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

Course reflections: Competition from Emerging Market Multinationals
Dissecting one of the largest e-commerce platforms, based out of the second most populous country in the world, right from the heart of Ithaca, New York.

Will Tencent, parent of WeChat, make its way to U.S. markets?
Gil Rabinowitch, MBA ’19, explains the history of Tencent, WeChat’s parent company, and how it could make its way into the U.S. market.

Dear Jumia: Watch that Walmart-Flipkart deal
Brandon Banner, MBA ’19, on how Walmart’s investment in India’s top eCommerce player could be a sign of what’s to come for Jumia, Africa’s first unicorn.

MNC-SME Linkages: Insights from Latin America
Issue NO. 25 By Jerry Haar* Multinational corporations (MNCs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play distinct roles in the global economy. The past three decades have seen an […]

Operation Car Wash: As Brazil faces challenges ahead, a silver lining appears
Guest Post: As Brazil is forced to face harsh truths about its systemic corruption, Operation Car Wash and the actions thereafter signal future hope.

Has Turkey squandered its post-Ottoman Empire national ambition?
In his emerging markets opinion piece, Nitin Bajaj, MBA ’20, explains how the Turkish president has heaved Turkey to the brink of economic recession.

Fernanda Ribeiro Cahen
Fernanda Ribeiro Cahen is a visiting Researcher at USC Marshall – Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Assistant Professor of Management at Centro Universitario FEI, Brazil. Previously a Post-doctoral […]

VINIKA RAO
Vinika Rao is the Executive Director of the INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute. After completing her MBA from IIM, Bangalore, Vinika started her career with a multinational bank in India, went […]

TIMOTHY HEYMAN
From 1997, Mr. Heyman developed Heyman y Asociados SC as a leading investment manager in Mexico, managing pension, endowment, and insurance funds for Mexican and multinational companies and educational, environmental, […]