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Paper Documents Eight Real-life Stories of Entrepreneurs Who Transitioned Their Businesses

The Guardian has a panel of experts share what they think are the best ways to promote positive action for climate change. Suggestions include connecting the dots, highlighting the economic benefits, and forgetting about the pictures of polar bears. CDS' own Elke Weber recommends that we don't forget that small efforts add up. We need to communicate solutions that are credible and effective that will cumulatively scale up in the long run.   

On Friday, April 24th, the Real Estate Association (REA) and members of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate met with executives and property managers from Tishman Speyer and toured the firm’s Rockefeller Center complex. The tour was led by Chris Roth ’14, a graduate of the Columbia Business School Executive MBA Program, who is responsible for asset management of Rockefeller Center.

CJEB's Director of Research, David E. Weinstein, was recently cited in an article from Newsweek, titled "THE MYTH OF JAPAN’S DEBT - 「日本財政危機」という神話". The article was published on April 21, 2015. Please click here to access Newsweek's homepage.

New research from Columbia Business School finds the burden of secrecy akin to carrying excess physical weight

CJEB's Associate Director of Research, Takatoshi Ito, recently written an article published by Nikkei Inc, titled "アジア投資銀の行方（上）拙速な参加見送りは妥当." The article was published on April 23, 2015.  

New research from Columbia Business School shows that offering customers a chance to switch to better plans may not always be the right customer-retention strategy

Ruth Greenspan Ball and Elke U. Weber, in honor of Earth Day, discuss how people need to think of climate change in both big and small ways. Fighting climate change goes beyond just global and national changes, it needs to be a part of our everyday lives. Researchers estimate that 40% of electric use and carbon emissions in the United States come from individual and household use. The ideas for small scale change are here, such as keycards that activate electricity in hotel rooms. The continued pursuit and activation of these ideas is key. 

CJEB's Annual Tokyo Conference, titled "Japan's Changing Corporate Governance", will take place on Thursday, May 21st at the Otemachi Financial City Center in Tokyo. Registration is currently open. Please click here for more information.

New Research from Columbia Business School Makes Recommendations on How Regulators Should Intervene—If At All