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December 1994
Case

Being There: Sony Corporation and Columbia Pictures

In September 1989, Sony Corp. of Japan bid $3.4 billion for Columbia Pictures. It was the highest bid ever by a Japanese company for any U.S. property. The case examines the validity of Sony's objectives in making this purchase, and also the political uproar that the... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Film Entertainment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Japan; United States

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21 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

expressions of chief executives to see if leadership style can be correlated with a firm’s performance. The researchers believe their work could open new directions in big data analysis, combining image and textual analysis to create a more complete View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future

really paying attention to. It turns out from our research, it matters a lot.” Going beyond the term sheet McDonald, along with Columbia University’s Dan Wang and Emily Cox Pahnke from the University of Washington, examined 71,624 funding... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

17 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often

Strategy at HEC Paris, and Andrea Prat, a professor of business at Columbia Business School. Why communication takes a dive The researchers analyzed millions of emails and meeting invitations at 102 companies in the United States, Canada,... View Details

Keywords: by Ami Albernaz

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

the United States, two new states, Alaska and Oregon, as well as the District of Columbia had legalized the recreational sale of marijuana. They joined Washington and Colorado, which legalized pot in the 2012 election, as well as two... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

23 Jul 2024
In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

transit countries or all Chinese-owned firms. When weighing these options, we recommend policymakers leverage rich new sources of microdata, which can paint a different picture from aggregate statistics. “Businesses hoping to hedge... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications

14 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2006

leveraging already standardized data and work flows. What's most important, though, is that they look beyond the individual IT projects they select to the broader picture of how IT is likely to affect the organization. Information... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

2018 Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism American Capitalism: New Histories By: Beckert, Sven, and Christine Desan, eds. Abstract—The United States has long epitomized capitalism. From its enterprising shopkeepers, wildcat... View Details

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