Category: Business

January 8, 2020

The Fundamental Flaws of Softbank’s New Rules of Venture Investing

By Leonard Sherman

“Sherman takes a machete to standard thinking in strategy, offering up a common sense but deeply insightful—and sometimes surprising—recipe for what it takes to win in business.” ~Sydney Finkelstein, professor, Dartmouth College and author of, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the...

January 6, 2020

Book Giveaway! If You’re in a Dogfight, Become a Cat!: Strategies for Long-Term Growth, by Leonard Sherman

“A wonderfully comprehensive view of competition and competitive strategy and illustrating it well with contemporary examples and citing of the scholarly literature and linking that to action oriented techniques.” ~John Czepiel, New York University Stern School of Business This month,...

December 18, 2019

Five Stocking Stuffers for the Aspiring Entrepreneur

The holidays are here, and with the new year only two weeks away, we think these stocking stuffers from Columbia Business School Publishing are the perfect gift for the business savvy student or friend. •  •  •  •  •  • 1....

November 29, 2019

Black Friday: What Drives Our Consumer Habits Today?

It’s Black Friday—the annual shopping event in which consumers nation-wide brave the crowds to take advantage of exclusive sales designed to kick off the holiday shopping season. Often referred to as the busiest shopping day of the year, it is...

October 18, 2019

Celebrating the Ten-Year Anniversary of Global Corporate Governance and U.S. Corporate Governance

In 2007, Columbia Business School Publishing, an imprint of Columbia University Press was founded in concert with Columbia Business School. Its mission mirrors that of the Graduate School of Business— to bridge academic research and business practice, reaching the global...

May 3, 2019

Wall Street’s Grand Design: The Federal Reserve

“Approaching a potentially difficult topic in an engaging and readable fashion, Naclerio employs a mostly biographical lens to take readers through the origins of the Federal Reserve.” ~ Robert David Johnson, Brooklyn College On Wednesday, May 1, Richard A. Naclerio, author...

March 31, 2019

Media Roundup: Books in Business and Leadership Authored by Women

In celebration of Women’s History Month, today we are featuring books about business and leadership and planning for retirement, authored by women. Enter the giveaway for a chance to win one of the following books! •  •  •  •  • ...

March 22, 2019

In the Black: A Brief History of Early Black Women Investors

In the hilarious Showtime series Black Monday, set in the late 1980s, Dawn Towner (played by Regina Hall in gloriously shimmering peacock shades of eye shadow) is the only female head trader on Wall Street. Towner holds a small stake...

February 1, 2019

An Inner Voice for Those Who Change the World

“You have choices. As a leader making decisions that impact your business, and as a person making decisions that impact your life, you don’t have to be a prisoner of the default and (nearly) automatic ways in which your brain...

January 31, 2019

Book Excerpt! Transatlantic Speculations: Globalization and the Panics of 1873 (chapter 2)

“Bringing economic history and cultural history into the same frame, Davies makes a compelling case for the wider significance of the panics of 1873 in the development of a global consciousness of finance.” ~Peter Knight, University of Manchester Read an...

January 30, 2019

Four Steps to Strategic Leadership

“The Wise Advocate is a key book for aspiring leaders aiming to make the best—and hardest—choices. The authors provide a practical guide to decision making through a combination of neuroscience concepts, a process of self-reflection, and consideration of the greatest good...

January 29, 2019

Q&A: Catherine Davies on Transatlantic Speculations

“This creative global history of the financial panics of 1873 is now surely the leading study of its subject. In tracing not only transnational capital flows, but also the meanings and interpretive frameworks employed to make sense of them, Davies...