Emerging Markets Institute
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2019 Joint CICER and EMI Emerging Markets Research Day
The Joint CICER and EMI Emerging Markets Research Day was held on strong>Friday, April 19 from 8:30AM</strong to 5:00PM in B10 Sage Hall Workshop Videos are available here: Morning session […]
EMI ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT – Johnson Cheng, MBA ’14
04/17/2017 The “Googley” culture of Silicon Valley companies didn’t always resonate with my staff, I found the no-nonsense leadership approach practiced by the US military to be particularly effective in […]
Can Africa Feed the World?
03/17/2017 Africa could be the world’s next breadbasket. But can it overcome the hurdles in its way? by Giorgi Tsintsadze ’17 Sixty percent of the world’s uncultivated, arable land lies […]
Demonetization and its Discontents
02/09/2017 EMI speaker and Humphrey Fellow Gopalakrishnan Veilumuthusamy detailed what happened when India, one of the world’s most cash-dependent countries, decided to get rid of its most valuable currency notes. […]
Brazil and Latin America: Innovating to Overcome the Crisis Conference
02/09/2017 The forum “Brazil and Latin America: Innovating to overcome the crisis” has the purpose of promoting a discussion on new alternatives to expand Brazil and Latin America initiatives on […]
Breaking down barriers to education in Ghana
11/29/2016 In his REDTalk, “School of Thought: Insights from Ghana,” Bright Botchway draws on his own life story to illustrate how education makes a difference. by Giorgi Tsintsadze ’17 When […]
Investing in the future of Colombia – and the Americas
11/22/2016 Supporting Johnson MBAs through decades of partnership with Colfuturo by Irene Kim A native of Bogotá, Colombia, German Peralta, MBA ’17 and Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) Fellow, wanted a top-quality MBA […]
A rising force: Emerging economies are gaining ground in wealth and influence
11/10/2016 The Emerging Markets Institute’s 2016 conference and inaugural Emerging Multinationals Report convey powerful evidence of “a new global landscape” showing a sharp increase in emerging economies as foreign investors […]
Emerging Markets Institute 2016 Conference Highlights
10/25/2016 Moments and highlights from the 2016 EMI Conference, Emerging Multinationals: Innovating to Compete Read the article