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Cañizares Center for Emerging Markets

News, stories, and thought leadership related to the role of emerging markets in the global economy.

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India’s digital pull revolution: How kirana stores are reshaping global retail

India’s 13 million kirana stores are proving that constraint-born innovation and the digital pull model they built may reshape global retail.

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From Mumbai to Dubai: How AI is bridging the gender gap in emerging markets

In India and the UAE, women are using AI to build businesses and reshaping what opportunity looks like for women who follow.

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Bullish on tokenized emerging markets

Tokenization can unlock new capital channels for emerging market equities.

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Be Bold: Decades of scholarly and practical wisdom in emerging markets

Lourdes Casanova and Anne Miroux reflect on witnessing the rise of emerging markets and challenging established frameworks.

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Reorientation, not retreat: New pathways for emerging markets trade

Globalization is reorienting toward South–South trade with emerging markets as drivers.

Natalia Cano holding the check, with Lourdes Casanova, Gail Cañizares, Monica Pachon, and Veneta Andonova.

From Colombia to Cornell: Pediatric platform wins pitch prize

Venture is putting high-quality pediatric health information within reach across Latin America through WhatsApp and smartphone.

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Ethiopia has the playbook. Will it use it? Lessons from Japan and Korea’s rise

An Ethiopian MBA student visits Japan and Korea and reflects on how Ethiopia can adapt lessons from East Asia’s development model.

Caption: Cornell MBAs at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History

Designing leadership: Japan and Korea through an emerging market lens

MBA student shares how experiences in Japan and Korea shifted her focus from personal control to system design and trust.

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In emerging markets, the real AI opportunity is product leadership

As AI scales across emerging markets, product leadership that blends strategy, context and global insight will determine real value.