Press Release
Trusting a Book by Its Cover
New research reveals how faces might predict trustworthiness—and why
Chazen Global Insights, Marketing
The Day We All Watch for the Commercials
For several decades, people have watched Super Bowl commercials almost as eagerly as they have watched the game itself. With the money now involved, $5 million for a 30-second spot, brands are even more committed to raise their creative efforts and capture the attention of both consumers and all the journalists covering this phenomenon.
Capital Markets and Investments, Corporate Finance
Richman Center News
Risk and Return in Today's World
The Richman Center held a discussion with Clifford S. Asness, Managing and Founding Principal at AQR, about risk and return.
Media and Technology
Microsoft’s HoloLens Brings the Digital World Off the Screen
In June of 2015, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Microsoft presented a demo (below) of what it is like to play Minecraft using HoloLens. The audience was amazed as the digitized world came off the screen and became an overlay on the real world.
Real Estate
Real Estate News
Zona Rosa Wins Real Estate Project Class Competition
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.
Business Economics and Public Policy
Press Release
Unemployment Benefits Actually Help the Economy – And the More Generous the Better
New research from Columbia Business School shows that unemployment insurance stabilizes the economy
Chazen Global Insights, Economics and Policy
Destroy the Social Contract to Save Arab Economies?
Arab countries can't sustain growth until the state-owned model is dismantled, said Hedi Larbi, economic advisor to the Prime Minister of Tunisia, during a recent Chazen Institute talk.
Entrepreneurship, Media and Technology
School News
What Created the NYC Startup Scene — and Can It Be Replicated?
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.