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Ashish Gambhir, MBA ’09: newBrandAnalytics
What’s that Buzz? by Irene Kim If you’ve ever kvetched on Facebook about the hotel your company books for its annual meetings, or reviewed the incredible taco place next door, Ashish Gambhir is all ears. His startup, newBrandAnalytics, harvests customer feedback on businesses in the hospitality industry (also in the works: retailers, casinos, and spas). […]
Louise Hurlbut, MBA ’79: Beneterre
Green-Bagging it by Irene Kim If you’ve ever packed a lunch for yourself, a spouse, and maybe a kid or two, you know that you can go through a lot of packaging pretty fast. Just think of all the plastic sandwich and snack bags, plastic wrap, and foil needed to pack lunches day after day. […]
Johnson’s Andrew Karolyi asks “Where is the European Central Bank?”
Andrew Karolyi, professor of finance, considers “Where is the European Central Bank (ECB)?” “In the aftermath of the Spanish election and the next-day’s refunding of Spanish sovereign debt (of which they have 150 billion euros to rollover in the next 12 months), the sovereign yield spreads widened dramatically. This would have been a great opportunity for […]
Obama pegs Fisk Johnson, ’79, MEng ’80, MS ’82, MBA ’84, PhD ’86, for advisory committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations
BizTimes.com – October 14, 2011 The Johnson alum is renowned for propagating responsible business practices in established and emerging markets around the world.
Newest Johnson institutes provide platform for connecting students and distinguished alumni
Members of Johnson’s Advisory Council discuss emerging markets and entrepreneurship and how they critically inform Johnson’s modern MBA Sept. 30: Sage Hall During back-to-back panel sessions, members of Johnson’s Advisory Council (AC) spoke to and answered questions about the Emerging Markets Institute (EMI)and Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute (EII) at Johnson. The panels were designed to provide students insights into specific AC […]
EMI’s Eswar Prasad says global economy is in ‘very fragile’ phase
Washington Post features Prasad’s interview with Susan Li on Bloomberg Television’s “First Up” Eswar Prasad, the inagural faculty fellow for Johnson at Cornell University’s Emerging Markets Institute (EMI), senior professor of trade policy at Cornell and a former head of the International Monetary Fund’s financial studies division, talks about the outlook for the global economy. Prasad, author of “Emerging […]
Financial Times: Eswar Prasad’s own ‘TIGER’ indices predict a dark time for global economy
EMI’s founding academic fellow says the global economy is entering a ‘difficult and dangerous phase’ Excerpt from ‘Why the global economic recovery is in trouble’ (Financial Times, Sept. 18) The world economy has hit a rough patch on the road to recovery and is in danger of skidding off course. The latest update of the Brookings […]
Emerging Markets Institute team advances to quarter-finals in prestigious international competition
Johnson team among top 36 out of more than 600 original entries in National University of Singapore’s ‘Celebration 2011’ The Emerging Markets Institute (EMI)at Johnson at Cornell University is pleased to announce that a team has advanced to the quarter-finals round in the Celebration 2011 business plan competition, hosted by the National University of Singapore. […]
Johnson study trek revealed gutsy optimism & inevitable growth in emerging market of Russia
Despite inherent challenges, Russia’s brand of capitalism offers some entrepreneurs unique opportunities and big rewards Seven students participated in Johnson’s inaugural study trip to the emerging market of Russia. The trek was led by Elena Iankova, senior lecturer of management and took place this past May. Namas Monahan, MBA ’12, shared her thoughts about the trek and a […]