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

Leaders in Emerging Markets: Exploring Mexico’s future in finance and technology
Three students recap speaker Jose Vidal Alcala-Burgos’s emerging markets talk on the role of data science in Mexico’s financial and technology sector.

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.

ROBERTO CANIZARES, BS ‘71, MBA ‘74
Rob Cañizares' leadership experience in successfully building and transforming businesses around the world span more than two decades. In senior executive roles leading their successful globalization, he focused the formulation […]

RUSTOM DESAI, MBA ’95
Rustom Desai is currently director, commercial operations, Precision Glass Solutions. Precision Glass Solutions was formed to establish Corning as a leading glass-based solutions player in the consumer electronics, Internet of […]