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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 […]

Cat Bonds can be employed in Latin America to provide catastrophe coverage and help diversify investor risk by Kwame Joseph Campos Rodriguez, ’15 Catastrophe bonds (Cat Bonds) are not only an effective tool to hedge earthquake loss risk, but also, a great tool for insurers to diversify and reduce cost of their catastrophe risk hedging […]

North America remains the top destination for Chinese outbound investment, particularly in the high technology, industrials, and consumer products and services industries. by Kaiwen Zhong, BA ’15 The last few decades witnessed China’s thriving economy. While the country has been a popular destination for cross border investments and mergers and acquisitions, it recently started getting […]

Cuba is poised to rapidly expand its economy once diplomatic relations have been restored with the United States.  How should its neighbors react? by Francisco Jose Robles Cedeno, MBA ‘15 Decades after political and military standoff, there is a rumbling of a new challenge in the Caribbean. After the baton was passed between the Castro […]

Understanding the Nigerian shopper should yield dividends for consumer goods companies by Vikash Khanna, MBA ‘15 During my internship with Unilever last summer, I had the privilege of working on a unique project in Personal Care which blended technology and innovation with market analysis and consumer insights. At the heart of my project was a […]

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 […]

Evaluating default risk for SME’s in emerging markets can require non-traditional methods of credit worthiness. by Damian Kearney, MBA ’15 In my travels to and work in emerging and frontier markets, it has been easy to see the presence and influence of Multi-National Corporations. I’ve eaten at KFC in Guatemala, filled up at a Total […]

Streamlining the rental process for tenants and landlords by Joseph Edgar & Rhett Weiss As a Johnson student (MBA ‘14) Joe Edgar was irritated by the lack of efficiency when it came to renting. Redundant paper applications, fees, mailing paper checks, no receipts and the pan on the floor collecting water from the leak in […]