Cañizares Center for Emerging Markets
News, stories, and thought leadership related to the role of emerging markets in the global economy.
Africapitalism: A new Era for Africa
How a summer in Africa changed the perspective of an American MBA student by Jerry Petit-Frere, MBA ‘14 Africa as a continent has been an emerging market for the past 20 years. The use of modern day technology has been part of some of the leading advancements taking place in Africa. However infrastructure, food crisis […]
How to Establish a Positive Reputation for a Chinese Firm Entering the United States Market
Things to consider when entering the China market, an interview with James Robinson, Senior Director in APCO Worldwide’s New York office by Momo Bi, MBA ’15 “Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed. Consequently, he who molds public sentiments goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or […]
Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University Announces Research Grant Recipients
Grants underscore the Institute’s role as a leading center of research on the emerging markets The Emerging Markets Institute at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University has announced the winners of its fourth annual research grant competition. Faculty and Ph.D. students were invited to submit proposals for academic research on […]
An Overview of Brazil and Mercosur: A Consultant’s Perspective
An interview with Leticia Costa, MBA ’86, former Vice President at Booz and Company and head of consulting in Brazil by Ian Martins Shih, MBA’14 In an attempt to better understand my country and increase awareness of Brazil (and by association the greater Mercosur region) as a growing economic power, I interviewed Leticia Costa, former […]
Networked Readiness: Much More Than Cell Phone Coverage
Johnson Dean Soumitra Dutta, co-editor of the Global Information Technology Report 2014, with the World Economic Forum and INSEAD, unveiled the 13th annual ranking of nation’s ability to build and benefit from information and communication technologies Soumitra Dutta, the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean and professor of Management at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School […]
Johnson’s Dean to Unveil Report on Global Networked Readiness on CornellCast
Soumitra Dutta, co-editor of Global Information Technology Report 2014, holds live press conference from the World Economic Forum on April 23 Soumitra Dutta, the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean and professor of Management at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, will unveil the 2014 edition of a critical report on […]
Johnson’s Dean to Receive 8th Annual Distinguished Global Thinker Award from IILM Institute for Higher Education
Soumitra Dutta will be honored on March 31 in New Delhi, and deliver lecture on innovation Soumitra Dutta, the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, will receive the 8th IILM Distinguished Global Thinker Award from IILM Institute for Higher Education in New Delhi, India. […]
Identifying potential opportunities in China’s geriatric care industries by reflecting upon current US models and future trends.
The similarities and differences in the geriatric care between the US and China, a student’s work on defining opportunities in the business model by Stephanie Hsi, MBA ‘14 Executive Summary The US and China, despite their differences, face very similar problems when it comes to geriatric care – their civilians are aging fast with both […]
Ukraine: Opportunity to Reform?
by Cecilia He, MBA ‘14 Cecilia He, EMI Fellow candidate, has taken an interest in the situation that business owners / foreign investors are facing right now in Ukraine. By contacting a Johnson alumnus in the financial service sector with CEO responsibility for Ukrainian operations, Cecilia got a closer look at the economic situation in […]