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Johnson’s new Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) will celebrate its founding through a unique discussion with its first Fellow, Professor Eswar Prasad of Cornell University, Thursday, March 3 in room B09 of Sage Hall from 4:15 to 5:15 pm.  Andrew Karolyi , co-academic director of EMI and professor of Finance at Johnson will talk with Prasad about “Emerging Markets in the New World […]

The Emerging Markets Institute at Johnson will co-host a day-long conference, “Brazil – A pathway into the future,” featuring  panels and keynotes on business and investment opportunities in the emerging market of Brazil, Friday, March 4 in the audtorium at the Statler Hotel Cornell’s campus.  Panelists and keynotes will include business leaders from Brazil and Johnson […]

New institute designed to increase school’s Global Education strategy & enhance cross-cultural economic development & understanding Johnson at Cornell University has announced the formation of the Emerging Markets Institute (EMI), which will act as a hub for emerging markets research and education.  The formation of EMI aligns with Johnson’s  vision to be a premier global business school […]

Jim Goldman, MBA ’85, President and CEO , Godiva Chocolatier Like many successful leaders, Jim Goldman thinks outside the box. For the aptly-named Goldman, the box in question is a 14-carat icon — Godiva Chocolatier’s gold-toned ballotin. As one of the world’s best-known packages, that box confers a strong advantage, says Goldman, president and chief […]

Daniela Peiser, MBA ’00: Founder and managing director, Bold Aspirations by Irene Kim In 2007, when Daniela Peiser mentioned to her colleagues at Deloitte Consulting that she was thinking about taking a six-month vacation in her native South Africa, her leadership offered to arrange for her to work out of the company’s Cape Town office. […]

Gaye Tomlinson, MBA ’05: CMO, Vaha Solar and Green Consulting by Irene Kim As oil reserves shrink, environmental concerns grow, protests fly over hydraulic fracturing, and electricity costs skyrocket, Gaye Tomlinson is betting that the time is finally right for renewable-energy solutions. She and her husband, Geoffrey — a former Wall Street analyst turned green-technologies […]

Rick Cleary, MBA ’98: COO and co-founder, Sharpridge Capital Management, L.P. by Irene Kim When asked about Sharpridge Capital, the investment firm he cofounded, Rick Cleary speaks not about himself, but about the strength of his rope team — the interconnected relationships that enable his firm to navigate through what he terms “the slings and […]

Owen Jobson, MBA ’94: Owner/founder, Blue Rock BBQ by Irene Kim With a solid work history in systems integration at Andersen Consulting, in operations and finance for United Airlines, and in finance at Cisco Systems, Owen Jobson isn’t someone you’d expect to see dishing out baby back ribs. But he has made good on his […]