Cañizares Center for Emerging Markets
News, stories, and thought leadership related to the role of emerging markets in the global economy.
Tales of a Corporate Idealist
Christine Bader, author of The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil, delivers 2015 Day Family Ethics Lecture at Johnson by Jay Wrolstad Corporations can and will do the right thing, says Christine Bader, but that requires executives willing to weigh both profits and principles — especially when things go wrong — and patience […]
Experience Emerging Markets at Johnson: NBA 5760 The International Consulting Practicum With an interview of Samir Somaiya, BS ’90, MS ’92, MBA ’93, Chairman and Managing Director of Godavari Bio-refineries Limited
An Indian alumnus shares his thoughts for succeeding in business – be dynamic, keep innovating and be happy. If you are interested in emerging markets, the International consulting practicum class, is the class for you. This year over nine teams worked in consulting projects all over the world. I worked on Latin America market entry […]
The Dollar Trap: How the U.S. Dollar Tightened Its Grip On Global Finance
Prasad maintains that the global financial crisis has actually strengthened the U.S. dollar’s prominence and made it the most sought-after currency. He explained this in a Chats in the Stacks book talk at Mann Library Sept. 24, 2014, touching on contemporary issues in international finance. by Eswar Prasad, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy The […]
EMI interviews the 2015 winning team from the mai Bangkok Business Challenge @ Sasin
Emerging Markets Institute sponsored the representative team from Samuel Curtis Johnson School of Management. The Team: Stephane Corgie Cornell Post-Doc (Cornell McGovern Center), Chris Kim MBA’15, Brennan Duty MBA’15, Abhijeet Bais MBA’15, and Margaret Wu MBA’15. Where – The Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Why – The most prestigious and biggest competition in South East […]
The Journey to Bangkok
Chris Kim, MBA ’15, describes the long but successful road to an exciting win at this year’s global case competition, the mai Business Challenge @ Sasin, in Bangkok, Thailand. by Chris Sungjoo Kim, MBA ‘15 It was a long and intense journey I walked with my teammates: Margaret Wu MBA ’15, Abhijeet Bais MBA ’15, […]
An Interview with Rustom Desai, MBA ’95 Managing Director – Corning India
Observations on career management, doing business in India, and leadership by Ashwin Gowda, MBA ‘15 Rustom visited the Johnson School in early February, 2015 and spent time with the Emerging Markets Institute. Highlights of his conversation are below. Q: Could you elaborate on your journey from Johnson to CEO of Corning India? RD: I wish […]
The Business Community Takes on Natural Disasters in the Philippines
An incredible summer internship with Accenture in Manila by Damian Kearney, MBA ‘15 Last summer, I had the unique opportunity to do an internship with Accenture, a global management consulting firm, in its international development practice, Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP). I worked with two clients working in disaster management, based in Manila, Philippines. The internship […]
Dropping Oil Prices Affect Emerging Markets Differently
The falling price of crude oil is helping oil dependent countries, but hurting oil producers by Jared Woodrey, MBA ‘15 As I write this paper, crude oil prices have crashed through the $80/barrel barrier thanks to a decrease in overall global demand, an increase in US oil increase, and a large jump in supply from […]
The Innovation Challenges and Achievements of Latin America
Established in 2010, the Emerging Markets Institute was founded at Cornell University’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management to promote the research and study of emerging economies. The Institute provides a private forum for lively exchange among corporate leaders from emerging and developed markets and leading researchers. We are building the most highly regarded […]