Columbia Ideas at Work

Columbia Business School

Columbia Ideas at Work is a bridge between business research and practice, offering key insights from Columbia Business School’s faculty in a format that is easily accessible to busy executives.

  1. Nachum Sicherman on the "Ostrich Effect"

    01/14/2016

    Nachum Sicherman on the "Ostrich Effect"

    On Bloomberg Radio, Professor Nachum Sicherman discusses his research on the “ostrich effect:” the tendency of investors to avoid looking at their portfolios when markets are down.

    1 min
  2. Katherine Phillips — Get Along or Get to Work?

    12/17/2013

    Katherine Phillips — Get Along or Get to Work?

    Professor Katherine Phillips discusses her recent findings that diverse teams focus less on getting along and more on getting to work, and the implications for organizations. Read the full story here.

    3 min
  3. Eric Johnson: Choosing Health — and Wealth

    10/29/2013

    Eric Johnson: Choosing Health — and Wealth

    Professor Eric Johnson discusses how better choice architecture could help Americans make wiser choices on the new Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges.

    5 min
  4. Geoffrey Heal: Uncertainty, Risk, and Climate Change

    07/24/2013

    Geoffrey Heal: Uncertainty, Risk, and Climate Change

    Professor Geoffrey Heal discusses how new approaches to risk assessment in the face of climate change can help decision makers negotiate the uncertain future. Read more: http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/ideasatwork/feature/7233822

    17 min
  5. Oded Netzer: Text Mining Social Media for Consumer Insights

    06/19/2013

    Oded Netzer: Text Mining Social Media for Consumer Insights

    Professor Oded Netzer discusses how the emerging science of text mining is helping marketers measure their impact — and the surprising insights the field may offer the healthcare industry.

    15 min
  6. Marcelo Olivares: Data Transforms Operations Research

    04/24/2013

    Marcelo Olivares: Data Transforms Operations Research

    Professor Marcelo Olivares discusses how a flood of data is changing the way that researchers help businesses fine-tune their operations and increase efficiency.

    3 min
  7. Ilyana Kuziemko: Studying Inequality in America

    03/27/2013

    Ilyana Kuziemko: Studying Inequality in America

    Professor Ilyana Kuziemko discusses how questions raised by the 2010 mid-term elections spurred her latest study about people’s aversion to last place. Read the Columbia Ideas at Work article: http://bit.ly/kuziemko

    2 min
  8. Urooj Khan: Accounting and Systemic Risk in Financial Institutions

    03/22/2013

    Urooj Khan: Accounting and Systemic Risk in Financial Institutions

    Professor Urooj Khan discusses the important role of accounting in assessing systemic risk.

    3 min
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Columbia Ideas at Work is a bridge between business research and practice, offering key insights from Columbia Business School’s faculty in a format that is easily accessible to busy executives.

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  • Years Active
    2013 - 2016
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