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The “China’s Cities” project was recently chosen for funding by the Institute for the Social Sciences.  Each collaborative project is comprised of 4-5 Cornell faculty members, researching a cutting-edge and significant social science issue or topic. Priority is given to “shovel ready” projects that build bridges between researchers across the university. The “China’s Cities” project […]

Argentina has reached a pivotal turning point after decades of economic instability, but will the recent shift toward a more conservative policy be enough to rebound the economy? by Matt Agnello, MBA ’16, EMI Fellow During Mauricio Macri’s short tenure as Argentina’s president he has unpegged the peso from the dollar allowing a 30% currency […]

by Mark Geskermann, MBA ’16 Deciding on an immersion is what I imagine choosing a favorite child is like for parents. Alright, I admit that’s a bit exaggerated, but it was still a tough choice. Second semester proved to be critical in preparing me for my summer internship at the Boston Consulting Group. As I […]

Poland at a crossroads as a newly elected government takes the reins. by Amanda B. Sieradzki, MBA ’16, EMI Fellow Poland finds itself at a crossroads in 2016 as a newly elected government takes the reins and the European Union (EU) emerges from the remnants of the Great Recession of 2009. Of all the EU […]

Understanding the Backdrop of Iranian Tech Entrepreneurship by Mehrdad Moghaddam, MBA ’17, EMI Fellow In Iran, there’s a popular saying along the lines of “Go and wake up your luck.” Proverbs like this one seem to have reverberated strongly throughout Iranian society since the 2006-2015 economic sanctions imposed by the UN in response to Iran’s […]

Latin American multinationals from Mexico to Brazil felt and feel the need to engage with their communities and societies. by Lourdes Casanova, Senior Lecturer of Management and Academic Director of the Emerging Markets Institute During the ‘golden decade’ of 2002-2012, Latin America was able to improve upon social ills and reduce poverty by almost 20 […]

Meng ZHAO CEO, UnionPayAdvisors, Shanghai Before launching UnionPayAdvisors, Mr. Zhao worked on credit risk modeling in the U.S. financial industry for many years. He has a BS from Tsinghua University and an MS in operation research from Duke University. UnionPayAdvisors: China UnionPay(中国银联) is the only domestic bank card organization in China. Established in 2002, it is […]

Weiwei Chen Weiwei Chen is the Director and Senior Engineer of Network Optimization and Management Division in China Unicom’s Research Institute and heads up the Big Data Research Initiative in the institute. He has been working in the research institute since graduating from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1992. China Unicom: China Unicom (中国联通) is one […]

Professor Yongheng Deng Provost’s Chair, Professor of Real Estate and Finance, National University of Singapore (NUS) Real estate is an important driver of the Chinese economy, which itself is vital for global growth. However, data limitations make it challenging to evaluate competing claims about the state of Chinese housing markets. This paper brings new data […]