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Brazilian Economic Downturn
The rapid devaluation of the Brazilian Real over the course of 2015 is the result of several factors. by Radek Janowski, MBA ’16, EMI Fellow The Brazilian Real recently reached […]

Commenting on “One Belt One Road” Initiative Funding
Dr. Ying Zhang is the Associate Dean for China Business and Relations at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School & Cornell University. China’s One belt […]

Is the party over in Latin America?
Latin America begins another cycle in the region’s decades-long boom/bust economy. by Brian Liberatore, MBA ’16, EMI Fellow The party is over in Latin America. Again. The last decade saw […]

Inaugural Event of Cornell Institute for China Economic Research
On Oct 1st, 2015, the institute held the inaugural event where institute Co-Directors Panle Jia Barwick and Shanjun Li welcomed over 60 participants from many different units on campus. Laura […]

How skills that I thought I would never use became essential during my internship
by Claudio V. C. Macedo, MBA ‘16 Have you ever had the feeling that you are studying something that you will never need to use? After working for seven years […]

Capitalizing “8 Minute Energy”
by Mei Poon, MBA ‘16 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow Candidate Mei Poon shares her experience working at a startup within a multinational organization. The sun fuels all […]

How to Draw an Owl
by Ace Stryker, MBA ‘16 Applying in-class MBA frameworks to ambiguous business situations which result in meaningful recommendations can be much like drawing an owl. The first-year MBA core and […]

Reviving the Age-Old Life Insurance Industry
by Schuyler Woods, MBA ‘16 An investor by training, Schuyler Woods steps outside of her comfort zone and into a general manager role at MetLife. Mymother has worked in the […]

Fishing for Big, Sustainable Returns
by Alexandra H. Jostrom, MBA ‘16 Developing investor engagement in the global sustainable seafood industry. Did you know that over half of global seafood for consumption comes from aquaculture, also […]