Emerging Markets Institute

A fireside chat between Andrew Karolyi, Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Iván Duque, Former President of Colombia (2018-2022) about Duque’s new book: “Our Future: A Green Manifesto for Latin America and the Caribbean“, Planeta, 2024.

Registration Link in person: https://cvent.me/dx9K9m

Registration Link online: https://cornell.zoom.us/s/93668620332

We are happy to announce that the Emerging Markets Institute has launched the 2024 Cornell EMI Corning Case Competition! A great opportunity to learn about emerging markets, network with more than 500 participants, and earn up to $6,000. Visit the website to read the rules and register your team!

The award recognizes outstanding alumni from S.C. Johnson School of Management with international careers in emerging markets. The goal of the award is to engage Alumni with the EMI to benefit its mission & students and raise awareness of the long history of the S.C. Johnson School of Management contribution to global businesses. In the last years, Paul Kavuma, MBA ’93, and Heather Henyon, MBA ’03 were the awardees. The 2024 awardee will be presented at the EMI Conference 2024. Keep connected.

Announcing the 2024 Cornell EMI Mark Mobius Pitch Competition finalists!

After 36 startups registered, we have narrowed it down to the top 5. These exceptional teams will have the opportunity to pitch their companies and ideas at the EMI Conference 2024, in NYC, in November. Meet the finalists on pitch.emiconference.com

Congratulations to the 72 EMI Fellows class of 2024! The celebration hosted a keynote speech by Iván Duque, Former President of Colombia (2018-22), Geoff Lim, MBA ’00, Founder and Managing Partner of Aeterra Capital Partners, Andrew Karolyi, Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, and Vishal Gaur, Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of the Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Best of luck for our alumni and please keep in touch.

Watch the EMI Fellows Graduation Celebration 2024

The Emerging Markets Institute hosted the PhD Research conference in Ithaca, on May 2 – 4, 2024. 24 speakers from 18 universities all over the world joined Andrew Karolyi, Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. Thanks to Andrew Foley for the support.

The Emerging Market Multinationals Report 2023 – Risks and Realignments, was launched at the EMI Conference 2023 in November 2023, and at the EMI Webinar Series on March 8, 2024. The report was written by Anne Miroux and Lourdes Casanova in collaboration with Lorenzo Pavone and Daniel Kefer (EmNet, OECD development Center); Momina Aijazuddin, Matthew Saal, and Meraj Husain (International Finance Corporation); Veneta Andonova, Juan Pablo Soto, and Juana García (Escuela de Administración at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia); César Rosales (Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Spain); Yuan Jia-Zheng, Patricia García-Duran, Carles Brasó Broggi, Paloma Fernández-Pérez (University of Barcelona in Spain); Fred Olayele (Economic Club of Africa Network in NY); Marcelo Kawabata (Emerging Markets Institute, Cornell University); and Georges Ugeux (Law School, Columbia University).

During the EMI conference 2023, EMI was recognized by the New York State Assembly as an ‘outstanding institution worthy of the esteem of both the Community and the Great State of New York’. This recognition would not have been possible without the hard work of the EMI team, EMI fellows, volunteers, alumni, EMI advisory council, colleagues and EMI’s networks. Thanks, Steven Raga, member of the NYS Assembly, who signed the recognition.

The inaugural EMI Distinguished Fellows will be awarded to Iván Duque, Former President of Colombia (2018-2022). The program aims to recognize excellence and foster meaningful engagement between students, academia and leaders from emerging markets. Congratulations to Iván Duque!

The past academic year has been eventful for EMI: 73 fellows graduated last May, an annual conference and numerous seminars, published the 6th annual report, and so much more! Join EMI in reflecting back on the past year’s events and achievements by reading the 2022-2023 Year in Review!

The Emerging Markets Global Players (EMGP), previously under Columbia University, is joining EMI network and management. EMGP‘s website is in the process of reactivation and all the great research and reports produced by the team will be made available soon. The EMGP research group and its Fellows have resumed meeting and will be included in EMI’s activities, going forward. A special thank you to Lisa Sachs, Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment.

EMI is  proud to announce that its newly released book “Innovation from Emerging Markets: From Copycats to Leaders” is now available to buy from Cambridge University Press and Amazon in hardback and ebook format. This book aims to examine innovation and the leadership of noteworthy EMs countries and EMNCs. Thanks to the Emerging Multinationals Network, the joint efforts of various institutions around the world, comprised in this book.

A $1.8 million gift from Gail and Roberto Cañizares ’71, MBA ’74 will establish the Emerging Markets Institute Fellows Case Writing Program pilot fund and the Cañizares Award for Distinguished Alumni in International Business and Emerging Markets.

Thank you Gail and Roberto Cañizares! Read more about their generous gift! 

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