Blog Posts
Pursuing My Passion for Animals
by Luna Guo, MBA ‘17 What does SGE have to do with marketing and animals? A lot, as it turns out. When I first decided to quit my job as a businessanalyst and pursue my MBA, I had a very clear direction I wanted to go in:marketing, and something related to my one true love—animals. […]
SGE: A Multidisciplinary Immersion
by Alexa Ing Stern, MBA ‘17 Gaining exposure to diverse ideas and frameworks, as well as classmates and practitioners with extremely varied functional expertise. Throughout the Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) immersion we are exposed to diverse ideas and frameworks, as well as classmates and practitioners with extremely varied functional expertise. During the immersion,we make two […]
Ownership Is Key to Fixing China’s SOEs — Eswar Prasad
Increasing competition and private ownership would help spur the changes needed to reform the country’s state-owned enterprises. By Eswar Prasad via The Wall Street Journal China’s state-owned enterprises remain one of the biggest challenges facing Beijing today. SOEs play an outsize role in the country’s economy, even though they are a major source of corruption […]
Propelled by Excellence: Moving Forward with the Cornell Executive MBA
by Tommy Wong, Cornell Executive MBA Americas 2016 I chose Johnson because of our program’s world-class faculty, recognition, and excellence. I continue to be quite impressed by the collaborative team-based format, focus on technology, and preparation for post-graduate success on a global scale. Just as critical, Johnson offers an EMBA program that is well-suited for […]
Welcoming New Opportunities with the Executive MBA
by Syed Hussain, Cornell Executive MBA Americas 2017 Johnson is a prestigious name among Ivy League schools, and I am proud to have it on my credentials. This program has great flexibility in scheduling your classes while you continue to work without any interruption. Secondly, leadership always blooms from excellent teamwork, and this program is […]
Professor Shanjun Li Chosen for the ACSF Faculty Fellowship
Professor Shanjun Li is chosen for the Faculty Fellowship for Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts supported by Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF). This fellowship program supports Cornell faculty in the social sciences, humanities, and arts who are working in the sustainability arena. The in-residence fellowship provides faculty with teaching leave for one semester and […]
A Smooth Transition from the SGE Immersion to Ceres
by Georgia Maloney, MBA ‘16 How the SGE Immersion and Cornell MBA core curriculum provided the foundation for a successful internship assessing corporate sustainability practices. When I started, I never could have predicted how valuable thetwo weeks of the Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) immersion “boot camp” withProfessor Mark Milstein would be. During that time, we […]
Shades of Grey: Exploring the Intersection of the Public and Private Sectors
by Aidan Renaghan, MBA ’17 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow The SGE immersion trek was an informative and inspiring experience in meeting people working on the front lines to create a more sustainable future. In April 2016, students from the Sustainable GlobalEnterprise (SGE) immersion traveled to Washington, D.C. for three days ofnetworking and […]
Key Learnings from Working on a Company-Sponsored Project
by Joshua Jefferies, MBA ‘17 Figuring out how to expand the organic dried fruit snacks market. As we begin the final stretch of our Sustainable GlobalEnterprise (SGE) immersion projects, I realize that I’ve learned a lot overthis past semester. My team has had the privilege of working directly the CEOof Made in Nature, Doug Brent, […]