Cornell Business News archive
Cornell Business News showcases the college’s transformative educational outcomes, meaningful research and courage to tackle societal challenges. This archive is a collection the articles that feature research, insights and leadership across the college from the past several years.
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Understanding Risk Management
Robert Jarrow’s new textbook, The Economic Foundations of Risk Management, aims to give MBA students a solid understanding of the economic models used to manage business and portfolio risk.
From Wall Street to Arts Commissioner: A Career in Five Acts
Grace Han Wolf ’86, MBA ’91
Key Financial Crisis Player Looks for 2008’s Lessons
Thomas A. Russo, MBA ’69, JD ’69, author of The 2008 Financial Crisis and Its Aftermath: Addressing the Next Debt Challenge
Watch Your Language: The Value of Clarity
In investor communications, good writing can attract investors and enhance share prices.
Can Africa Feed the World?
Africa could be the world’s next breadbasket. But can it overcome the hurdles in its way?
Eswar Prasad: Despite yuan’s meteoric rise, dollar will dominate
In his new book, Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi, Prasad evaluates the real power of China’s currency.
Why Wall Street’s Scandals Keep Coming
The author of Something for Nothing: Arbitrage and Ethics on Wall Street discusses the ethics of arbitrage.
Impact Investing Takes Off
A demographic shift is driving a large, generational wealth transfer, accelerating interest in steering investments toward profitable businesses focused on positive social and environmental change.
A rising force: Emerging economies are gaining ground in wealth and influence
The Emerging Markets Institute’s 2016 conference and inaugural Emerging Multinationals Report convey powerful evidence of “a new global landscape” showing a sharp increase in emerging economies as foreign investors and a “blossoming of some of their firms as world champions.”
What’s Driving the Dramatic Reduction in Public Firms?
Research by Professor Roni Michaely and co-authors points to a rise in M&As and decline in IPOs.
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