Lourdes S. Casanova
- Senior Lecturer
- Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business
Faculty Area
Interdisciplinary Theme
- Collaboration for International Development Economics Research
- Emerging Markets and Development
- Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technology
Faculty Expertise
- International Business with a Focus on Emerging Markets
- China, Latin America, India
- Family Business
- Global Business
- Innovation
- Strategy
Contact
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
607.255.1656
Biography
Lourdes Casanova is the Gail and Roberto Cañizares Director of the Emerging Markets Institute and senior lecturer at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Formerly of the strategy department at INSEAD, she specializes in international business with a focus on Latin America and multinationals from emerging markets.
In 2014 and 2015, Casanova was named as one of the 50 most influential Iberoamerican intellectuals by Esglobal. She is a member of the board of directors of Boyce Thompson Institute.
Casanova is a Fulbright Scholar who holds a PhD from Universidad de Barcelona and MA from the University of Southern California.
Selected Publications
- Casanova, Lourdes; Miroux, Anne. "Emerging Market Multinationals Report 2023: Risks and Realignments". Emerging Markets Institute, Cornell University. (2023): 136pp
- From copycats to Leaders: Innovation from Emerging Markets, Ed. Fernanda Cahen, Ed. Lourdes Casanova, Ed. Anne Miroux. Cambridge University Press. (2021): 250pp
- Casanova, Lourdes; Miroux, Anne. "Emerging Market Multinationals Report 2020: 10 Years that Changed Emerging Markets". Cornell University. (2020): 234pp
- Casanova, Lourdes; Miroux, Anne. The Era of Chinese Multinationals: How Chinese Companies Are Conquering the World. Academic Press. 1st ed. (2020): 224pp
- Casanova, Lourdes; Miroux, Anne. "Emerging market multinationals and development. Transnational corporations review, special issue"Transnational Corporations Review. 10.4 (2018): 285-287
- Casanova, Lourdes; Cornelius, Peter; Dutta, Soumitra. Financing Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Markets. Academic Press. 1st ed. (2018): 318pp
- Chen, Taotao; Casanova, Lourdes; Chen, Chen; Xu, Run. "Transnational Companies from China and Latin America. Lessons from a comparative analysis". (2017)
- Casanova, Lourdes; Kassum, Julian. The Political Economy of an Emerging Global Power: In Search of the Brazil Dream. Palgrave Macmillan. (2014): 224pp
- Casanova, Lourdes; Castellani, F.; Dayton-Johnson, S.; Dutta, Soumitra; Fonstad, N.; Paunov, C. "InnovaLatino: Fostering Innovation in Latin America". INSEAD/OECD; Ariel/Fundación Telefónica. (2011): 153pp
- Casanova, Lourdes. Global Latinas: Latin America's Emerging Multinationals. Palgrave MacMillan. (2009): 221pp
Awards and Honors
- One of the 30 most influential Iberoamerican women intellectuals by Esglobal (2017) Esglobal
- One of the 50 most influential Iberoamerican intellectuals by Esglobal (2014 - 2015) Foundation for International Relations and Dialogue
- One of the 50 most influential Iberoamerican intellectuals by Esglobal (2014) Foundation for International Relations and Dialogue
Recent Courses
- NBA 6370 - Current Global Issues for Business: China, India, Latin America, Europe and beyond
- NBAE 6440 - Disruptive Innovative Companies from China and Other Emerging Markets
- NBAY 5550 - Entrepreneurship and Alternative Finance in Emerging Economies
- NBA 5920 - Experience in International Management
- NBA 5260 - Leaders in Emerging Markets
Academic Degrees
- PhD Universidad de Barcelona, 1995
- MA University of Southern California, 1989
- MA Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1986
- BA Universidad de Barcelona, 1981