Faculty Seminars and Conferences

50 Dodge Hall

The Third Conference on Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises (EMNEs) organized by the Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University will gather leading scholars to generate a better understanding of the topic and define potential areas of research that have not been analyzed in depth yet.

Northeastern University's John D. O'Bryant African American Institute, Cabral Center (40 Leon Street, Boston)

This year's symposium is Winning in Emerging Markets: Lessons from Experience. It is organized by Ravi Ramamurti, CBA Distinguished Professor of International Business and Director of Center for Emerging Markets, Northeastern University. The Center is dedicated to conducting research on emerging markets and disseminating best practices on show to succeed in such markets.

223 Hayden Hall

Associate Professor of Marketing, Fleura Bardhi presents Expats as Consumers. Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

223A Hayden Hall

Presented by Murali Chari, Associate Professor of Strategy, RPI. Hosted by Associate Professor Alvaro Cuervo. Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

40 Dockser Hall

NATCO: Is India's first compulsory patent license the dawning of a new era of access to medicine and R&D in emerging markets? Discussion led by Professor Brook K. Baker. A brown bag lunch.

223A Hayden Hall

Presented by Professor Arindam Chaudhuri, Dean, Indian Institute of Planning & Management. Hosted by the Center for Emerging Markets and the International Business and Strategy Group. There will be a light lunch.

333 Curry Student Center

Hisham A. Fahmy, CEO, American Chamber of Commerce, Egypt, presents Egypt and US Relations after the Revolution: Business, Military, and Political Challenges. There will be a light lunch. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets Seminar Series. Contact Kayne Bordes at k.bordes@neu.edu or 617-373-2182.

168 Snell Engineering

"Future of the WTO and the Multilateral Trading System in a Changing World," presented by Dr. Harsha V. Singh, the Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets Distinguished Speaker Series. Contact Kayne Bordes for more information at k.bordes@neu.edu or 617-373-2182.

420 Hayden Hall

Olubunmi Faleye and Udi Hoitosh will present "Industry Expertise on Corporate Boards" co-authored with Rani Hoitosh. Part of the Finance Group seminar series.

Alumni Center, 716 Columbus Avenue, 6th Floor

Presented by Michael B. Hoffman, Partner and Managing Director of Riverstone. Business attire required. VIP reception begins at 5:15 p.m. Part of the Wes Marple Distinguished Lecture Series.

420 Hayden Hall

Jean Helwege of the University of South Carolina presents Financial Firm Bankruptcy and Contagion, co-authored with Gaiyan Zhang. Part of the Finance Group seminar series.

223A Hayden Hall

Laura-Christiane Renker, Ph.D. Student, Universität Bamberg and Visiting Scholar, will speak about how multicultural teams can be managed to build “hybrid cultures,” i.e. a culture that is a mixture of the different cultures involved.

Frost Lounge

Presented by Mohan Subramaniam, Associate Professor of Strategy, Boston College. Hosted by Prof Cuervo-Cazurra. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

420 Hayden Hall

Presented by Khaled Amira, Visiting Professor of Finance, and co-authored with Kose John and Gopala K. Vasudevan. Part of the Finance Group seminar series.

Frost Lounge

Presented by Sonia Rolland, Associate Professor of Law, Northeastern University, based on her upcoming book. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

Frost Lounge, Ell Hall 

Grazia Santangelo, Professor of Political Science at the Univeristy of Catania, Italy, and Visiting Scholar, CEM presents: Do overseas R&D laboratories in emerging markets contribute to home knowledge creation?  Part of the International Business and Strategy speaker series.

Alumni Center, Pavilion Room

Presented by Steve Tallman, Claiborne Distinguished Professor, University of Richmond, and Editor-in-Chief, Global Strategy Journal. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

Alumni Center, Pavilion Room
716 Columbus Avenue

Professor Steve Tallman from the Univerisity of Richmond, presents: Strategic management of the global multi-business firm. 

Frost Lounge

Presented by H. David Sherman, Professor of Accounting, Northeastern University. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

450A Dodge Hall

David Sherman, Professor of Accounting, Northeastern University, presents: US-listed Chinese firms: The role of directors, CFOs, auditors and others in enhancing value and governance.

223A Hayden Hall conference room

Please join the Supply Chain and Information Management Group and David Zepeda from the University of Minnesota for a presentation on "Health Care Supply Chain Design for Reducing Disparities in the Delivery of Care: Evaluating the Effects of Resource Dependence and IT Leveraging Competence."

435 Curry Student Center

Presented by Tamara Stucchi, Copenhagen Business School (PhD student), and Visiting Scholar, CEM. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

223A Hayden Hall conference room

Supply contracts are proven effective tools for dealing with uncertainties and risks in various supply chains configurations. This seminar presents three areas contracts are designed to manage. Presented by Professor Amy Zheng of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

223A Hayden Hall conference room

Assistant Professor Gurumurthi of the College of Business at Illinois University introduces analytical and managerial frameworks for practitioners and researchers in the emerging areas of program management, especially as it relates to supply chains and similar collaborative partnerships.

344 Curry Student Center

Presented by Grigorios Livanis and Chris Robertson, Northeastern University. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

Frost Lounge

Presented by Nikos Passas, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

450A Dodge Hall

Presented by Vlad Vaiman, Professor of International Management, Reykjavik University, Iceland, and Visiting Scholar, CEM. Hosted by Professors McCarthy and Puffer. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

Alumni Center, Pavilion Room

Presented by Kamran Dadkhah, Associate Professor of Economics, Northeastern University. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

Alumni Center, Pavilion Room

Presented by Soumitra Jha, Assistant Professor of Economics & Political Science, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Hosted by Professor Sheila Puffer. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

223A Hayden Hall

Presented by Raveendra Chittoor, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India. Hosted by Professor Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

Alumni Center, Pavilion Room

This event features Lou Wells, the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management, Harvard Business School. Click here for a copy of the paper. Please RSVP with Kayne Bordes at 617-373-2182 or by email at cem@neu.edu. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets Fall Seminar Series.

223A Hayden Hall

Presented by Luis Dau, International Business and Strategy group, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

103 Churchill Hall

The Molloy Speaker Series presents the CEO of Au Bon Pain, Sue Morelli. Enjoy the opportunity to pitch ideas to improve ABP's business. Food from ABP will be served.

Alumni Center, Pavilion Room

This event features Bhaskar Chakravorti, the senior associate dean and director of the Center for Emerging Market Enterprises at Fletcher School of Tufts University. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets Fall Seminar Series. Please RSVP to Kayne Bordes at 617-373-2182 or by email at cem@neu.edu.

223A Hayden Hall

Presented by Huaichuan Rui, Senior Lecturer in International and Comparative Business, University of London. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

10 Behrakis Hall

Please join us for the next Molloy Entrepreneurship Speaker Series featuring social entrepreneur Daniel Fireside, the Capital Coordinator for Equal Exchange. Equal Exchange is a worker-owned co-op and Fair Trade pioneer based in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Pizza and soda will be served. For more information contact Tucker Marion at 617-373-2241 or t.marion@neu.edu.

223A Hayden Hall

Presented by Anna Lamin, Assistant Professor of International Business, Northeastern University. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets seminar series.

223A Hayden Hall

Presented by Dr. Helen Perks, Professor of Marketing, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.

This is an Institute for Global Innovation Management research seminar.

333 Curry Student Center

Presented by Schon Beechler, Academic Director, Duke Corporate Education; Adjunct Professor, INSEAD and CEIBS. Hosted by Professor Allan Bird. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets Seminar Series.

Alumni Center, Pavilion Room

This event features Peter Williamson of Cambridge University, UK, Afonso Fleury of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Maria Tereza Fleury, the Dean of FGV in Brazil, and Ravi Ramamurti, Director of the Center for Emerging Markets. This event is part of the Center for Emerging Markets Fall Seminar Series. RSVP to Kayne Bordes at 617-373-2182 or by email to cem@neu.edu.

10 Berakis Hall

Featuring Sid Probstein, CTO, Attivo, Steve Davis, CTO, Advisory Group, Managing Director, Punit Shah, CEO, Zazu, Gene Fay,SVP, Nine Technology. This event is part of the Molloy Entrepreneurship Speaker Series. For more information, contact Professor Tucker Marion at t.marion@neu.edu.

Pizza and soda will be served.

Raytheon Amphitheater, Egan Research Center, 120 Forsyth Street, Boston

This conference will bring together innovators, scholars, entrepreneurs, investors, policy shapers and others -- each with a different perspective -- to discuss the desired and real effects of intellectual property (IP) on innovation.

This event is co-sponsored by Northeastern University's School of Law and College of Business Administration. 

333 Curry Student Center

Presented by Wenjie Chen, Assistant Professor, George Washington University. Hosted by Prof Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets Seminar Series.

230 Dockser Hall, NEU School of Law     

John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute - West Village F (40 Leon Street, Boston)

Managing Innovation and Risk in Emerging Markets: Learn how to leverage emerging economies including India, China, Brazil, Russia and Mexico. Space is limited and registration is required by July 15. More information on the symposium here.

270 Dodge Hall

Presented by Jeff Reuer, Blake Family Endowed Chair in Strategic Management and Goverance, Purdue University

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation

Faculty Club, Pavilion Room

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

Webinar

Presented by Professor Pavida Pananond, Thamassat University, Bangkok, Thailand

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute 

TBD

Webinar

470 Dodge Hall

"Beyond Supply Chain Coordination: From Competition, Market Segmentation, Matching and Sourcing to Service Suppy Chain and Sustainability"

Presented by Dr. Amy Xia.

Faculty Club, Pavilion Room

Faculty Club, Pavilion Room

Presented by Professor Nikos Passas, School of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

420 Hayden

Presented by Daniel Korschun.
270 Dodge Hall

Part of the Marketing Group Research Seminar Series.

Presented by Margherita Pagani
140 Dodge Hall

Part of the Marketing Group Research Seminar Series.

Webinar, as part of a six-part series based on the book Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2009)

Presented by Andrea Goldstein, contributor to the book and OECD Development Centre Senior Economist, and Albert Wocke, Senior Lecturer at the Gordon Institute of Business Science.

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute 

Webinar, as part of a six-part series based on the book Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2009)

Presented by Dan McCarthy, contributor to the book and Alan S. McKim and Richard A. D'Amore Distinguished Professor of Global Management and Innovation and Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northeastern University and Sheila Puffer, contributor to the book and Walsh Research Professor and Cherry Family Senior Fellow of International Business at Northeastern University.

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute

Webinar, as part of a six-part series based on the book Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2009)

Presented by Peter Williamson, contributor to the book and Visiting Professor of International Management at Cambridge University, Fellow Commoner of Jesus College.

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute 

Alumni Center
716 Columbus Avenue
6th Floor

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

424 Hayden Hall

Presented by Juan Alcacer, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the Department of Economics, Northeastern University

Download paper here 

272F West Village

Presented by Linda Price, Soldwedel Professor of Marketing.

Part of the Marketing Group’s research seminar series

170 Dodge Hall

Presented by S. Adam Brasel, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Boston College
Part of the marketing research seminar series.

448 Curry Student Center

Please join Amy Pan who will give an presentation on Wednesday, March 10th from 11:15am – 12:15pm in 448 Curry Student Center. Please RSVP to me (Leslie Thomas – l.thomas@neu.edu ) if you plan to attend the presentation.

Webinar, as part of the six-part series based on the book Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2009)

Presented by Afonso Fleury, contributor to the book and Professor at the University of Sao Paulo, and Maria Tereza Fleury, contributor to the book and Professor of Management at the University of Sao Paulo

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute

270 Dodge Hall

Presented by Renee Richardson Gosline, Assistant Professor of Marketing, MIT Sloan School.
Part of the marketing research seminar series.

344 Curry Student Center

Please join Nihat Altintas who will give an presentation on Monday, March 8th from 11:15am – 12:15pm in 344 Curry Student Center. Please RSVP to me (Leslie Thomas – l.thomas@neu.edu) if you plan to attend the presentation.

420 Hayden Hall

Presented by Rosanna Garcia, Associate Professor of Marketing, McCarthy Family Research Fellow
Part of the marketing research seminar series

130 Dodge Hall

Please join Cuneyt Eroglu who will give a talk on Monday, February 22nd from 11:15am – 12:15pm in 130 Dodge Hall.

Webinar

Presented by Ravi Rammamurti, CBA Distinguished Professor and Director for Emerging Markets, Northeastern University
As part of a 6-part monthly webinar series on "New Multinationals from Emerging Markets" 
Download Abstract Here 

420 Hayden Hall

Presented by the Philip R. McDonald Chair, Amiya Chakravarty.
Click here to  download the abstract .

Faculty Club, Pavilion Room

Presented by Jose Santos, Professor of Practice in Global Management- INSEAD and Visiting Scholar, MIT Sloan
Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

Abstract available for download here 

Webinar, as part of a six-part series based on the book Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2009)

Presented by Professor Ravi Ramamurti, co-editor of the book and Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University.

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute

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42 Dockser Hall

This seminar is part of the faculty interdisciplinary roundtable in law and business series. In the spirit of informality, the roundtables are styled as brown bag or BYO lunches.  You can download the abstract here .

170 Dodge Hall

Presented by Professor Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Assistant Professor, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

170 Dodge Hall
Northeastern University Campus

Presented by Lilach Nachum, Professor of International Business, Baruch College, NY

Paper available for download here.

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

Clifford Lounge, Churchill Hall

Presented by Jing Li, Assistant Professor of International Business, Simon Fraser University

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

140 Richards Hall

Presented by Amar Bhide, Lawrence D. Glaubinger Professor of Business, Columbia University

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

Northeastern University

Presented by Martin Springinklee, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and Professor Francois Charvet.
Download the abstract here.

Northeastern University

Presented by Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard Business School.
Download the abstract here.

Northeastern University

Presented by Jordan Siegel, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Strategy Group, HBS

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

San Jose State University

The Global Leadership Advancement Center (GLAC) at San Jose State University held its second annual research symposium on February 24-25, 2009 in conjunction with the Institute for Global Innovation Management of Northeastern University. This symposium brought together renowned, multidisciplinary global scholars in an effort to further needed research in the field of global leadership.

This year’s meeting, co-sponsored by Dr. Joyce Osland (Lucas Endowed Professor of Global Leadership, SJSU and GLAC) and Dr. Harry Lane (Darla and Frederick Brodsky Trustee Professor of Global Business and IGIM Director) and Dr. Bert Spector of the IGIM, focused on managing change in global organizations.

A panel discussion with SJSU faculty and staff, moderated by Marlene Turner, was held toward the end of the symposium to allow a broader audience to meet these scholars and engage in a mutual exchange of ideas. The symposium attendees plan to write a joint article on their conclusions. For further information, please contact Joyce Osland, Director, GLAC at osland_j@cob.sjsu.edu.

Northeastern University

Hosted by Northeastern University
Chair of the Steering Committee: Nicholas Athanassiou

Northeastern University

Presented by Walsh Research and Cherry Family Senior Fellow of International Business Professor Sheila Puffer and Professor Daniel McCarthy

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

Northeastern University

Presented by William Lazonick
Professor and Director of the Center for Industrial Competitiveness
University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

Northeastern University

Presented by Emery Trahan, Donald F. Harding Professor of Finance

Northeastern University

Moderated by Professor Ravi Ramamurti
Director of the Center for Emerging Markets

Sponsored by the Massachusetts Alliance for International Business and the Center for Emerging Markets.

Northeastern University

Moderated by Walsh Research and Cherry Family Senior Fellow of International Business Professor Sheila Puffer

Sponsored by the Massachusetts Alliance for International Business and the Center for Emerging Markets.

Northeastern University

Presented by Professor Ruth Rama
Department of Economics, CSIC (Spanish Council for Scientific Research)

Northeastern University

Presented by Professor Franca Cantoni, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Piacenza, Italy
Sponsored by the Institute for Global Innovation Management.
Download the abstract here.

Northeastern University

Sponsored by Northeastern University
Texas Christian University
Chinese University of Hong Kong
In collaboration with Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Northeastern University

Presented by Nan Jia, PhD, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

Download the abstract here.

Northeastern University

On June 11, 2008, Professor Maria Elmquist of Chalmers University in Sweden presented Enabling innovation: Exploring the prerequisites for innovative concepts in R&D. Professor Elmquist discussed the prerequisites for innovative concepts to impact new product development processes in large firms. Her research sheds light on the practices of early phase new product development and the interface between innovative activities and planned development projects.

Northeastern University

On April 29, 2008, Professors Ko De Ruyter from Maastricht University and Andy Rohm from Northeastern University presented Socialization 2.0: Innovative Online Recommendation Agents in a Complex Service Industry. They discussed the challenges faced by companies when consumers are required to become more facile and knowledgeable in using and evaluating online service offerings. Some companies have employed virtual agents to interact with and train young consumers. This presentation was jointly sponsored by the Institute for Global Innovation Management and the Marketing Group Research Seminar Series at Northeastern University.

Northeastern University

Presented by Professor Ko De Ruyter from the University of Maastricht, Netherlands
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Northeastern University

Presented by Professor Kent Grayson, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
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Northeastern University

Presented by Professor Anna Lamin

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Northeastern University

Presented by Associate Professor Don Margotta

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Northeastern University

Both presented by Professor Russ Winer, Stern School of Business, NYU
Download the first abstract here.
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Northeastern University

Presented by Sinziana Popa of Duke University

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

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Northeastern University

On Thursday January 24, 2008, Henrik Glimstedt from the Institute for International Business (IIB) of the Stockholm School of Economics presented How Swedish Multinationals Compete Globally - Strategic Orientations, Technological and Organizational Choices and Implications for Global High-Tech Labor Markets. This presentation was jointly sponsored by The Institute for Global Innovation Management and The International Business and Strategy Group at Northeastern University.

Northeastern University

Presented by Kathryn Kaduous, Emory University

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Northeastern University

Presented by Professor Jay Mulki of the Marketing Group

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Northeastern University

 Presented by Professor Luk Quadackers of Vrije University, Amsterdam

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Northeastern University

Presented by Professor Rosanna Garcia of the Marketing Group

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Northeastern University

Presented by Professor Anand Venkateswaran of the Finance Group

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Northeastern University

Presented by Professor Jehoshua Eliashberg of the Wharton School

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Northeastern University

Presented by Professor Fleura Bardhi of the Marketing Group

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Northeastern University

Presented by Stephen Graves, Abraham J. Siegel Professor of Management, MIT 

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Northeastern University

Presented by Professor David Sherman of the Accounting Group

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