Grateful for the Experience: My EMI Pitch Competition Story
My name is Roy Wang, and I am a postdoctoral fellow specializing in smart construction at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. We participated in the Cornell EMI Mark Mobius Pitch…
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VinUniversity Triumphs at 2024 Cornell EMI Corning Case Competition
A Journey of Innovation and Growth As five undergraduates from VinUniversity—Phan Huu Hoang Gia Bao, Tang Quynh Ngan, Le Ba Hung, Nguyen Canh Huy, and Pham Minh Hoang—our team, Vinception,…
2024 EMI Annual Conference: Innovation and Transformation to Emerge Stronger
Cornell’s Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) hosted its 14th annual conference October 31–November 1, 2024, at the Cornell Tech Campus in New York City. The conference brought together 37 global leaders…
How My Internship Provided Insights into India
This past summer I had the opportunity to work at Insights International, an advisory firm based in India and Washington D.C., that focuses on geopolitical risk assessment, market entry, advisory…
Informality, socioeconomic development, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and opportunities in Emerging Market Economies
Introduction Informal Employment (IE) is a deep structural socioeconomic issue embedded in all economies and countries worldwide. IE nurtures the informal economy, also known as the informal sector, encompassing all…
MNC-SME Linkages: Insights from Latin America
Issue NO. 25 By Jerry Haar* Multinational corporations (MNCs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play distinct roles in the global economy. The past three decades have seen an acceleration…
The State’s Role in Emerging Economy Outward Investments: A comparison between Brazil, China and Korea
Issue NO. 24 By Anne Miroux* Lourdes Casanova** While most emerging economies have long developed clear policies to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), few have adopted proactive policies to support…
Gender Equality Is Smart Development Economics
Issue NO. 23 By Otaviano Canuto* Brazilian “conditional cash transfers” are small amounts of money distributed by the government directly to very poor households on condition that their children attend…
Zen Business: an East-Asian-Based Systemic Model on Holistic Management and Sustainability for a Fast-Changing World
Issue NO. 22 By Josep M. Coll* Emerging markets are not only opening new doors of business and economic opportunities, but redefining our understanding of the world and its globalization…
Bridging Finance and Infrastructure
Issue NO. 21 By Otaviano Canuto and Aleksandra Liaplina* The world economy – and emerging market and developing economies in particular – display a gap between infrastructure needs and its…