Centers & Institutes
Exciting things are happening within our centers, institutes, and special program initiatives. Here’s a collection of recent stories and updates.

CIHLER Employee Representative Board member highlight: Douglas Wigdor
CIHLER advisory board member Doug Wigdor shares his thoughts on the importance of representing employees in litigation.

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Present Value: Eswar Prasad and Andrew Karolyi discuss emerging markets and cryptocurrency
Present Value interviews Eswar Prasad and Andrew Karolyi, Cornell economics professors with expertise in emerging markets and finance.

Korea-Japan Trek: Learning about emerging markets and beyond
Hassan Ladhubhai shares insights and lessons learned from companies visited during his trek through Korea and Japan with other Johnson MBAs.

Do hospitality schools deliver the talent you are looking for today?
Dave Sherwyn, director of CIHLER and the Pillsbury Institute, contributes to Hospitality Net’s 2020 C-Suite World Panel on the value of hospitality education.

Research Recap: Flexibility in reservation times can increase restaurant revenue
Gary Thompson, professor of operations and management, investigates the impact of timing flexibility in restaurant reservations.

Research Recap: Study predicts restaurant sales based on customers’ return intentions
Alex Susskind and collaborators look at the impact on restaurant sales of customers’ interest in returning versus customer satisfaction.

Roundtable recap: CIHLER explores the state of hospitality employment
CIHLER hosts forum for industry, academe, and employee representatives to address issues regarding the industry’s labor and employment law.

A refreshing take on labor relations in the hospitality industry
Student participants led arguments on hotels’ challanges on behalf of labor and management at the Labor Relations in Hospitality roundtable.

How Cornell MBAs pitched three stocks in 13 hours
MBA students were given only 13 hours to prepare their stock pitches for the MBA Stock Pitch Challenge. Two students recount their experience.