Emerging Markets Institute

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

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Is Brazil becoming a true market oriented modern economy?

Corruption and a corrupted way of doing politics, populist measures and relaxed fiscal and monetary policies showed that Brazil still has a long way to go before becoming a developed […]

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Emerging and Connected: Insights on Broadband from Brazil

We are always online. We pay our rent, buy furniture, take language lessons and schedule our next appointment to the doctor, let alone the time spent on social media. The […]

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The Impact of Entrepreneurship and Interorganizational Networks on Global Innovations Development: The Evidence of Foreign Subsidiaries Operating in the Country

Throughout the last decade, the focus of international business studies guided by the theory of networks has highlighted the role of integration of subsidiaries in the host country business networks […]

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A review of the Mexican National Innovation System

Innovations are emerging from a country that is experiencing important social and political problems. by Lourdes Casanova, Senior Lecturer of Management and Academic Director of the Emerging Markets Institute and […]

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Competence and motivation

Those who sacrifice their self-interests for collective goals would gain status from others more effectively in Asian cultures, which emphasized more team-oriented atmosphere and appreciate group harmony more than the […]

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Discussing Brazil’s current political and economic crisis at Cornell

III Brazilian Conference: Is Brazil’s Democracy in Crisis? organized by BRASA Cornell in partnership with the Emerging Markets Institute by Samantha Rullán, EMI Assistant Director (06/28/2016) On April 25th, 2016 more […]

Social Impact Bond in Emerging Markets: Funding Chinese Migrant Workers’ Children Digital Education

With budgets tightening worldwide, there is a need to channel limited government and international organization funding towards high-quality developmental projects. A new type of investment vehicle, social impact bond, carries […]

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Global Latinas, as part of the solution of Latin America’s social issues

Global Latinas realize that, as they develop their global ambitions, their home country and the Latin American region in which they operate, need to be strong by Lourdes Casanova, EMI […]

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Doing Business in Nigeria

Although Nigeria is Africa’s biggest economy, it has been battling with economic and political instability, particularly Boko Haram and the recent oil crisis. by Ibijoke Oke, MPA ’16, EMI Fellow A few […]