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Robert J. Swieringa Young Alumni Service Award Recipient In the business world, Kimberly (Kim) S. Stevenson, MBA ’01, chief information officer and vice president at Intel, has made a splash by being the kind of transformational leader that exemplifies a Johnson MBA. Now known for raising IT’s profile at Intel, she has elevated it to […]

Opportunities exist in other emerging markets than the BRICS countries. by Chen Chen, Visiting Scholar On June 2nd 2015, a conference titled “Beyond the BRICs” was hosted at Northeastern University and co-?organized by the Center for Emerging Mar­kets at the D’Amore-McKim School of Busi­ness and Cor­nell University’s Emerging Mar­kets Insti­tute (EMI) at the Samuel Curtis […]

We just graduated 31 students from our EMI Fellows program. They took with them the experiences, learnings, and connections built through the Emerging Markets Institute. We wish them well and know they will keep the institute in mind as their careers develop. by Richard Coyle We just graduated 31 students from our EMI Fellows program. […]

As Venezuela approaches hyperinflation, they need to establish a monetary policy independent of political influences.  Otherwise, the economy faces ruin. by Alejandro Martinez, MBA ‘13 Monetary policy is an incredible tool for a country to battle unemployment and inflation. When done right, a country can obtain a boost to its economy in times of need. […]

In the Field: Saving Cheetahs One Bushblok at a Time by SGE Immersion Team (06/16/2015) Working with the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia to improve their Bushblok business, one of several businesses established to complement their holistic approach to saving cheetahs. Written by Claudio Macedo (MBA ’16), Arran Bardige (MBA ’16), Enrique Questell (MEng ’15) […]

Chinese investments in Africa are bringing not only sorely needed infrastructure, but concerns about labor standards, wages, occupational health and safety, and workers’ rights. by Ankit Mandhania, MBA ‘15 China’s domestic growth and increasing global footprint over the last decade has bolstered the idee fixe that China will be the next superpower. Today, it attracts […]

by John Y. Kwalk, MBA ‘15 An internship or full-time job offer from a technology company might be one of the reasons you have decided to pursue an MBA. For me, the decision to attend business school originated when I realized that an MBA represented my best chance to pull off a triple career pivot […]

by Michael Sean Hendrix, MBA ‘13 My pursuit of tech and startups is deeply rooted in the desire to build businesses that benefit consumers. My pursuit of strategic marketing, when I first arrived at Johnson, was rooted in the same concept. Marketing, at its core, is centered on how companies drive their business through various […]

Companies in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical devices are investing in India as a way to increase research & development productivity. by Gaurav J. Shah, MBA ‘15 Introduction Healthcare has become one of the largest sectors of the Indian economy, estimated at about $80B in 2012, and projected to grow at a CAGR of 17% through […]