Press Release Archive

A look at America's iconic Singer sewing machine company sheds light on some of the lessons earlier American capitalists learned when venturing abroad. On March 3, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business cosponsored a lecture titled "Yankee Capitalist Go Home: The Singer Sewing Machine Company in 1930s Japan." The guest speaker Andrew D. Gordon is a Professor of History at Harvard University, where he is also director of the Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies. Hugh Patrick, director of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School, moderated the event.

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Gerry Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and CJEB core faculty member, writes an op-ed article in the Financial Times titled "Japan's politicians lose their way at a bad time."

Hugh Patrick, Director for the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, was quoted in a Feb. 18th CNNMoney.com article, "Dawn of the dead banks."

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An impressive group of speakers gathered at Columbia Business School last Thursday, February 5 for a symposium titled "Japan's Solar and Wind Ambitions: How Promising is the U.S. Market?" The event, organized by the Center on Japanese Economy and Business with the support of the Mitsui USA Foundation, marked the 10th anniversary of the Mitsui USA Foundation's sponsored symposia at Columbia Business School and was the first-ever to include a remote audience of Columbia Business School's alumni association in Tokyo via live webcast. Columbia Business School's Energy Club, Green Business Club, and Japan Business Association also cosponsored the event.

In the midst of a global economic crisis, it seems more relevant than ever to study factors that contribute to capital market strength and long-term economic growth in emerging economies around the world. On Tuesday, January 27, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute cosponsored a brown bag lecture with the Center on Japanese Economy and Business and the Harriman Institute titled "A New Approach to Law and Economic Development, with Reference to East Asia." The discussion focused on the findings presented in the recently released book, Law and Capitalism, which was coauthored by Columbia Law School Professors Curtis Milhaupt and Katharina Pistor.

The Japan Society, Nomura Holding America Inc., The Women's Bond Club of New York, and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) of Columbia Business School cosponsored the symposium, "America Has Voted: Impact of New U.S. President on Asian Markets" on January 29, 2009. Sitting on the panel were three distinguished speakers: Alicia Ogawa, Director of the Program on Alternative Investments at CJEB; David Resler, Managing Director and Chief Economist at Nomura Securities International, Inc.; and Jeffrey Young, Chief Economist at Platinum Grove Asset Management. Leslie Norton, Foreign Editor, Asia at Barron's moderated the discussion.

David Weinstein, Associate Director for the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, was quoted in a February 5th New York Times article, "Japan's Big-Works Stimulus Is Lesson."

Over 700 alumni, professionals and students gathered to discuss emerging trends in the private equity and venture capital communities.

With the American electoral season now in high gear, the question for high technology oriented voters is how to decode the candidates.

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三菱UFJ信託奨学財団による奨学金プログラムでは、日本の大学への留学を希望するコロンビア大学の学生を対象とし、日本経済経営研究所の推薦により毎年受賞者を選考している。2009～10年度選考への応募締切は2009年2月29日（金）。

Raymond D. Horton, the Frank R. Lautenberg Professor of Ethics and Corporate Governance at Columbia Business School, is appointed the faculty director of Social Enterprise programs within the Executive Education division.

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PSI in an op-ed on Forbes.com

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Leading academics and experts gathered to examine the origins of the financial crisis and discuss what actions policymakers might take to prevent it from happening again.

Congratulations to Donald Lehmann and his co-authors, Sunil Gupta and Jennifer Ames Stuart, for winning the 2009 William F. O’Dell Award.

Columbia Business School's thought leadership on issues related to the U.S. housing crisis has gained the attention of the media and policymakers alike. This page is a guide to related background, analyses and opinions.

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The Program on Alternative Investments of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute of Columbia University cosponsored the symposium "Lessons From the Japanese Bubble For the U.S." on November 19, 2008. Two hundred and sixty people attended to hear from three distinguished speakers on how the United States can learn from Japan's bubble experience and avoid its own "lost decade."

Kenneth Scheffler '09 explores sustainable financial services for the poor in this Bottom Line article.

PSI Coach Ora Shtull discusses nonverbal communication in a public speaking workshop as part of Women Rule!, a leadership training event in New York City that is featured in the November 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.

Alicia Ogawa, Director of the Program on Alternative Investments and Associate Director, Advising of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business will speak at the panel discussion entitled,  "Japan's financial and economic problems of the 1990s and the current crisis in the United States: A Comparison" in room 11-75 Cantor Board Room at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business from 6:30 to 8:30 pm on Tuesday, November 25, 2008. This event is organized by the Center for Japan-U.S. Business and Economic Studies and the Undergraduate International Business Association at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business.