Digital Future
From the Dean's Office
Valuing the ‘Oil’ That Keeps the Digital Economy Moving
Professor Laura Veldkamp and her co-researchers explore the inputs that might go into a price model of data.
Faculty
Columbia Business School faculty members are world-renowned — not only for generating new thinking in their fields but also for having a genuine impact on current business practices. Our professors routinely partner with businesses in New York and across the globe to test, refine, and implement new ideas for the ever-changing business landscape. This interchange of theory and practice is part of what makes the School such a rich environment for creating research that is truly groundbreaking.
Meet Some of our New Faculty
Derek Brown
Derek Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Management Division at Columbia Business School. He investigates what stifles equality in organizations and society. His research focuses on how and why group membership, social hierarchies, and intergroup ideologies shape how we react and respond to the increasingly diverse society around us.
Wenxin Du
Wenxin Du is a Professor of Finance and the Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions at the Columbia Business School. She studies global currency and fixed income markets, central banking, financial regulations, and emerging market finance. She was the recipient of 2022 Award for Economics in Central Banking, and was named the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow 2019-2021, In addition, she has won several top academic awards for her research, including the Amundi Pioneer First Prize and AQR Insight Award Top Prize for her work on deviations from covered interest rate parity.
Hannah Li
Hannah Li is an Assistant Professor in the Decision, Risk, and Operations division at Columbia Business School. Her research focuses on developing data science methods for social systems--marketplaces, education systems, and online platforms. Her research combines techniques from operations research, statistics, and economics to develop theoretical insights for practically motivated problems. She informs her work with industry experience, working for and collaborating with large online platforms.
Gaia Marchisio
Gaia Marchisio, Ph.D., is a family-enterprise researcher, consultant, educator, speaker, and writer with 25+ years of impact across global family enterprises, academic institutions, corporations, public-sector organizations, and others.
The Latest Research
Areas of Expertise
Asset Management
Economics & Policy
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
5 Questions About Value Investing and Finance
Tano Santos, the Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Asset Management and Finance and Director of Columbia Business School’s Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Dodd Investing, discusses the school’s approach to value investing and finance.
Brand and Product Management
Decisions, risks, and operations
Marketplace
Strategy
Systems
Decision Science News
DRO Press Release
Marketing Press Release
Press Release
New Study Proposes Optimal Product Ranking Strategy for Online Platforms
Columbia Business School Research Suggests Companies Can Reduce Consumer Regret by Promoting Both Highly Rated Products and Newer Products
Climate
Climate and Solutions
What Does It Really Cost to Stop Climate Change?
New research from CBS Professor Gernot Wagner finds that the commonly used bottom-up cost curves may underestimate barriers to climate change mitigation, while the top-down estimates used by economists may be too high.
Consumer Behavior
Business Economics and Public Policy
Marketing
Press Release
New Research Finds Political Campaigns Raised Extra $43 Million in 2020 Using Deceptive Tactics
Columbia Business School Research Finds Political Campaigns Successfully Locked People into Weekly Recurring Donations By Creating Hidden Pre-Checked Boxes on Campaign Websites
Corporate Finance
Economics & Policy
Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding
Adapted from “Global Value Chains in Developing Countries: A Relational Perspective from Coffee and Garments,” by Laura Boudreau of Columbia Business School, Julia Cajal Grossi of the Geneva Graduate Institute, and Rocco Macchiavello of the London School of Economics.
Corporate Governance
Economics & Policy
Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding
Adapted from “Global Value Chains in Developing Countries: A Relational Perspective from Coffee and Garments,” by Laura Boudreau of Columbia Business School, Julia Cajal Grossi of the Geneva Graduate Institute, and Rocco Macchiavello of the London School of Economics.
Decision Making & Negotiations
Business Economics and Public Policy
Marketing
Press Release
New Research Finds Political Campaigns Raised Extra $43 Million in 2020 Using Deceptive Tactics
Columbia Business School Research Finds Political Campaigns Successfully Locked People into Weekly Recurring Donations By Creating Hidden Pre-Checked Boxes on Campaign Websites
Digital Future Initiative
Digital Future
From the Dean's Office
Valuing the ‘Oil’ That Keeps the Digital Economy Moving
Professor Laura Veldkamp and her co-researchers explore the inputs that might go into a price model of data.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
Richman Center News
Congressional Hearing: Columbia University’s Response to Antisemitism
Watch Now as Richman Center Co-Director David M. Schizer testifies before the House Committee on Education.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Business and Society
Strategy
Technology
Press Release
Avoiding Red Tape: Nascent Industries Forge New Pathways Amidst Regulatory Challenges
Insights From Columbia Business School show how Emerging Industries Strategically Choose Regulatory Landscapes for Growth
Financial Accounting & Auditing
Accounting
Accounting News
Ratings Reimagined: How Synthetic Credit Ratings Can Compete with Agencies
CBS Professor Doron Nissim explores a new model for creating synthetic credit ratings.
Financial Engineering
Business and Society
Hub Insights
Joseph Stiglitz on Business, Inequality and the Case for an Economists’ Hippocratic Oath
The Nobel Prize-winning economist visited CBS for the first installment of a new speaker series from The Hub, a new think tank, to discuss the future of capitalism with CBS Dean Emeritus Glenn Hubbard.
Financial Institutions
Finance
Alan Patricof's '57 Latest Venture Fund Embraces the Future of Longevity Tech
The pioneering venture capitalist talks co-founding Primetime Partners, as well as the School's role in his successful career.
Fundamental Investment Analysis
Business and Society
Capital Markets and Investments
Digital Future
Economics & Policy
Innovation
Strategy
Technology
Value investing
Why Value Investing is Making a Comeback
Professor Tano Santos, the Faculty Director of Value Investing and Advanced Value Investing programs at Columbia Business School, outlines the reasons why value investing is returning to a period of ascendancy.
Globalization
Business and Society
Capital Markets and Investments
Real Estate News
2018 Real Estate Symposium Panel Report: Global Capital Flows: Thinking Beyond the Cycle
David Hodes led a panel of three distinguished real estate professionals in a spirited discussion regarding global capital flows.
Healthcare
Healthcare
Healthcare Program
Press Release
Cost of Crisis: New Model Shows America's Mental Health Crisis Strikes a $282 Billion Blow to Economic Output Each Year
New Research Shows Increasing Access to Mental Health Services Can Add $118 Billion to the Economy Each Year
Labor Markets
Labor
Social Enterprise
Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change
Social Enterprise News
How “Woke” Should Business Leaders Be?
In this session of More MPE, we focus on an issue that bedevils many business leaders: Should they speak out on socio-political issues? Host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Vanessa Burbano on how her award-winning research addresses the question.
Leadership & Organizational Behavior
Business and Society
Strategy
Technology
Press Release
Avoiding Red Tape: Nascent Industries Forge New Pathways Amidst Regulatory Challenges
Insights From Columbia Business School show how Emerging Industries Strategically Choose Regulatory Landscapes for Growth
Macroeconomics
Innovation
How New Industries Are Shaping Regulations
Research from CBS Professor Lori Yue shows how nascent industries are taking advantage of regulatory gaps to shape policy.
Marketing
Economics & Policy
Marketing
Pre-checked Boxes Make People Spend More, But These ‘Dark Defaults’ Risk Jeopardizing Consumer Trust
In 2020, pre-checked boxes to make recurring weekly donations increased political contributions by $43 million, but many of those donations seemed unintentional.
Marketplace Design
Business Economics and Public Policy
Marketing
Press Release
New Research Finds Political Campaigns Raised Extra $43 Million in 2020 Using Deceptive Tactics
Columbia Business School Research Finds Political Campaigns Successfully Locked People into Weekly Recurring Donations By Creating Hidden Pre-Checked Boxes on Campaign Websites
Media
Artificial Intelligence
Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change
Social Enterprise News
The Redistributive Effects of AI on Profits and Politics
AI is an innovation unlike any other in the history of humankind for its potential to remake society — for good or bad. In this episode, host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Sandra Matz about how AI might affect the distribution of power and leadership in politics, business, and academia.
Microeconomics
Business and Society
Business Economics and Public Policy
Economics & Policy
Management Press Release
Press Releases
Political Leanings in Academic Economics Writing And Its Impact on Policy Recommendations
A New Columbia Business School Study Unveils Connection Between Economists' Political Orientation and Academic Writing in Economics
Operations & Supply Chain Management
Economics & Policy
Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding
Adapted from “Global Value Chains in Developing Countries: A Relational Perspective from Coffee and Garments,” by Laura Boudreau of Columbia Business School, Julia Cajal Grossi of the Geneva Graduate Institute, and Rocco Macchiavello of the London School of Economics.
Organizations & Markets
Economics & Policy
Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding
Adapted from “Global Value Chains in Developing Countries: A Relational Perspective from Coffee and Garments,” by Laura Boudreau of Columbia Business School, Julia Cajal Grossi of the Geneva Graduate Institute, and Rocco Macchiavello of the London School of Economics.
Real Estate
Capital Markets and Investments
Financial institutions
Real Estate
Finance Press Release
Press Release
Real Estate News
Commercial Real Estate Distress and Elevated Interest Rates Pose Solvency Risks For Banks
Columbia Business School’s Research Model Explores the Relationship Between Uninsured Debt and Potential Bank Runs
Social Impact
Business Economics and Public Policy
Economics & Policy
Social Enterprise
Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change
Social Enterprise News
More MPE With the Political Economists
In the final episode of the season, host Professor Ray Horton speaks at a live event with Professors Glenn Hubbard and Tano Santos, the faculty who teach the popular course Modern Political Economy at Columbia Business School.
Strategy
Business Economics and Public Policy
Marketing
Press Release
New Research Finds Political Campaigns Raised Extra $43 Million in 2020 Using Deceptive Tactics
Columbia Business School Research Finds Political Campaigns Successfully Locked People into Weekly Recurring Donations By Creating Hidden Pre-Checked Boxes on Campaign Websites