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Those who sacrifice their self-interests for collective goals would gain status from others more effectively in Asian cultures, which emphasized more team-oriented atmosphere and appreciate group harmony more than the Western culture. by Hye Jung Yoon, Johnson, Cornell University Social hierarchies are pervasive across societies and cultures. Status represents a primary dimension of social hierarchies, […]

III Brazilian Conference: Is Brazil’s Democracy in Crisis? organized by BRASA Cornell in partnership with the Emerging Markets Institute by Samantha Rullán, EMI Assistant Director (06/28/2016) On April 25th, 2016 more than 50 students and faculty were present during the event organized by BRASA Cornell in partnership with the Emerging Markets Institute, the III Brazilian Conference: […]

Increasing competition and private ownership would help spur the changes needed to reform the country’s state-owned enterprises. By Eswar Prasad via The Wall Street Journal China’s state-owned enterprises remain one of the biggest challenges facing Beijing today. SOEs play an outsize role in the country’s economy, even though they are a major source of corruption […]

by Tommy Wong, Cornell Executive MBA Americas 2016 I chose Johnson because of our program’s world-class faculty, recognition, and excellence. I continue to be quite impressed by the collaborative team-based format, focus on technology, and preparation for post-graduate success on a global scale. Just as critical, Johnson offers an EMBA program that is well-suited for […]

by Syed Hussain, Cornell Executive MBA Americas 2017 Johnson is a prestigious name among Ivy League schools, and I am proud to have it on my credentials. This program has great flexibility in scheduling your classes while you continue to work without any interruption. Secondly, leadership always blooms from excellent teamwork, and this program is […]

With budgets tightening worldwide, there is a need to channel limited government and international organization funding towards high-quality developmental projects. A new type of investment vehicle, social impact bond, carries the promise of bringing private capital to achieve important social objectives. Social impact bond is a contractual agreement where government (or international organization) promises to […]

Global Latinas realize that, as they develop their global ambitions, their home country and the Latin American region in which they operate, need to be strong by Lourdes Casanova, EMI Academic Director During the ‘golden decade’ of 2002-2012, Latin America was able to improve upon social ills and reduce poverty by almost 20 percent. Emerging […]

Professor Shanjun Li is chosen for the Faculty Fellowship for Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts supported by Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF). This fellowship program supports Cornell faculty in the social sciences, humanities, and arts who are working in the sustainability arena. The in-residence fellowship provides faculty with teaching leave for one semester and […]

Although Nigeria is Africa’s biggest economy, it has been battling with economic and political instability, particularly Boko Haram and the recent oil crisis. by Ibijoke Oke, MPA ’16, EMI Fellow A few months ago, the World Bank published its annual 2016 Doing Business[1] Report and Nigeria ranked 169 out of 189 economies in the ease of doing […]