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Prof. Yifan Zhang (CICER faculty affiliate)’s research on the impact of WTO on Chinese manufacturing sectors is accepted by the American Economic Review. Paper: WTO Accession and Performance of Chinese Manufacturing Firms Abstract: We examine the effects of the trade liberalization that accompanied China’s WTO accession on the evolution of markups and productivity of Chinese […]

A catalyst for regional champions in East Africa When terrorists attacked the high-end Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 2013, businessman Chris Getonga was just driving away. He had gone to the mall that Saturday morning to buy a present for his friend’s daughter on the way to her graduation party. As he did […]

Gaming and Sustainability by Anna Poplasky, MBA ‘17 Exploring in the SGE Immersion how the gaming industry can improve its reputation by leveraging its sustainability program. As part of the Sustainable Global Enterprise Immersion, my team and I worked with Las Vegas Sands Corporation (Sands) to figure out how to best market their sustainability program, […]

Jaydeep “Jay” Anand, MBA ’05 Jay Anand attributes his remarkable record of success in business to a relentless focus on bottom-line results and a commitment to treating every customer as if each were a guest in his home. Anand has spent over two decades managing diverse businesses, including a $100 million consumer electronics division, a […]

Sandra Persing, MBA ’10 Sandra Persing fights as a champion for diversity, inclusion, and advancement in the Web developer community. Persing is the senior program manager for developer relations at Mozilla, the Internet nonprofit and Firefox browser creator. In her role, Persing connects developers, designers, and Web creators with Mozilla technology through engagement platforms that […]

by Veneta Andonova and Mauricio Losada-Otálora The challenges faced by Latin American multinational companies, or multilatinas, often require unique strategies tailored to a demanding global environment. The book Multilatinas studies the strategies of internationalisation exercised by large multilatinas, offering the first systematic, quantitative effort to examine the pattern of their international investments within the context […]

Hosted by the Emerging Markets Institute, Wenzhou University delegates came to campus to discuss China’s Belt and Road economic development strategy. The Emerging Markets Institute welcomed delegates from Wenzhou University who came to campus July 18 to share their perspective on China’s One Belt, One Road economic development strategy. First proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in […]

Inspired by SGE and the Johnson Community by Miles Archer, MBA ’18 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow How I’ve drawn from Johnson lessons to succeed at my internship. People go to business school for a variety of reasons: to improve their analytical and problem solving skills, to advance within their current company, or […]

by Pidchapon (Fai) Niruthisard, MBA ’17 ASEAN – A Look Back and Ahead Emerging markets have been gaining more and morerecognition over the past few years. Companies are looking for newopportunities to grow beyond their existing markets. Emerging markets in LatinAmerica, e.g. Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, attract attention fromNorth America, Europe and even China. […]