Centers & Institutes
Exciting things are happening within our centers, institutes, and special program initiatives. Here’s a collection of recent stories and updates.
Innovation can change the quality of life in emerging markets
02/26/2016 M-PESA is a transformative mobile phone-based platform for money transfer and financial services. by Leandro Chique MBA’16 EMI Fellow, MJ Myungwon MBA’16 and Trisha Chang AMBA’16 EMI Fellow Last week we learned of a very good example regarding how innovation can change the life in emerging markets. Professor Ndunge Kiiti presented to us the significant […]
Lessons from Kenya: Mobile Money in Emerging Economies
02/26/2016 Visiting Professor Ndunge Kiiti describes how M-Pesa has improved everyday life for Kenyans in rural communities. By Katie O’Brien ’16 Most people do not associate emerging economies with technological innovation. But Kenya continues to show the world the possibilities of mobile money with the widespread success of M-Pesa, a phone-based mobile technology. Ndunge Kiiti, […]
The Fragility of Asia’s Emerging Economies
02/18/2016 A summary of the lecture by Professor Iwan Azis on February 1, 2016 at the Leaders in Emerging Markets NBA 5260 course. by Mai Amano MBA ’16 EMI Fellow, Andres Bachor MBA ’16, Matt Agnello MBA ’16 EMI Fellow The economies of Asia’s emerging markets have experienced a rollercoaster ride over the past few […]
Leaders in Emerging Markets: current news
02/12/2016 Students in the Leaders in Emerging Markets course prepared a summary of current news from Kenya, Malaysia and Brazil. by Natasha Bazely, MBA ’16, Fatma Barkus, MBA ’16 EMI Fellow, and Sasha Bharwani, LLM ’16 Kenya: A Ray of Hope in the Emerging Markets Downturn The recent oil price slump has affected many countries […]
My trip to China
02/09/2016 In January 2016, I had the opportunity to visit China with 26 of my classmates from the Johnson School at Cornell University. The goal for the trip was to help us better understand the history and culture of the Chinese people and its influences on local business. by Rahul Shahani, MBA ’16 Our itinerary […]
EMI-Templeton collaboration
11/27/2015 On October 13, 2015, Cornell University and Franklin Templeton Servicios de Asesoría Mexico entered into an agreement to publish research reports provided by Franklin Templeton Servicios de Asesoría México, S. de R.L. de C.V. We are proud to announce a collaboration between the Emerging Markets Institute at S.C. Johnson School of Management, Cornell University […]
Social scientists analyze the dynamics shaping China’s cities
The faculty fellows of the China’s Cities collaborative project answer a question from the audience at their capstone lecture March 22 at the ILR Conference Center. From left, Shanjun Li, associate professor of applied economics and management; project leader Jeremy Wallace, associate professor of government; Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government; Panle Barwick, associate […]
Seminar: Favoritism and Corrective Taxation
Speaker: Mathias Reynaert Mathias Reynaert is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics and a research affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). His fields of interest are empirical industrial organization and environmental economics. The main focus of his research is the evaluation of taxes and regulations in the European […]
Student takeaways from the 2019 HR in Hospitality Conference in Las Vegas
Taylor Hardy ’19 recaps her experience at the 13th annual HR in Hospitality Conference, hosted by CIHLER.