Centers & Institutes
Exciting things are happening within our centers, institutes, and special program initiatives. Here’s a collection of recent stories and updates.
Johnson team from Emerging Markets Institute among Finalists in International Case Competition in Bangkok, Thailand
Proposal to eliminate antibiotics from wastewater gains recognition A student team from the Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) at Cornell’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management placed among the six finalists in the mai Bangkok Business Challenge @ Sasin – an international case competition held at Chulalongkorn University. Juan Diego Alonso MBA ’14, JD ’14, […]
Emerging Markets Institute Academic Director Appointed Executive Editor of the Review of Financial Studies
G. Andrew Karolyi, the Alumni Professor in Asset Management, will serve for three years in the most senior role of leading research journal in financial economics Andrew Karolyi, faculty director of the Emerging Markets Institute at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, and Alumni Professor of Asset Management, has been […]
Economic Perspective from a Ukrainian National in Kiev
A student’s personal connection with understanding the conflicts that have erupted in Ukraine by Max Spivak, BS ‘07 MBA ‘14 MILR ‘15 “…for now we have only hope and faith.” Max Spivak, EMI Fellow candidate, has taken an interest in the situation in Ukraine – a country where he and his fiancee, Kate, have deep […]
Cornell’s Emerging Markets Institute Sponsors a team to join Semi-Finalists Competition in 2014 mai Bangkok Business Challenge @ Sasin
by Ginger Ku, MBA ‘14 The Emerging Markets Institute at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University is honored to sponsor a team to compete in the mai Bangkok Business Challenge @ Sasin that will take place during Feb 27th – March 1st 2014 at Chulalongkorn University. Juan Diego Alonso MBA […]
A Tale of Two Countries – Does infrastructure capacity lead economic growth, or does it result from economic growth?
An MBA student’s prospective on the stark differences of two emerging markets, India and Chile by Max Spivak, BS ‘07 MBA ‘14 MILR ‘15 What came first, the chicken or the egg? This was the question I kept asking myself during my winter break travels to India and Chile. Does a country need infrastructure to […]
Johnson and Nanjing University Celebrate 10-year Alliance in MBA Education
Nanjing one of six Chinese universities whose executive MBA students study at Johnson at Cornell University The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University and Nanjing University of China celebrated their 10-year partnership in educating China’s top business leaders who are alumni of Nanjing’s executive MBA program. Soumitra Dutta, the Anne and […]
GE China Project
International Consulting Practicum, taught by Mr. Richard Coyle, Executive Director of the Emerging Markets Institute (EMI), sent three students to Shanghai as part of a semester-long project for GE by Boon Hoe Chin MBA’14, Cecilia He MBA’14, Ginger Ku MBA’14 On Sunday October 20th, 2013, the three of us from S.C. Johnson School of Management […]
China’s Investments in Latin America
Li Bin, Counselor for Economic Affairs for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., joins a panel on emerging markets What does China’s investment situation in Latin America look like? What would be the potential risks and problems for such investments? What are the characteristics of successful market entries in emerging markets? On November 25, 2013, […]
Emerging Markets Institute Director to Speak at Council on Foreign Relations
Richard J. Coyle will offer thoughts on growth and innovation in Brazil Richard J. Coyle, Executive Director of the Emerging Markets Institute at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, will be a featured speaker and participate in the third annual Brazil Investment Conference at the New York City-based Council on […]