Columbia Business School


Top On-The-Job Stress Points For Managers

Chart depicting stress points for managers.  Read story

Seat of the Pants

Everyone says that before you launch a company, you've got to write a business plan. So how come so many Inc 500 CEOs skipped that sober exercise?  Read story

Columbia Grad Wins $100,000 in Seed Capital

A Columbia Business School graduate this week was awarded $100,000 in seed funding to develop a line of biodegradable plates, cups, and bowls, school offi...  Read story

To Lead or Not to Lead?

Power Plays by John O. Whitney and Tina Packer Simon and Schuster, 2000, 316 pages, $26 A number of recent bu...  Read story

Gone Global

Why expanding overseas is your ticket to new markets, new ideas, and a world of adventure.  Read story

Getting to No

Y2 Marketing is extra-picky about its customers---so picky that its sales staff often won't take yes for an answer.  Read story

Goldman and Buffett to Aid Small Business

Two icons of bull-market Corporate America team up to finance and support 10,000 small businesses.  Read story

Managing: Outsourcing to Save Money?

Be careful, or your plan may backfire  Read story

The Theory Economy

How is it that the markets can value a company at $11 million when its total cash holdings are over $35 million?  Read story

Recruiting Secrets of the Smartest Companies Around

An ever-tightening job market calls for rigorous, creative recruiting techniques. Here are some of the good-old-fashioned ways to find workers, plus some new...  Read story

So many standards to follow, so little payoff

Companies have spent a lot of money to comply with ISO's popular management standards. Now, many wonder why they bothered.  Read story

Training Young Salespeople

A program at MIT offers a window into the minds of Gen-Y sales reps  Read story

Ideas For Sale

Is the world ready for an eBay of ideas?  Read story

Case Study: How to Reinvent a Failing Start-up

Flocabulary burned through $50,000—and had nearly nothing to show for it. Was it time to throw in the towel?  Read story

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