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Shishayev Shares Insights and Business Implications for Global Competition Understanding key drivers of economic transformation in an interdependent, global economy has never been more important for business school students. Brought together by an appreciation for these forces and business opportunities born from an ever-changing global economy, students filled Ramin Parlor in the Samuel Curtis Johnson […]

Johnson team among 16 out of 55 original entries from 23 countries in competition held by Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University The Emerging Markets Institute at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University is pleased to announce a Johnson team has advanced to the semi-finals round in […]

Soumitra Dutta serves as panelist, moderator, and interviewer at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Johnson’s Dean Designate, Soumitra Dutta, plays a significant role this week at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Dutta, who is currently The Roland Berger Chaired Professor in Business and Technology at INSEAD, France, will serve as […]

Curriculum is designed to prepare students for business opportunities and challenges in emerging economies Johnson at Cornell University and the Emerging Markets Institute(EMI) at Johnson have announced its Emerging Markets Fellows program. Designed to help students to build expertise in emerging markets, selected fellows will be designated though a combination of course work, international practicum project […]

The Johnson professor of finance responds to news that the worlds central banks have moved together to ease fears of another global credit crisis In response to the Nov. 30 report that the world’s central banks made a move to lower the cost of borrowing – a move that emboldened investors, eased fears of a global credit crisis and sent Wall Street […]

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. […]

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). […]

Jon Moeller ’86, MBA ’88, CFO at Procter and Gamble Since joining Procter & Gamble twenty-three years ago, Jon Moeller has steadily climbed up the ranks. Now, as P&G’s Chief Financial Officer, he is helping to guide the nation’s 26th largest company through the worst economic downturn in eight decades. When Jon Moeller wants to […]

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 […]