Emerging Markets Institute
News, stories, and thought leadership related to the role of emerging markets in the global economy.
Combatting Poverty with Technology
03/16/2016 Diego Molano, Former Minister of ITC in Colombia, discusses the program that helped millions By Katie O’Brien ‘16 When Diego Molano took office as Colombia’s Minister of Information and […]
Bent on Success: Juan Matienzo’s REDtalk on creativity and persistence
02/29/2016 Juan Matienzo, EMI Fellow Candidate, delivers a REDtalk on how he applied creativity and persistence to land a unique and exciting job in the hospitality industry. By Giorgi Tsintsadze […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
2015 Duke Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition
11/23/2015 Lighting Africa: Johnson Students’ Proposal to Bring Solar Systems to Africa Wins the 2015 Duke Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition From the very first moment we signed up […]