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Introduction Informal Employment (IE) is a deep structural socioeconomic issue embedded in all economies and countries worldwide. IE nurtures the informal economy, also known as the informal sector, encompassing all labor and business activities hidden from regulatory authorities. According to the World Bank (2019), the informal sector accounts for about one third of global GDP […]

The Emerging Markets Institute, Cornell Institute for China Economic Research, and SMART program, in collaboration with Cornell China Center, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, and Tata Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, will be hosting an online event to launch the Emerging Markets Theme within the SC Johnson College of Business! The theme will […]

Since conducting this interview, Josh has moved to Citadel, a multi-strategy hedge fund. He is currently a Senior Associate in the firm’s event driven-focused Fundamental Strategies group. As a college student majoring in History and minoring in Business at Brandeis University, Josh Levine, MBA ’13, considered entering the world of academia, but for the most […]

Speaker: Alberto Salvo Alberto Salvo is an Associate Professor of Economics at the National University of Singapore. His research interests include Energy & Environmental Economics, Industrial Organization, and Applied Microeconomics in general. His current research falls under the broad theme: “Individual Behavior, the Environment, and Socioeconomic Outcomes.” He studies how the behavior and incentives of […]

Speaker: Ricardo Hausmann Ricardo Hausmann is Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School, and Director of the Growth Lab at Harvard’s Center for International Development. He served as the first Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank from 1994-2000, and Minister of Planning of Venezuela from 1992-1993. His […]

Speaker: Johanna Mair Johanna Mair is Professor of Organization, Strategy and Leadership at the Hertie School. Her research focuses on how novel organisational and institutional arrangements generate economic and social development. Mair is also the Distinguished Fellow at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Academic Editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review and […]

Johnson’s magazine includes a Q&A with Dean Soumitra Dutta, feature stories on marketing new technology and on metrics-driven marketing, a profile of Cambridge Health Alliance CEO Patrick Wardell, MBA ’79, and much more. Take a look! Read the article

The Joint CICER and EMI Emerging Markets Research Day was held on strong>Friday, April 19 from 8:30AM</strong to 5:00PM in B10 Sage Hall Workshop Videos are available here: Morning session 9:00 – 12:15pm Afternoon session 1:30 – 5:00pm The Cornell Institute for China Economic Research (CICER) brings together scholars from Cornell and elsewhere to conduct […]

04/17/2017 The “Googley” culture of Silicon Valley companies didn’t always resonate with my staff, I found the no-nonsense leadership approach practiced by the US military to be particularly effective in my company. Unlike his peers who applied for prestigious banking/consulting jobs Johnson Cheng became an assistant to director in a real estate development firm in […]