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The Power of Social Influence

BY Wendy Marx
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Feb 6, 2007 at 11:54 AM

An article in the current issue of The Harvard Business Review validates a nasty little secret: the best products aren’t necessarily the most successful. The piece, which discusses a Columbia University study, concludes that a ...READ»

TEAMWORK | Comment

What Do You Think of Your Co-Workers?

BY Alison Overholt
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Mar 9, 2004 at 10:58 AM

A friend of mine who is a recent social psychology Ph.D. at Columbia University (and teaches courses on organizational behavior) is conducting research on the impressions people form of each other at work. Her web-based survey asks ...READ»

POLLUTION SENSORS | 1 comment

Pocket-Sized Pollution Sensor Begins Testing

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 11:36 AM

It's no secret that residents of carcinogen-thick cities have above average incidences of asthma. Now a new generation of pocket-sized pollution detectors, developed by scientists at Columbia University and the Pacific Northwest ...READ»

DAVOS 2006 | 4 comments

Live From Davos: Development and Innovation

Relevancy Score: 91
Thu Jan 26, 2006 at 1:49 PM

A Columbia University economist, Xavier Sala-i-Martin, spoke at a session on global competitiveness in Davos this morning. He offered what I think is the most succinct statement of the stages economies move through on their way to ...READ»

IPHONE | 3 comments

Scientists Developing iPhone App to Crowdsource Plant Research

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 85
Tue May 5, 2009 at 1:21 PM

A group of scientists and researchers from the Smithsonian, University of Maryland, and Columbia University is working on an iPhone application that turns budding scientists into valuable research contributors. The application ...READ»

MBAS | 5 comments

Fishing for Schools

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 61
Mon Apr 11, 2005 at 7:27 PM

US News & World Report released its new list of America's best graduate schools in the April 11 edition. Here's the top 10 business schools: Harvard University Stanford University University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) MIT ...READ»

BLOGJAM 2005 | 2 comments

The ROI on Doing a Favor

Relevancy Score: 50
Tue Aug 9, 2005 at 12:10 PM

We've all heard that favors are a social lubricant and workplace currency. You do something nice for someone, and they'll return the favor. Everybody wins. It's a bit more complicated than that, according to Columbia University ...READ»

GLOBALIZATION | 3 comments

We're number one?

Relevancy Score: 50
Tue Oct 10, 2006 at 8:40 AM

An indicator that may or may not mean anything: Four of this year's six Nobel Prizes have been awarded--and all have been won by Americans. Andrew Fire and Craig Mello won in medicine, for discovering a mechanism to control the flow ...READ»

WOMEN IN BUSINESS | 1 comment

The ROI on Doing a Favor, Part II

Relevancy Score: 48
Tue Aug 9, 2005 at 1:03 PM

Today's Workforce Week says: They get less credit for it, but women help co-workers more than men do, according to Columbia University professor Frank Flynn. He did two studies, one of engineers and one of IT employees. Employees ...READ»

CARBON | Comment

Graphene: Source of The Next Industrial Revolution?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 47
Fri Dec 19, 2008 at 9:24 AM

"An atomically-thick layer of bonded carbon atoms in a hexagonal array, that can be made by peeling a layer off a graphite block with sticky-tape" doesn't sound like a particularly wondrous material. But that's an approximate ...READ»

FAST COMPANY | 2 comments

Green Innovation

BY Richard Watson
Relevancy Score: 40
Mon May 26, 2008 at 8:46 PM

You’d have to have been living on another planet not to notice that saving our planet is a pretty big trend these days and the trend for all things ‘green’ and sustainable is naturally making its impact on innovation too. In ...READ»

BEST | Comment

Top 50 MBA Programs Online Resume Books at Your Fingertips

BY Ryan Pratt
Relevancy Score: 40
Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 4:18 PM

Top 50 MBA Programs Online Resume Books at Your Fingertips If you want top-tier business talent to fill positions in your office, look here first! MBA student and alumni online resume books are available to order right now! ...READ»

CAREERS | 2 comments

Top Dog

BY Julie Piotrowski
Relevancy Score: 39
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:13 AM

Job Titles of the Future: Niloo HoweREAD»

SUSTAINABLE INTELLIGENCE | 1 comment

The True Sustainability Potential of Cloud Computing: Smarter Design

BY Autodesk Sustainable Blogging Team
Relevancy Score: 38
Thu Oct 1, 2009 at 12:03 PM

To hear experts tell it, cloud computing is “the new dot-com,” the “biggest shift computing shift in two decades” or even technology era’s “Cambrian explosion.” But it's also a way to address the enormous need for energy ...READ»

ARTISTSHARE | Comment

Music Lover, Can You Spare a Dime?

BY Ellen Gibson
Relevancy Score: 37
Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 6:34 PM

According to indie rocker Jill Sobule, there's only one thing record labels are still good for and that’s financing albums. Everyone is preoccupied over which music-distribution model will win out, but the fallout of the Internet's ...READ»

CAREER DEVELOPMENT | Comment

Work Hazards and Hazards to Work

BY Laurence Shatkin
Relevancy Score: 35
Fri Dec 5, 2008 at 9:26 AM

Once when my daughter was very small and we were dining in a seafood restaurant, she looked at her placemat and was puzzled. The paper placemat was illustrated with colorful pictures of pirates, and she was wondering why so many of ...READ»

NETWORKING | 2 comments

Working Your Network

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 35
Fri Aug 8, 2003 at 2:39 PM

How do you use the various professional associations, networking organizations, and work groups you participate in? New York City Company of Friends member Jon Myers, managing partner of Balance Technologies distinguishes between ...READ»

CAREER PLANNING | Comment

The Team Player

BY Scott McMurray
Relevancy Score: 34
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:38 PM

The Team PlayerREAD»

ARTS | Comment

A Small-Business Documentary Sparks Discussion

BY Laura Palotie
Relevancy Score: 34
Fri Nov 21, 2008 at 3:59 PM

Last night I attended a small-business forum organized by Manhattan's Community Board 4 that addressed the problematic future of New York's small businesses. The meeting was held in conjunction with a screening of Virginie Alvine-Perrette's documentary, "Twilight Becomes Night."READ»

ENTERTAINMENT | 1 comment

Top 10 Most Creative People in Movies and Television

Relevancy Score: 34
Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 9:03 AM

1. Rich Ross, President, Disney Channels Worldwide A lifelong TV addict, Ross has expanded Disney's channels beyond the box into film, radio, mobile, and online. But he'll be remembered most for unleashing Hannah Montana and High ...READ»

BUSINESS | 1 comment

Memes From My Father—Silly Internet Fun with Barack Obama's Life Story

BY Ellen McGirt
Relevancy Score: 32
Fri Feb 6, 2009 at 12:46 PM

If you thought a pot-smoking Olympic athlete was bad, wait until you hear a trash-talking President. Call it Memes from My Father–the latest Internet sensation involves silly fun with Barack Obama’s life story.READ»

SCHOOL REFORM | Comment

Safwan Masri

BY Anni Layne and Erika Germer
Relevancy Score: 31
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:29 AM

Professor of Operations Management and Vice Dean of MBA Programs at Columbia Business SchoolREAD»

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 4 comments

University Sprawl

Relevancy Score: 31
Thu Aug 31, 2006 at 6:49 PM

My college, Columbia University, is planning a takeover in West Harlem. Within 25 years, University officials say, Columbia will expand with a new, $7 billion, 17-acre, Renzo Piano-designed satellite campus in "Manhattanville." ...READ»