Blog Archive Friday Factoid Columbias Program for Financial Studies

Blog Archive Friday Factoid Columbias Program for Financial Studies Already well known as a finance powerhouse, Columbia Business School (CBS) stepped up its finance game in 2010 with the establishment of the Program for Financial Studies. The umbrella initiative connects faculty who approach financial studies from a variety of disciplines with students, alumni and external organizations. The programs main goals are to support research, enhance the Columbia finance curriculum and related resources for students and create opportunities for the exchange of ideas between Columbia students and faculty and members of the external finance community. Finance wonks will enjoy the program’s finance case studies, including The Norwegian Government Pension Fund: The Divestiture of Wal-Mart Inc., written by Professor Andrew Ang, and Don’t Be Evil: Google’s 2004 Dutch Auction Initial Public Offering, written by the program’s director, Professor Laurie Hodrick. For more information on other defining characteristics of the MBA program at CBS or one of 15 other top business schools, please check out the  mbaMission Insider’s Guides.  If you are applying, our  CBS Interview Guide  can help you put your best foot forward. Share ThisTweet Columbia University (Columbia Business School) Friday Factoids Blog Archive Friday Factoid Columbias Program for Financial Studies Already well known as a finance powerhouse, Columbia Business School has stepped up its finance game with the recent (2010) establishment of the Program for Financial Studies. The umbrella initiative connects faculty who approach financial studies from a variety of disciplines with students, alumni and external organizations. The programs main goals are to support research, to enhance the Columbia finance curriculum and related resources for students and to create opportunities for the exchange of ideas between Columbia students and faculty and members of the external finance community. Finance wonks will enjoy the program’s finance case studies, including The Norwegian Government Pension Fund: The Divestiture of Wal-Mart Inc., written by Professor Andrew Ang and Don’t Be Evil: Google’s 2004 Dutch Auction Initial Public Offering, written by the program’s director, Professor Laurie Hodrick. Share ThisTweet Columbia University (Columbia Business School) Friday Factoids