Centers & Institutes
Exciting things are happening within our centers, institutes, and special program initiatives. Here’s a collection of recent stories and updates.
Insights on the UAE from an MBA student
Johnson UAE Trek Spring 2016 by Jonathan Jorge Swavely, MBA ’16 To be honest, I did not have very high expectations for this trip to begin with. Of all the options we had for student treks, traveling to the UAE seemed to me as one of the least interesting. When I travel to a new […]
Africa the Country: The Prejudice that is Hurting a Continent and Investors
Many people from the US and Europe tend to group the different countries of Africa into one generalized nation of Africa by David Matthew Breazzano, MBA ’16, EMI Fellow In the second day of classes on exchange in Cape Town, the lecturer of Markets in Emerging Countries asked the class their thoughts on doing business […]
Elevating the Yuan’s Global Status — Eswar Prasad
Ultimately its international value will be determined by the market, but this could help spur further reforms in China. By Eswar Prasad via The Wall Street Journal A burning question in international finance is whether China’s yuan should be inducted into the highly selective group of currencies that constitutes the International Monetary Fund’s reserve currency […]
Testimony at U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission — Eswar Prasad
Public Hearing on China’s 13th Five-Year Plan: Fiscal and Financial Reforms China’s Economy and Financial Markets: Reforms and Risks By Eswar S. Prasad Chairman Shea, Vice Chair Bartholomew, and honorable members of the Commission, thank you for the opportunity to share with you my views on the status of market-oriented economic reforms in China, with […]
Rethinking Emerging Markets: Unwinding the Western Lens
While the last five years has been a difficult period for the emerging economies, there is no denying the seismic shift in the global economy of the 21st century, moving the center of growth from developed to emerging economies. Even a cursory overview of the statistics- home to 80% of the world’s population, over half of […]
CICER won a grant from the 2016 Jeffrey S. Lehman Fund
Cornell Institute for China Economic Research (CICER) won a grant from the 2016 Jeffrey S. Lehman Fund for Scholarly Exchange with China. The institute will host regular seminars on Chinese economy, organize annual conferences (on campus and in China) around specific topics, and provide research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. The Lehman Fund will […]
A bright star in turbulent times
Investment in innovation, creation of new products, and diversification of its portfolio are some of the keys to AmBev’s success. by Lourdes Casanova, Senior Lecturer of Management and Academic Director of the Emerging Markets Institute It is not easy to keep my optimistic view these days. At the recent International Monetary Fund assembly in Peru […]
The power of connectivity: what Colombia can teach us about IT in emerging markets
Technology can be a powerful tool in emerging markets. by Brian Liberatore, MBA ’16, EMI Fellow, Zuyao Mao, MBA ’16 and Laura Simion, MBA ’16, EMI Fellow Across from a picture of a child lying against his mother, Facebook’s Internet.org offers the following, “Imagine the difference an accurate weather report could make for a farmer […]
CCCI & CICER STUDENT SYMPOSIUM: Topics in Contemporary China Studies
The 2016 CCCI & CICER Student Symposium took place on Saturday, April 9, 2016. Our keynote speaker is Professor Shiping Tang, Professor in the School of International Relations and Public Affairs (SIRPA) at Fudan Univeristy (Shanghai, China). Panel 1 discussed diaspora, market institutions, and the arts in contemporary China. And Panel 2 discussed food Safety, land […]