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02/29/2016 Juan Matienzo, EMI Fellow Candidate, delivers a REDtalk on how he applied creativity and persistence to land a unique and exciting job in the hospitality industry. By Giorgi Tsintsadze […]

02/26/2016 M-PESA is a transformative mobile phone-based platform for money transfer and financial services. by Leandro Chique MBA’16 EMI Fellow, MJ Myungwon MBA’16 and Trisha Chang AMBA’16 EMI Fellow Last week […]

02/26/2016 Visiting Professor Ndunge Kiiti describes how M-Pesa has improved everyday life for Kenyans in rural communities. By Katie O’Brien ’16 Most people do not associate emerging economies with technological […]

02/18/2016 A summary of the lecture by Professor Iwan Azis on February 1, 2016 at the Leaders in Emerging Markets NBA 5260 course. by Mai Amano MBA ’16 EMI Fellow, […]

02/12/2016 Students in the Leaders in Emerging Markets course prepared a summary of current news from Kenya, Malaysia and Brazil. by Natasha Bazely, MBA ’16, Fatma Barkus, MBA ’16 EMI […]

02/09/2016 In January 2016, I had the opportunity to visit China with 26 of my classmates from the Johnson School at Cornell University. The goal for the trip was to […]

11/27/2015 On October 13, 2015, Cornell University and Franklin Templeton Servicios de Asesoría Mexico entered into an agreement to publish research reports provided by Franklin Templeton Servicios de Asesoría México, […]

11/23/2015 Lighting Africa: Johnson Students’ Proposal to Bring Solar Systems to Africa Wins the 2015 Duke Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition From the very first moment we signed up […]

11/17/2015 The EMI is proud of the success of EMI Fellows and the impact of the institute in the initial launch of some of its endeavors. The Emerging Markets Institute […]

11/04/2015 Cornell student business startup wins incubator competition Click here to read the article