Centers & Institutes
Exciting things are happening within our centers, institutes, and special program initiatives. Here’s a collection of recent stories and updates.
Hotels move ahead on sustainability
Eric Ricaurte ’01 discusses an international effort to collect sustainability data from hotels around the globe and delivers a progress report.
Sustainability sows a healthy business climate
Corporate professionals gathered with students at the Cornell Business Impact Symposium, “Unleashing the Hidden Power of Sustainability,” at the Breazzano Family Center for Business Education.
Staking Startups
In their new book, co-authors Casanova, Cornelius, and Dutta shed light on the role startups play in innovation and economic development in emerging economies.
An international healthcare experience: Scrubs, suits, and social impact
The Social Impact Internship Fund provided me with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join Cleveland Clinic’s International Operations department and contribute to their global mission.
Progressing Towards an Equal and Growing Latin America
by Brian Balduzzi, MBA ’18 Introduction Tax experts have long proposed using taxation to alleviate inequality and redistribute income within developing countries (Lustig, 2016). Recent scholarship suggests that adopting and implementing a personal income tax system for developing countries, modeled after that of developed countries, ignores some of the key differences between these two types […]
Ghana and its Multinationals: Reigniting the Spark
by Farouk Appiedu, MBA ’17 With a population of 28.2 million, Ghana is considered one of the world’s fastest-growing economies—if not the fastest growing economy in Africa in 2018[1] — and is among the most stable African countries, marked with relatively low corruption and high political stability. Ghana’s $42.69 billion economy (ranked 85th in the […]
Taking third at the Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition
The Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition is an annual event that gathers undergraduate students from universities around the world to analyze a real-world commercial real estate transaction.
Women on Wall Street: Charged for Success
To make it on Wall Street, a woman needs stellar skills in finance and investing plus the mettle and stamina to excel in a world dominated by men.
Resilience Distinguishes Emerging Market Economies
While China continues to solidify its lead, other emerging markets show steady economic growth in the Emerging Market Multinationals Report 2017 and in discussions at the 7th Annual Emerging Markets Institute Conference: “Emerging Multinationals in a Changing World