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.

Lourdes Casanova
Lourdes Casanova, a Senior Lecturer and Academic Director of the Emerging Markets Institute at the Johnson School of Business at Cornell University, formerly at INSEAD, specializes in international business with […]

DEMIR SABANCI, MBA ‘ 99
Demir Sabanci started his business career in Japan at Toyota City in 1993 working in various executive positions at Mitsui & Co. and Toyota Motor Corporation. Following this, he filled […]