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

U.S.-China trade war: A zero-sum game
Undergraduate researcher for the Emerging Markets Institute Michael Pocress summarizes the history and outlook U.S.-China trade relations.

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. […]