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Using Israel’s playbook to benefit African economies
by Armstrong Mbi, One-Year MBA ’18 As a country that makes international news headlines constantly, Israel is a major geopolitical force in the world. A visit to its business, political, […]
Latin American Political Scenario in 2018
by Evodio Kaltenecker Introduction Democracies in Latin America await a wave of important elections in 2018. Starting in Costa Rica, with presidential and legislative general election on February 4th, and […]
Finding Common Ground in Public Service
Scott J. Cameron, MBA ’79 Scott Cameron is drawing on four decades of experience in public and private natural resource, energy, and environment management — and his proficiency in building […]
Zen Business: an East-Asian-Based Systemic Model on Holistic Management and Sustainability for a Fast-Changing World
Issue NO. 22 By Josep M. Coll* Emerging markets are not only opening new doors of business and economic opportunities, but redefining our understanding of the world and its […]
A Grateful Leader Gives Back
Amane Nakashima, MBA ’89 Amane Nakashima remembers feeling shocked when he arrived at Johnson and began taking classes in the summer of 1987, after spending five years working at the […]
Tencent, the rising Chinese Investment Holding Conglomerate
by Alice Zheng, Catarina Levita Schallenbach and Ria Gabrielle Lim Tencent, a Chinese holding company, was founded in 1988 by Ma Huateng, Zhang Zhidong, Xu Chenye, Chen Yidan, and Zeng […]
Cornell Takes Second Place at Duke Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition
Cornell MBA’s Madeleine Mc Dougall, MBA ’19, and Crosby Fish, MBA ’18, joined Seth Olson (MS, Applied Economics and Management, 2018) to participate in the Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition […]
Bridging Finance and Infrastructure
Issue NO. 21 By Otaviano Canuto and Aleksandra Liaplina* The world economy – and emerging market and developing economies in particular – display a gap between infrastructure needs and […]