Centers & Institutes

Exciting things are happening within our centers, institutes, and special program initiatives. Here’s a collection of recent stories and updates.

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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 […]

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Dyson School

Research Recap: The cost of financially sustainable coffee production in Latin America

Dyson School professor Miguel Gómez co-authors Fair Trade USA and Cornell University study: Cost of Sustainable Production.

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Dr. Anne Miroux Speaks in China

Anne Miroux, Research Fellow at the Emerging Markets Institute spoke at the international symposium, jointly organized by the School of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Technology and Transnational Corporations […]

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Flipkart and Indian E-Commerce

by Cayla Chen and Chris Hooper Flipkart is an e-commerce company in India that operates through a complex corporate structure consisting of nine different companies – four in Singapore and […]

Image of entrepreneurs Don Stallings, Kenneth Burger and Diana Rider chat during a break at the 2017 Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities at Statler Hall.
Johnson School

Noteworthy: Hotel School hosts entrepreneurship bootcamp for disabled vets

Cornell’s entrepreneurship boot camp program trains veterans who want to start businesses in the food and beverage industry.

Winners of the 2017 Stock Pitch Challenge: Mark Krutty, MBA ’19; Shashank Manchanda, MBA ’19; and me, Abdullah Al-Rezwan, MBA ’19
Johnson School

Bringing the Stock Pitch Challenge trophy home

This year, my team and I are absolutely thrilled to bring home the Jack M. Ferraro Trophy. We are elated and overwhelmed to represent Johnson.

Gina Liv Tesla, MBA ’04
Johnson School

Problem solving through teamwork

IBM’s Corporate Service Corps helps provide solutions to global issues, IBM executive Gina Liv Tesla, MBA ’04, tells students.

“Looking Back, Moving Forward” panel speakers. From left to right: David Tingue, MBA ’92, Dwight Vicks ’84, MBA ’91, and Peter Bernstein ’03.
Johnson School

Forum focuses on longtime family businesses

The men behind three family firms that have survived and thrived for 100 years or more shared their insights at the 2017 Families in Business Conference.

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Nolan School

Why MMH? To strengthen our family business in the hospitality industry

A lot of people questioned why I chose to go to school to learn hospitality when I could learn it in my own backyard. But I chose the MMH program, and here’s why.