Centers & Institutes
Exciting things are happening within our centers, institutes, and special program initiatives. Here’s a collection of recent stories and updates.
Johnson’s Dean Designate Brings Expertise on Technology and Competitiveness to Davos
Soumitra Dutta serves as panelist, moderator, and interviewer at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Johnson’s Dean Designate, Soumitra Dutta, plays a significant role this week at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Dutta, who is currently The Roland Berger Chaired Professor in Business and Technology at INSEAD, France, will serve as […]
Johnson launches Emerging Markets Fellows program
Curriculum is designed to prepare students for business opportunities and challenges in emerging economies Johnson at Cornell University and the Emerging Markets Institute(EMI) at Johnson have announced its Emerging Markets Fellows program. Designed to help students to build expertise in emerging markets, selected fellows will be designated though a combination of course work, international practicum project […]
Karolyi says actions of the world’s central banks was “smart and strategic”
The Johnson professor of finance responds to news that the worlds central banks have moved together to ease fears of another global credit crisis In response to the Nov. 30 report that the world’s central banks made a move to lower the cost of borrowing – a move that emboldened investors, eased fears of a global credit crisis and sent Wall Street […]
Johnson’s Andrew Karolyi asks “Where is the European Central Bank?”
Andrew Karolyi, professor of finance, considers “Where is the European Central Bank (ECB)?” “In the aftermath of the Spanish election and the next-day’s refunding of Spanish sovereign debt (of which they have 150 billion euros to rollover in the next 12 months), the sovereign yield spreads widened dramatically. This would have been a great opportunity for […]
Obama pegs Fisk Johnson, ’79, MEng ’80, MS ’82, MBA ’84, PhD ’86, for advisory committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations
BizTimes.com – October 14, 2011 The Johnson alum is renowned for propagating responsible business practices in established and emerging markets around the world.
Newest Johnson institutes provide platform for connecting students and distinguished alumni
Members of Johnson’s Advisory Council discuss emerging markets and entrepreneurship and how they critically inform Johnson’s modern MBA Sept. 30: Sage Hall During back-to-back panel sessions, members of Johnson’s Advisory Council (AC) spoke to and answered questions about the Emerging Markets Institute (EMI)and Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute (EII) at Johnson. The panels were designed to provide students insights into specific AC […]
EMI’s Eswar Prasad says global economy is in ‘very fragile’ phase
Washington Post features Prasad’s interview with Susan Li on Bloomberg Television’s “First Up” Eswar Prasad, the inagural faculty fellow for Johnson at Cornell University’s Emerging Markets Institute (EMI), senior professor of trade policy at Cornell and a former head of the International Monetary Fund’s financial studies division, talks about the outlook for the global economy. Prasad, author of “Emerging […]
Financial Times: Eswar Prasad’s own ‘TIGER’ indices predict a dark time for global economy
EMI’s founding academic fellow says the global economy is entering a ‘difficult and dangerous phase’ Excerpt from ‘Why the global economic recovery is in trouble’ (Financial Times, Sept. 18) The world economy has hit a rough patch on the road to recovery and is in danger of skidding off course. The latest update of the Brookings […]
Emerging Markets Institute team advances to quarter-finals in prestigious international competition
Johnson team among top 36 out of more than 600 original entries in National University of Singapore’s ‘Celebration 2011’ The Emerging Markets Institute (EMI)at Johnson at Cornell University is pleased to announce that a team has advanced to the quarter-finals round in the Celebration 2011 business plan competition, hosted by the National University of Singapore. […]