Emerging Markets Institute
News, stories, and thought leadership related to the role of emerging markets in the global economy.

Sustainable energy and the State Grid Corporation of China
The State Grid Corporation (SGCC) of China has become a major, global player in sustainable energy over the last 10 years.

2019 Masters Argentina: 200 Argentine students, 30 speakers, and a challenge
MPA student and EMI fellow Claudia Poclaba recaps her experience in a leadership role at the annual Masters Argentina Conference for Argentine students.

Businesswomen in Latin America: Self-affirmation, work, and reinvention
Heloisa Menezes, visiting scholar at the Emerging Markets Institute, recounts working as a businesswoman in Brazil and the sabbatical that’s enabled her to study at Cornell.
Cornell Enterprise Online Fall 2012
Johnson’s magazine includes a Q&A with Dean Soumitra Dutta, feature stories on marketing new technology and on metrics-driven marketing, a profile of Cambridge Health Alliance CEO Patrick Wardell, MBA ’79, […]

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 […]