Centers & Institutes

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

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Johnson School

After 105 years, it’s time to scale the family restaurant

Talking with administrators during the application process further highlighted the managerial focus of the program. I was not coming here to learn operations, I was coming here to learn how to be a leader in the industry.

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Johnson School

Taking home top honors at the Cornell Investment Portfolio Case Competition

Lindsey Staley, Two-Year MBA ’19, recounts her experience winning the top prize at in the Cornell Investment Portfolio Case Competition, from first applying to heading to Cornell Tech in NYC and presenting in front of the judges.

Nolan School

Hotels move ahead on sustainability

Eric Ricaurte ’01 discusses an international effort to collect sustainability data from hotels around the globe and delivers a progress report.

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Johnson School

Sustainability sows a healthy business climate

Corporate professionals gathered with students at the Cornell Business Impact Symposium, “Unleashing the Hidden Power of Sustainability,” at the Breazzano Family Center for Business Education.

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Johnson School

Staking Startups

In their new book, co-authors Casanova, Cornelius, and Dutta shed light on the role startups play in innovation and economic development in emerging economies.

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Johnson School

An international healthcare experience: Scrubs, suits, and social impact

The Social Impact Internship Fund provided me with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join Cleveland Clinic’s International Operations department and contribute to their global mission.

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Progressing Towards an Equal and Growing Latin America

by Brian Balduzzi, MBA ’18 Introduction Tax experts have long proposed using taxation to alleviate inequality and redistribute income within developing countries (Lustig, 2016). Recent scholarship suggests that adopting and […]

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Ghana and its Multinationals: Reigniting the Spark

by Farouk Appiedu, MBA ’17 With a population of 28.2 million, Ghana is considered one of the world’s fastest-growing economies—if not the fastest growing economy in Africa in 2018[1] — […]

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Nolan School

Taking third at the Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition

The Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition is an annual event that gathers undergraduate students from universities around the world to analyze a real-world commercial real estate transaction.