Columbia Ideas at Work

By Columbia Business School

What's Columbia Ideas at Work about?

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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Columbia Ideas at Work episodes:

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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
03.22.2013
Suresh Sundaresan: Capital, Creditors, and Systemic Risk
Professor Suresh Sundaresan discusses the role of credit and creditors in the financial crisis, and the significance of his research in exploring the roots of systemic risk. Read the Columbia Ideas at Work article: http://bit.ly/sundaresan
02.27.2013
Leonard Lee: When Shopper Marketing Backfires
Professor Leonard Lee discusses how shopper marketing tools can sometimes motivate consumers to spend less — rather than more. Read the research brief: http://bit.ly/lee-ideas
10.25.2012
Brett Gordon: Political Advertising and the Electoral College
Professor Brett Gordon discusses how the elimination of the electoral college could shift spending on political advertising during presidential campaigns — and how that could impact election results. Read the story: http://bit.ly/brett-gordon
09.20.2012
Daniel Ames: Decision Making and Negotiation
Professor Daniel Ames discusses Columbia Business School’s Decision Making and Negotiation Cross-Disciplinary Area, and why the best decision makers and dealmakers aren’t mere problem solvers. Read the story: http://bit.ly/ames-ideas
09.20.2012
Eric Johnson: Behavioral Economics and Time Preference
Professor Eric Johnson explains time preferences and present bias, and how these behavioral phenomena affect the choices we make. Read the story: http://bit.ly/first-in-trouble

What's Columbia Ideas at Work about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Columbia Ideas at Work episodes:

Nachum Sicherman on the "Ostrich Effect"

Katherine Phillips — Get Along or Get to Work?

Eric Johnson: Choosing Health — and Wealth

Geoffrey Heal: Uncertainty, Risk, and Climate Change

Oded Netzer: Text Mining Social Media for Consumer Insights

Marcelo Olivares: Data Transforms Operations Research

Ilyana Kuziemko: Studying Inequality in America

Urooj Khan: Accounting and Systemic Risk in Financial Institutions

Suresh Sundaresan: Capital, Creditors, and Systemic Risk

Leonard Lee: When Shopper Marketing Backfires

Brett Gordon: Political Advertising and the Electoral College

Daniel Ames: Decision Making and Negotiation

Eric Johnson: Behavioral Economics and Time Preference