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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.

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

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.

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.