Cañizares Center for Emerging Markets

  by Kaiwen Zhong, BA ’15 Chinese companies’ acquisitive streak in the US is often called a buying “spree” and is frequently compared to Japan’s heightened real estate purchase activities in the United States in the 1980s. As the number of large deals from China to the US increased consistently over the last five years, media […]

Tanzania´s New VAT tax on Tourism could Potentially Slowdown an Otherwise Thriving East African Country by German Peralta On July 2016, President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania imposed an 18% VAT tax on tourism activities, a sector that was previously tax exempt and was one of the primary drivers of the country´s accelerated GDP growth. […]

Getting out of the Johnson One-Year program I realized I had changed somewhere, completely. The experience was so transformative, the support during and after the MBA so positive, that the only regret I have is that it was only 13 months!

Most people probably don’t think of Kenya as an innovation and technology hub, but it became the launching pad for M-Pesa, a transformative mobile phone-based platform for money transfer and financial services. by Chao Yi, Eva Zhang, Bihan Zhu and Viviane Gomide In the course Leaders in Emerging Markets many students were introduced to a […]

by Abhiram Muddu and Vince Wong   Abstract Money matters in India are complicated. As Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has set forth bold policy objectives towards reining in sovereign liquidity, which has suffered in recent years due to declining money inflows and rampant tax evasion. In this article, we investigate India’s liquidity imbalances and explore the implications for […]

Money matters in Modi’s India are complex. However, Modi has a unique opportunity to leverage startups’ accelerated time-to-market to foster a tech-enabled ecosystem that incentivizes users to adopt formal channels. by Abhiram Muddu and Vince Wong Abstract Money matters in India are complicated. As Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has set forth bold policy objectives towards […]

Over the past decade the Chinese government has spent over $500B in infrastructure and healthcare reform, including the establishment of many new hospitals and policies to satisfy the demand that accompanies China’s population of over a billion people. by Preetika Vish, Matt Weisse, Matt Wilhelm, Bryan Wong Paul Zhang, MBA’99 and Managing Director of Life […]

India is a complex multi-ethnic society and one of the fastest growing populations in the world at a current 1.2 billion citizens. Now under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the nation is in a period of great growth combined with substantial challenges. by Gregory Asnis, Katherine Leonetti and Mehrdad Moghaddam Overview of Events […]

Ensuring sustainable future growth for its economy and positive trade relations will require the Mexican government to address several challenges related to the structure of its domestic economy. by Meghan Bell, Ross Brown, Gargi Chaudhuri, Juan Matienzo The Mexican economy is growing quickly, and it is a very interesting emerging market. With the expansion of […]