News & Highlights

2012

May

Johnson Finance Professor’s Research Guides SEC in Important Report to Congress
The securities regulatory agency heavily cited Andrew Karolyi’s research on barriers to U.S. investment in emerging markets
5/8/2012

April

Dean Designate’s Global Innovation Index Garners Attention Worldwide

Booz & Co. provides in-depth interview with Soumitra Dutta to its consulting clients, via its Strategy+Business magazine. In July 2012, Dutta joins the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management as dean.

4/23/2012
BISSELL Homecare, Inc., Joins Corporate Partners Program for Emerging Markets Institute
The floor-care appliance manufacturer joins Citi in collaborating with Johnson's research and knowledge hub in emerging markets.
4/20/2012
Johnson Welcomes First Colombia-based Managers to Innovative Executive MBA Program

Bogotá-based students will earn a Cornell MBA, learning in real time alongside peers from across the U.S. and Canada

4/6/2012

March

Oxford and Cornell woo Mumbai’s rich kids
Johnson's Dean Joseph Thomas is quoted by Daily News and Analysis in Mumbai, India, on U.S. business schools and prospective MBA students in India
3/20/2012
Dean Designate Speaks at Aspen Institute India
In a new video, Soumitra Dutta talks about achieving growth through the the right combination of innovative people, technology, and global perspective in business education and management development.

3/15/2012
Johnson at Cornell University and SC Johnson Kick-Off New Business with a WOW!

Business pilot test in rural Ghana aims to prevent malaria, meet needs of low-income consumers

3/8/2012
Understanding Asian Markets: Diverse, early adopters, and growing fast
David Steel, executive vice president of strategy and corporate communications for Samsung Electronics North America, shared his experience helping Samsung become the world’s largest technology company by sales, and the challenges and opportunities present in Asian markets.

3/6/2012

February

The Art of Doing Business in Emerging Markets
BNY Mellon Investment Management's Freer shares her experiences at Johnson's Emerging Markets Institute
2/29/2012
Johnson’s Chen Guides Mercedes-Benz China in Selling Value, Not Price

In her address to more than 2,000 top managers and sales people in Shanghai, Ya-Ru Chen shares principles of trust building and collaborative negotiation

2/27/2012
Emerging Markets Institute Hosts Lead Negotiator in Russia’s Accession to the WTO
Shishayev Shares Insights and Business Implications for Global Competition
2/16/2012
China hearts U.S. But not as much as it used to
Johnson Finance Professor Murillo Campello talks to CNN Money about the ongoing prospects for China purchasing more European debt.
2/15/2012
Emerging Markets Institute Team Selected as Semi-Finalists in The mai Bangkok Business Challenge @ Sasin

Johnson team among 16 out of 55 original entries from 23 countries in competition held by Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University

2/6/2012
Dean Designate Dutta Interviewed at World Economic Forum

In a new video, Dutta talks to the Economic Times on “unleashing the rate of innovation” in India, that will serve India and other emerging markets, as well as the enormous potential of growing partnerships between India and Latin American countries.

2/3/2012

January

Johnson’s Dean Designate Brings Expertise on Technology and Competitiveness to Davos

Soumitra Dutta serves as panelist, moderator, and interviewer at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

1/26/2012
Johnson Faculty Shine in New Report
The Johnson Scholar illustrates the depth and breadth of research produced at Johnson
1/25/2012

2011

December

Johnson launches Emerging Markets Fellows program
Curriculum is designed to prepare students for business opportunities and challenges in emerging economies
12/12/2011
Karolyi says actions of the world's central banks was "smart and strategic"
The Johnson professor of finance responds to news that the worlds central banks have moved together to ease fears of another global credit crisis
12/1/2011

November

Johnson's Andrew Karolyi asks "Where is the European Central Bank?"
In the aftermath of Germany's recent inability to sell 6b euros in 10-year debt, the Johnson expert in sovereign debt and emerging markets responds
11/28/2011
EMI's Eswar Prasad says Europe is 'coming to grips with some harsh realities'
Washington Post features Prasad's thoughts on Europe's austerity measures and the general state of emerging markets on Bloomberg Televsion
11/16/2011
EMI hosts expert panel on emerging markets
The new insitute connects its mission with the formidable experience of Johnson's most prestigious alumni and members of its Advisory Council in a presentation for current students
11/1/2011

October

Sustainability, emerging markets and high-tech: An ideal marriage in 2011
Says Alex Green, MBA '12, about his summer internship, "Organizations today must think more globally about the customers they serve and the impact of their products and services."
10/12/2011
Newest Johnson institutes provide platform for connecting students and distinguished alumni
Members of Johnson's Advisory Council discuss emerging markets and entrepreneurship and how they critically inform Johnson's modern MBA
10/3/2011

September

EMI's Eswar Prasad says global economy is in 'very fragile' phase
Washington Post features Prasad's interview with Susan Li on Bloomberg Television's "First Up"
9/28/2011