EMI at Work
Opportunities and Challenges in Asia-Pacific: through the eyes of Sundeep Lal, Johnson ’98, VP of Strategy, BD and Innovation at Medtronic, the world’
Creating innovation in the healthcare sector in the Asia Pacific region, an interview with Sundeep Lal, Johnson ’98, VP of Strategy, BD and Innovation at Medtronic by Andy Shen, MBA ‘14 “When the opportunity arises, don’t let it slip away.” – An Interview with Sundeep Lal, Johnson ’98, VP of Strategy, BD and Innovation at Medtronic […]
Economic Perspective from a Ukrainian National in Kiev
A student’s personal connection with understanding the conflicts that have erupted in Ukraine by Max Spivak, BS ‘07 MBA ‘14 MILR ‘15 “…for now we have only hope and faith.” Max Spivak, EMI Fellow candidate, has taken an interest in the situation in Ukraine – a country where he and his fiancee, Kate, have deep […]
Cornell’s Emerging Markets Institute Sponsors a team to join Semi-Finalists Competition in 2014 mai Bangkok Business Challenge @ Sasin
by Ginger Ku, MBA ‘14 The Emerging Markets Institute at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University is honored to sponsor a team to compete in the mai Bangkok Business Challenge @ Sasin that will take place during Feb 27th – March 1st 2014 at Chulalongkorn University. Juan Diego Alonso MBA […]
A Tale of Two Countries – Does infrastructure capacity lead economic growth, or does it result from economic growth?
An MBA student’s prospective on the stark differences of two emerging markets, India and Chile by Max Spivak, BS ‘07 MBA ‘14 MILR ‘15 What came first, the chicken or the egg? This was the question I kept asking myself during my winter break travels to India and Chile. Does a country need infrastructure to […]
GE China Project
International Consulting Practicum, taught by Mr. Richard Coyle, Executive Director of the Emerging Markets Institute (EMI), sent three students to Shanghai as part of a semester-long project for GE by Boon Hoe Chin MBA’14, Cecilia He MBA’14, Ginger Ku MBA’14 On Sunday October 20th, 2013, the three of us from S.C. Johnson School of Management […]
Oi Brazil! eu te amo!
A Johnson Study Trip to the southern hemisphere – a journey of wonder, discovery and pure joy! Spending the turn of the new year at the ‘still being built’ terminal 4 of JFK, all I could think of was – this better be worth it. Not knowing how exactly to plan my trip from Ithaca […]
Ser Brasileira (Being Brasilian)
Amanda Wu, MBA ’14, writes about her summer internship with a high-tech firm in São Paulo, Brazil. By Amanda Wu, MBA ‘14 The opportunity to be independent, to learn about a new culture, and to push yourself beyond boundaries are important lessons that prepare an MBA student for the future. But encountering them during a summer […]
Making a Lasting Impact in Bangladesh and Bringing Technology to Farmers
Students conduct on-the-ground research in Bangladesh and deliver real-world impact to rural communities. by Stephanie Kwok, MBA ’13 As part of the Johnson EMI Fellows program, each fellow completes a practicum project relating to an emerging market. This allows the fellows to dive deeper into a particular geographic area or industry by applying business skills […]
Big Red Russia
The historically unpredictable way of life in Russia, the dizzying traffic, and the formidable language barrier proved to only be a minor inconvenience to the relentless first year Cornell Johnson survivors. by Max Spivak 07’ MBA 14’ MILR 15’ On May 17th, a group of twelve first-year students from the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of […]