David Obst in Conversation with Renee Bales About Saving Ourselves from Big Car

David Obst describes the Big Car industry and lifestyle and its negative impact on society, and offers advice on how consumers can fight back.

July 18, 2025

Vijay Selvam in Conversation with Renee Bales About Principles of Bitcoin

In this interview, Vijay Selvam and Renee Bales discuss the benefits of Bitcoin within its economic, political, and philosophical contexts, the challenge of making Bitcoin accessible, and its future.

July 15, 2025

Maciej Ryś in Conversation with Renee Bales About Sparks for Innovation

Maciej Ry and Renee Bales discuss the unique applications of hackathons, the author’s research process, and Sparks for Innovation.

February 13, 2025

Rob Lalka on How Big Tech Turned Profits Into Power

Rob Lalka’s new book, The Venture Alchemists: How Big Tech Turned Profits Into Power, reexamines the familiar stories of America’s most famous entrepreneurs, uncovering the profound societal impacts of their decisions—and the unseen trade-offs that shape our world. Today, the...

December 16, 2024

Mike Harmon on The Financial Restructuring Tool Set

Many companies globally are saddled with excessive levels of debt. This can lead to financial distress. In The Financial Restructuring Tool Set: How to Fix Your Broken Balance Sheet, Mike Harmon provides an indispensable guide tailored for executives, business owners,...

May 15, 2024

Natalie Foley in Conversation with Robyn Massey on The Experimentation Field Book

Organizations place great value on innovation. Yet to achieve innovation—whether via new products, services, or strategies—experimentation is key. Indeed, experimentation is the link between generating new ideas and putting them into practice. On the face of it, this sounds straightforward....

May 1, 2024

Howard Friedman and Akshay Swaminathan on Winning with Data Science

Data science is becoming increasingly prevalent across a variety of industries, yet many businesses lack the tools or understanding to succeed in this evolving landscape. Howard Steven Friedman and Akshay Swaminathan address this situation in Winning with Data Science: A...

December 11, 2023

James W. Cortada in Conversation with Robyn Massey About Inside IBM

James W. Cortada―a business historian who worked at IBM for many years―pinpoints the crucial role of corporate culture in IBM’s success. He provides an inside look at how this culture emerged and evolved over the course of nearly a century,...

August 9, 2023

Q&A: Arturo Cifuentes and Ventura Charlin on The Worth of Art

The Worth of Art: Financial Tools for the Art Markets is based on a simple fact that people often overlook: artworks, notwithstanding their aesthetic merits, can be very valuable financial assets. Therefore, auction data—that is, actual prices paid for artworks,...

August 4, 2022

Announcing Our 2022-2023 Business and Economics Catalog

Letter from the Editor of Columbia Business School Publishing: As the founding publisher of the Columbia Business School Publishing imprint, I am honored to present our recent and forthcoming titles. We seek to bridge leading academic thought and professional practice...

March 3, 2022

Women with Good Ideas

Saluting female inventors of the past; inspiring women innovators in the future

Lorraine Marchand

It’s unfortunate but true: Only 5 percent of patents are held by women. Only 25 percent of top innovation firms are led by women. Half as many women as men are likely to start their own business, and 95 percent...

February 21, 2022

The Innovative Mindset of Marie Van Brittan Brown

Lorraine H. Marchand

When we think of great innovators, the faces are usually the same—typically, white males, such as Edison, Tesla, Jobs, Musk. . . But history teaches us that while African Americans and women are historically underrepresented among the ranks of innovators and inventors,...