Centers & Institutes

Cornell Contemporary China Initiative (CCCI), in collaboration with Cornell Institute for China Economic Research (CICER), is launching an inaugural student symposium on Saturday, April 9, 2016. This student symposium will serve as a platform for students to present their research to an engaged audience of faculty and fellow students, hear about ongoing projects from their peers, and […]

Johnson group helps small and medium businesses thrive at critical juncture for Colombia by Brian Liberatore, MBA ’16, EMI Fellow Colombians don’t have to look far to see the consequence of extreme inequality. A populist regime in neighboring Venezuela, which grew from the frustration of a marginalized population, has delivered political, economic, and social ruin, […]

The “China’s Cities” project was recently chosen for funding by the Institute for the Social Sciences.  Each collaborative project is comprised of 4-5 Cornell faculty members, researching a cutting-edge and significant social science issue or topic. Priority is given to “shovel ready” projects that build bridges between researchers across the university. The “China’s Cities” project […]

Argentina has reached a pivotal turning point after decades of economic instability, but will the recent shift toward a more conservative policy be enough to rebound the economy? by Matt Agnello, MBA ’16, EMI Fellow During Mauricio Macri’s short tenure as Argentina’s president he has unpegged the peso from the dollar allowing a 30% currency […]

Poland at a crossroads as a newly elected government takes the reins. by Amanda B. Sieradzki, MBA ’16, EMI Fellow Poland finds itself at a crossroads in 2016 as a newly elected government takes the reins and the European Union (EU) emerges from the remnants of the Great Recession of 2009. Of all the EU […]

Understanding the Backdrop of Iranian Tech Entrepreneurship by Mehrdad Moghaddam, MBA ’17, EMI Fellow In Iran, there’s a popular saying along the lines of “Go and wake up your luck.” Proverbs like this one seem to have reverberated strongly throughout Iranian society since the 2006-2015 economic sanctions imposed by the UN in response to Iran’s […]

Latin American multinationals from Mexico to Brazil felt and feel the need to engage with their communities and societies. by Lourdes Casanova, Senior Lecturer of Management and Academic Director of the Emerging Markets Institute During the ‘golden decade’ of 2002-2012, Latin America was able to improve upon social ills and reduce poverty by almost 20 […]

Meng ZHAO CEO, UnionPayAdvisors, Shanghai Before launching UnionPayAdvisors, Mr. Zhao worked on credit risk modeling in the U.S. financial industry for many years. He has a BS from Tsinghua University and an MS in operation research from Duke University. UnionPayAdvisors: China UnionPay(中国银联) is the only domestic bank card organization in China. Established in 2002, it is […]

Weiwei Chen Weiwei Chen is the Director and Senior Engineer of Network Optimization and Management Division in China Unicom’s Research Institute and heads up the Big Data Research Initiative in the institute. He has been working in the research institute since graduating from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1992. China Unicom: China Unicom (中国联通) is one […]