professor Takatoshi Ito, associate director of research at CJEB, recently interviewed with TV Tokyo to discuss about the G20. Please visit TV Tokyo's website to view the interview. 

New research from Columbia Business School examines methods that hinder diversity in the workplace, and recommends steps for how to most effectively strengthen diversity efforts. 

More than 400 online attendees gleaned investing wisdom from Professors Bruce Greenwald and Tano Santos during the Columbia Business School webinar “Past, Present, and Future of Value Investing” on Monday, February 8.

Addressing a packed auditorium of industry professionals, faculty, and alumni of Columbia Business School, Barry Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group offered his thoughts on the macroeconomic investment climate and its relationship to the current state of the real estate markets.

New research reveals how faces might predict trustworthiness—and why

David Sherman moderated a panel of four distinguished real estate professionals, trying to unpack a simple question with an answer that was anything but: how long can this commercial real estate cycle last?  

CJEB's PhD Fellow, Jackson (Guannan) Lu, recently received two awards (Graduate Travel Award & Diversity Fund Graduate Travel Award) from the Society of Personality and Social Psychology for his paper, "Going Out" of the Box: Intercultural Dating Sparks Creativity. He has also written another paper titled, Foreign Experiences can Increase Immoral Behavior.

Columbia Business School was the birthplace of value investing. To celebrate the School’s storied history over the past 100 years, Professors Bruce Greenwald and Tano Santos sat down on February 8th to discuss the investing philosophy. View their discussion here.  

Students in this year’s Real Estate Projects Class taught by Adjunct Associate Professor Andrew C. Jacobs ’96 worked diligently all semester in preparation for the Alexander Bodini Competition held at Columbia Business School on December 9, 2015. Competition was stiff, but MBA students Nikhil Chaudhri ’16, Taylor Ott ’16 and Aradhna Taneja ’16 ended up winning first place in the Alexander Bodini Foundation Prize Competition. 

New research from Columbia Business School shows that unemployment insurance stabilizes the economy

Entrepreneurship expert Steve Blank shared his insights at “Hacking NYC: Beyond the Rise of the NYC Startup Ecosystem,” sponsored by The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center and hosted by Goodwin Procter LLP.

On February 1, The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center welcomed a new face: Olivier Toubia, the Glaubinger Professor of Business, has assumed the role of faculty director for the center. He replaces Professor Sheena Iyengar, who most recently held the position.

The Private Equity Program has launched its January 2016 newsletter. Highlights include the launch of a research survey for alumni, and upcoming events.    

Professor Takatoshi Ito recently discussed his views on the Bank of Japan's decision on negative interest rates on Bloomberg TV. Weighing the Impact of the Bank of Japan's Move

Thanks to a generous gift from investor Thomas Russo, the new 5x5x5 Student Value Investment Fund provides students with real-world, long-term value investing opportunities. Read Article

New Research from Columbia Business School Shows that Despite the Federal Reserve’s Success at Reducing Liquidity Risks, Many Banks Resisted Joining from its Beginning

Thanks to a generous gift from investor Thomas Russo, the new 5x5x5 Student Value Investment Fund provides students with real-world, long-term value investing opportunities.