Professor Joel Brocker’s book The Process Matters: Engaging and Equipping People for Success was recognized as one of the 2016 best business books on management by Strategy + Business. The book was also the winner of the 2016 Bronze Medal in Operations Management/Lean/Continuous Improvement, Axiom Business Book Award, and Honorable Mention for the 2016 PROSE Award in Business, Finance, & Management from the Association of American Publishers.
A paper co-authored by Jonathan Glover, the James L. Dohr Professor of Accounting, has won 2016 Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award. The award is presented by the American Accounting Association (AAA) to the best paper published in the calendar year.
The Marketing Division congratulates our PhD students who have recently received job offers: Jia Liu has accepted a position at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Shiri Melumad is headed to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Daniel He was hired by the City University of Hong Kong.
A conversation at Columbia between two iconic public figures — billionaire investor Warren Buffett ’51 and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, with PBS and Bloomberg TV host Charlie Rose moderating — was both broad-ranging and personal.
Given the recent US election, instability in Europe, reliance on foreign investment in US markets, and recent valuations in commercial real estate, the panel provided some varied and interesting perspectives on what it means to be a global investor in today’s world. By Sofia Zamora ’18 and Morgan Mann ’17
Professor Christopher Mayer kicked off this engaging panel on urban growth and development by inviting the four esteemed panelists to provide examples of projects focused on exciting urban investments.