Lourdes S. Casanova
- Senior Lecturer
- Gail and Roberto Cañizares Director of the Emerging Markets Institute
- 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; Cornelius, Peter; Dutta, Soumitra. Financing Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Markets. Academic Press. 1st ed. (2018): 318pp
- Casanova, Lourdes; Kassum, Julian. The Political Economy of an Emerging Global Power: In Search of the Brazil Dream. Palgrave Macmillan. (2014): 224
- Casanova, Lourdes. Global Latinas: Latin America's Emerging Multinationals. Palgrave MacMillan. (2009)
- 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)
- Casanova, Lourdes. "Claroscuros en las relaciones entre América Latina y China"Pensamiento Iberoamericano: Revista de Economia Politica. (2017): 140-147
- Casanova, Lourdes; Rodríguez-Montemayor, Eduardo. "The Bridge Model: How Spanish Multinationals Are Building Economic Ties between Asia and Latin America"Business and Politics. 16.3 (2014): 373-479
- Casanova, Lourdes; Miroux, Anne. The Era of Chinese Multinationals: How Chinese Companies Are Conquering the World. Academic Press. 1st edition (2019): 224pp
- From copycats to Leaders: Innovation from Emerging Markets, Ed. Fernanda Cahen, Ed. Lourdes Casanova, Ed. Anne Miroux. Cambridge University Press. (2021): 250
- Casanova, Lourdes; Miroux, Anne. "Emerging Markets Report 2022: Reinventing Global Value Chains". Cornell University. (2022): 171pp
- Casanova, Lourdes; Miroux, Anne. "Emerging Market Multinationals Report 2021: Building the Future on ESG Excellence". Cornell University. (2022): 150pp
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 (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
- Bachelor Universidad de Barcelona, 1981