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Demir Sabanci started his business career in Japan at Toyota City in 1993 working in various executive positions at Mitsui & Co. and Toyota Motor Corporation. Following this, he filled similar roles at Toyota Motor Sales in the United States. In 1996, he joined Sabanci Holding as a Board Member and three years later, founded […]

Valentine Sendanyoye Rugwabiza currently occupies the post of Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization. In this role, which she took up in October 2005, Mrs. Sendanyoye Rugwabiza's responsibility covers development issues and policies generally; trade policy review; trade facilitation; and training and technical cooperation. She is also responsible for the WTO work programme on […]

Sergio Costa graduated in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais and holds a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Azusa Pacific University, USA. Besides having an extensive experience in the public and private sectors, Costa has great expertise in international affairs. Throughout his career, he has worked in areas such as new […]

Professor Ramamurti founded and directs the Center for Emerging Markets. His research and consulting focuses on corporate strategy and business-government relations in emerging economies. He is currently researching the internationalization strategies of multinationals from Emerging Markets. He teaches courses on the global business environment and global strategy. Industry & Academic Experience Besides Northeastern University, Professor […]

Ragnhild Melzi is Americas Society/Council of the Americas’ vice president of Public Policy Programs and Corporate Relations. She provides leadership for the organizations’ international programming, which attracts top government officials, global business leaders, and prominent policy analysts to confront matters of critical hemispheric importance at discussions that take place across the Americas. Randy has extensive […]

Rob Cañizares' leadership experience in successfully building and transforming businesses around the world span more than two decades. In senior executive roles leading their successful globalization, he focused the formulation & implementation of strategy, and on building, coaching and developing multinational organizations. In this Jubilant stage of his career, he advises and mentors founders of […]

CNN News by James Griffiths (Study author Xiaobo Zhang is a professor of Peking University, a senior research staff of IFPRI and an external affiliated faculty of CICER) ———————— Air pollution could be more damaging to our health than previously thought, according to a new study, which found that prolonged exposure to dirty air has […]

by Nicolas Clavijo Emerging market currencies are rapidly falling due to a combination of internal pressures and the end of post-crisis stimulus measures implemented by the central banks in advanced economies. Since the beginning of 2018, the currencies of the 20 largest emerging economies (E20) have fallen on average by 8% against the dollar, with […]

Research findings by Prof. Panle Jia Barwick, Prof. Shanjun Li, Deyu Rao and Nahim Bin Zahur (professors and students at Cornell University) are published in The Economist. A new study suggests the costs of battling the country’s toxic air may be larger than previously thought. WALK down the street in a Chinese city, and you […]