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8th Annual Diverse Leadership Conference

Founder and CEO of the Center for Hispanic Leadership, Glen Llopis Goizueta’s 8th Annual Diverse Leadership Conference, held on April 19th at Goizueta Business School, focused on providing students and professionals a forum to discuss business leadership, career advancement, and diverse networks. former Senior Vice President of Digital Enterprise Operations, Turner Broadcasting System, Vickie Hamilton [...]

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Achieving Financial Security in Challenging Times

Dean Larry Benveniste and Roger Ferguson, president and CEO of TIAA-CREFF Among the timeless topics of our day, financial security continues to find a place high on the American public’s list of concerns. Goizueta’s Dean Leadership Speaker Series brought Roger Ferguson, president and CEO of TIAA-CREF and former vice chairman of the Board of Governors [...]

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Leaders Forum Speaker Wilbur Ross Visits Yale SOM

“We think of distressed investing as the eraser on Wall Street’s pencil.” – Wilbur L. Ross YC ’59, CEO and chairman of WL Ross & Co., on investing in troubled companies. In a talk at Yale SOM on January 29, Ross discussed the process his firm uses to select companies in which to invest and [...]

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Deming Center Awards the Deming Cup to Terry J. Lundgren, Chairman, President, and CEO of Macy’s, Inc., and Ratan N. Tata, Chairman of Tata Sons Limited

NEW YORK — October 24, 2012 — Columbia Business School’s W. Edwards Deming Center for Quality, Productivity, and Competitiveness announced the winners of the third annual Deming Cup. The winners received the award at a dinner at Columbia University on October 23, 2012. The Deming Cup grew from the center’s drive to highlight the achievements [...]

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Columbia Business School Awards 2012 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics to Barbara Krumsiek, Chair, President, and CEO of Calvert Investments

NEW YORK — November 27, 2012 — Barbara Krumsiek, Chair, President, and CEO of Calvert Investments, has been selected to receive Columbia Business School’s 2012 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics. The Botwinick Prize is an annual award recognizing an outstanding leader who exhibits the highest standard of ethical conduct in business or the professions. It [...]

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Darden Student Spotlight: Lauren Byrne, Founder and CEO of Bridal Brokerage

Darden is recognized as having one of the leading entrepreneurship programs among all graduate business schools. With more than 25 entrepreneurship electives, $1 million in entrepreneurship scholarships and over $13,000 in available funding through the Darden Business Incubator for selected students to launch their own ventures, Darden will help you develop the skills and knowledge [...]

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Deming Center Awards the Deming Cup to Terry J. Lundgren, Chairman, President, and CEO of Macy’s, Inc., and Ratan N. Tata, Chairman of Tata Sons Limited

NEW YORK — October 24, 2012 — Columbia Business School’s W. Edwards Deming Center for Quality, Productivity, and Competitiveness announced the winners of the third annual Deming Cup. The winners received the award at a dinner at Columbia University on October 23, 2012. The Deming Cup grew from the center’s drive to highlight the achievements [...]

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Columbia Business School Awards 2012 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics to Barbara Krumsiek, Chair, President, and CEO of Calvert Investments

NEW YORK — November 27, 2012 — Barbara Krumsiek, Chair, President, and CEO of Calvert Investments, has been selected to receive Columbia Business School’s 2012 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics. The Botwinick Prize is an annual award recognizing an outstanding leader who exhibits the highest standard of ethical conduct in business or the professions. It [...]

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Women in Business

As the number of women in science and engineering continue to grow, a recent Catalyst report highlight some interesting statistics about women in business in the United States. Women make up 46.6% of the U.S. labor force and 51.4% in management, professional and related occupations. Yet, in positions of leadership, only 14.1% of Fortune 500 [...]

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What is a B-School ?

Sometime last week, my son, fresh from high school and agonizing over what to do for college, suddenly asked me, “Dad, what is a b-school?” At first blush, I was tempted to say that a b-school is where people learn how to make B movies. But I thought it too smart alecky and off the [...]

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