Columbia Ideas at Work
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Nachum Sicherman on the "Ostrich Effect"
14 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On Bloomberg Radio, Professor Nachum Sicherman discusses his research on the “ostrich effect:” the tendency of investors to avoid looking at their...
Katherine Phillips — Get Along or Get to Work?
17 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Katherine Phillips discusses her recent findings that diverse teams focus less on getting along and more on getting to work, and the implica...
Eric Johnson: Choosing Health — and Wealth
29 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Eric Johnson discusses how better choice architecture could help Americans make wiser choices on the new Affordable Care Act insurance excha...
Geoffrey Heal: Uncertainty, Risk, and Climate Change
24 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Geoffrey Heal discusses how new approaches to risk assessment in the face of climate change can help decision makers negotiate the uncertain...
Oded Netzer: Text Mining Social Media for Consumer Insights
19 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Oded Netzer discusses how the emerging science of text mining is helping marketers measure their impact — and the surprising insights the ...
Marcelo Olivares: Data Transforms Operations Research
24 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Marcelo Olivares discusses how a flood of data is changing the way that researchers help businesses fine-tune their operations and increase ...
Ilyana Kuziemko: Studying Inequality in America
27 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Ilyana Kuziemko discusses how questions raised by the 2010 mid-term elections spurred her latest study about people’s aversion to last pla...
Urooj Khan: Accounting and Systemic Risk in Financial Institutions
22 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Urooj Khan discusses the important role of accounting in assessing systemic risk.
Suresh Sundaresan: Capital, Creditors, and Systemic Risk
22 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Suresh Sundaresan discusses the role of credit and creditors in the financial crisis, and the significance of his research in exploring the ...
Leonard Lee: When Shopper Marketing Backfires
27 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Leonard Lee discusses how shopper marketing tools can sometimes motivate consumers to spend less — rather than more. Read the research ...
Brett Gordon: Political Advertising and the Electoral College
25 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Brett Gordon discusses how the elimination of the electoral college could shift spending on political advertising during presidential campai...
Daniel Ames: Decision Making and Negotiation
20 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Daniel Ames discusses Columbia Business School’s Decision Making and Negotiation Cross-Disciplinary Area, and why the best decision makers...
Eric Johnson: Behavioral Economics and Time Preference
20 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Eric Johnson explains time preferences and present bias, and how these behavioral phenomena affect the choices we make. Read the story: ...