Press Release Archive

Columbia Business School Study Finds that High Uncertainty Can Lead to Conditions and Demand to Spark Trade

Columbia Business School Professor Tania Babina uses a brand new data set comprising grants for university research from 22 universities and wage records for individual researcher to show that privately-funded research more often results in researchers departing for commercial careers, while federally-funded research more likely results in the emergence of high-tech startups.

In a new study on hospital mortality rates, Columbia Business School’s Merrill Lynch Professor of Workforce Transformation Ann P. Bartel and Associate Professor of Business Carri W. find that increasing heart attack patients’ length of stay by just one day could decrease 30-day mortality rates and save lives

To close out the first-ever virtual Real Estate Symposium, attendees were treated to a “fireside chat” between Cia Buckley Marakovits ’93, President and CIO at Dune Real Estate Partners, and Jodie McLean, CEO of EDENS, a privately held company with a $6.5B national retail portfolio of 125 properties.

The current global pandemic is impacting cities in various ways, both predictable and unpredictable. The Future of Cities Panel at the Columbia Business School’s Real Estate Symposium explored whether urbanization will continue, or small cities will level up.

The 2020 Real Estate Symposium, in its 13th year, was held for the first time ever in a fully virtual format.

New research from social psychologist and Assistant Professor of Business at Columbia Business School Shai Davidai finds that while Americans love rulebreakers, they actually respect conformists when their actions appear to serve others. 

As companies are forced to reckon with the difficult decision to let go of workers, the question of how to do so while causing the least pain is a delicate balancing act. New research from Joel Brockner, the Phillip Hettleman Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, sheds light on how companies can strike this balance.

The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate is pleased to welcome the following new alumni to the Real Estate Circle: Alex Bernstein ’00, Katie Pelczar ’08, and Jeff Turkanis ’10 as Leaders, and Francisco Heffesse ’19 and Taylor Pierce ’19 as Associates.  

A new study by Columbia Business School Associate Professor of Business Olivier Darmouni finds that smaller businesses are subjected to stricter loan terms, preventing them access to liquidity during bad times like the current pandemic.

NEW YORK – The TIAA Institute today announced that Dr. Ralph S.J. Koijen of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and Dr. Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh of Columbia Business School at Columbia University have been awarded  the 25th annual TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security. The Samuelson Award recognizes outstanding research that the private and public sectors can use to enhance Americans’ financial well-being.

Four new Tamer Fund for Social Venture awardees were selected after their participation in an application screening round, a due diligence process with student teams from a Columbia Business School course, and a final pitch to the fund’s investment board.

Happy Holidays from the PE Program 2020

Columbia Business School Meta-Analysis Establishes Positive and Significant Correlation between Air Pollution, State Anxiety, and Unethical Behavior

“Contact tracing in New York is not up to par and long delays in test results have jeopardized the ability to use them to stop the spread, but there are serious cultural challenges as well, with American’s concept of individual liberties. In South Korea, there is strict adherence to quarantine. Once someone tests positive, they are moved into a quarantine facility. That’s very different than telling people to stay at home or making facilities available like we’ve done here,” said Professor Carri Chan, an expert in health care operations management who teaches at Columbia University.

Requirements will also vary by workplace setting. At hospitals and in other high-risk settings, for example, vaccination is likely to be mandatory, according to Carri Chan, a Columbia University professor and expert on hospital operations.

Research from Laura Veldkamp, the Leon G. Cooperman Professor of Finance & Economics at Columbia Business School, finds that technology adoption within a social network, can be a significant indicator of disease spread as seen with COVID-19

In a new study of this behavior, Columbia Business School’s Gita V. Johar, Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Meyer Feldberg Professor of Business and Chazen Senior Scholar, finds that those experiencing social marginalization are more likely to spread the news they encounter on social media, independent of its veracity or shock factor.

The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate is pleased to welcome the following new alumni to the Real Estate Circle: Philippe Visser ’04 as a Leader, and Adam Kietz ’20, Andrew Lohrfink ’20, and Katie Vila ’16 as Associates.

To buy something for less than it is worth is as useful as ever. Professor Michael Mauboussin explains why value investing still works.

Columbia Business School Research Reveals Low Status Individuals Use Jargon, Acronyms, and Legalese at Higher Rates than those of High Status

New research from Columbia Business School finds that patients are 2.5% more likely to start and stay on a course of treatment for every 10-year decrease of a drug’s time on the market – equivalent to a 0.35 USD reduction in copayment for each day of a patient’s therapy.

Columbia Business School study finds that the bond boom and Fed actions early in the COVID crisis revived the financial markets, but missed the real economy

Online course will feature more than a dozen top executives from the global entertainment industry in a unique educational experience distributed by Bloomberg and made possible by Morgan Stanley

Although women are less likely to win elections than men overall, open seats like the Kansas Senate race present the best opportunity for female candidates. Based on a review of every U.S. Senate and gubernatorial election since 1920, when they are challengers, men are 300 percent more likely to win an election than women; when they are running for open seats, men are only 25% more like to win than women, and when they are incumbents, men and women win at equal rates