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

Cornell Takes Second Place at Duke Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition
Cornell MBA’s Madeleine Mc Dougall, MBA ’19, and Crosby Fish, MBA ’18, joined Seth Olson (MS, Applied Economics and Management, 2018) to participate in the Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition […]

Bridging Finance and Infrastructure
Issue NO. 21 By Otaviano Canuto and Aleksandra Liaplina* The world economy – and emerging market and developing economies in particular – display a gap between infrastructure needs and […]

Dr. Anne Miroux Speaks in China
Anne Miroux, Research Fellow at the Emerging Markets Institute spoke at the international symposium, jointly organized by the School of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Technology and Transnational Corporations […]

Flipkart and Indian E-Commerce
by Cayla Chen and Chris Hooper Flipkart is an e-commerce company in India that operates through a complex corporate structure consisting of nine different companies – four in Singapore and […]

Marcopolo: Creating a Global Latina
by James Godbout, and Nicola de Vera Marcopolo is a leading Brazilian bus body manufacturer. Since its inception in 1949, the company has seen consistent domestic growth, establishing a strong […]
The role of the private sector in consolidating peace in Colombia
ISSUE NO. 20 by Juana García and Juan David Martínez, Universidad de los Andes The implementation of the Havana Agreement, between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas in […]

Emerging Markets Institute shines a light on global economy
We spoke with Lourdes Casanova, a senior lecturer and director of the Emerging Markets Institute at Johnson, about EMI’s achievements and future plans.

Emerging Heavyweights: The Surge of the E20
At the Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University, we identify 20 Emerging Markets, which we call E20, which we consider the new “heavyweights” of the world economy—those economies that […]

Motivations for the Internationalization of Brazilian firms
ISSUE NO. 18 by Fernanda Ribeiro Cahen* and Moacir de Miranda Oliveira Jr.** Brazil was one of the world’s fastest-growing economies from 2000 to 2010, but the boom has […]