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Congratulations to the Columbia students who participated in the 15th Annual Wharton Private Equity competition, Friday February 20, 2015. Two first year MBA teams competed and both teams finished in the top 3 (out of 25 teams from 19 schools from around the world.). This year the teams presented a case on the possible leveraged buyout of American Eagle Outfitters.

New research from Columbia Business School professor introduces “Polyculturalism” 

On February 17, 2015 investment professionals and members of the alumni community came to campus to judge three teams that had been selected from submissions by the attendees of the 4th Annual Deal Camp in Montauk.

New research from Columbia Business School challenges the conventional wisdom offered by a generation of negotiation scholars

In honor of his 50th reunion and Columbia Business School’s upcoming centennial, Lord Irvine Laidlaw ’65 has made a generous donation of $2 million to the School.

CJEB recently held its 10th annual lecture on Japanese politics with Professor Gerald Curtis, CJEB's core faculty member and Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. The lecture was titled "New Directions in Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy". To view the video of this lecture, please click here.  

Please read what the Program has been up to, and what is planned so far in 2015 in the latest issue of the newsletter.   There is also an alumnus spotlight on Tracy Bahl `04 talking about operating roles and PE.      

NEW YORK—Columbia Business School today announced the creation of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise. The new center, made possible through a transformative endowment gift from Sandra and Tony Tamer will help develop a new generation of business leaders that understand how management can contribute to, enhance, and impact society and the environment. Additionally, it will serve as the educational, curricular, research, and strategic hub of all social entrepreneurship activities at Columbia.

The new center will create a cross-disciplinary epicenter of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship activities at Columbia

Practice and experience that come with age may offset much of the adverse impact from slipping brainpower, say researchers at the Columbia Business School. They acknowledge inevitable cognitive decline. But they conclude that much of its effect can be countered in later life if problems and decisions remain familiar.