Events

Deepika Suri, an accomplished Civil Servant and advocate for gender justice from the elite Indian Police Service, visited Northeastern University for a discussion on research collaborations between Northeastern University faculty and police in India. This was a collaborative event hosted by the Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University and the Global Action Policy Initiative.

CB Bhattacharya, Professor of Marketing and Professor of Organizations and Entrepreneurship at the University of Pittsburgh, explored a purpose-driven pathway to enable companies to integrate environmental and social concerns into all their business decisions. Using real world data, he showed that a transition to a more sustainable business model, via the “sustainability ownership experience,” is a surefire way to ignite key stakeholders and employees, and provide more meaning to their jobs. 

Kellee Tsai, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University, shared her research on “party-state capitalism” in China. While China's state has always played a core role in development, prioritization of growth has shifted to a variant of state capitalism best described as “party-state capitalism,” which emphasizes risk management and leadership by the Chinese Communist Party. This transition to party-state capitalism emerged from a combination of perceived domestic and external threats, with consequences for contemporary dynamics in global capitalism.

Katrin Heucher, Assistant Professor of Change Management and Sustainability at the University of Groningen, discussed how multinational enterprises (MNEs) navigate the complex tensions between global sustainability strategies and local challenges in interorganizational systems. She explored how a paradox lens can reveal new approaches to managing sustainability in global networks.

Shantanu Khanna, Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Economics at Northeastern University, shared early insights from recent research on the power of experiential education to impact socio-emotional skill development for students in Uttarakhand, India, in partnership with Nishith Prakash, Professor of Public Policy & Economics at Northeastern University, and Sara Constantino, Assistant Professor at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.

Fabris Peruško, CEO of Fortenova Group, shared the story of how he rescued the largest company in Croatia after it went bankrupt, even as Croatia seceded from Communist Yugoslavia, joined the European Union, and then wrestled with COVID-19, the Russia-Ukraine War, and the Western sanctions that followed.

Venkat Srinivasan, Founder & Managing Director of Innospark Ventures, shared his perspectives on what we might expect from artificial intelligence in the business world in the coming years, pulling from his perspectives as an AI research and a Venture Capitalist to explore the opportunities and challenges that AI poses.

Join George S. Yip, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Northeastern University, and Xiaolan Fu, Professor of Technology and International Development at the University of Oxford, as they investigate the rise of “superapps” in China, using the popular app WeChat as a case study.

Lele Sang, Wharton Global Fellow, explored the intricacies of corporate success and failure in China, discussing critical factors influencing multinational corporations like Amazon, LinkedIn, and Hyundai, and sharing invaluable strategies to navigate the challenges and opportunities within China's dynamic market landscape.

Rem Koning, Mary V. and Mark A. Stevens Associate Professor of Business Administration, and Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School, discussed the impact of data and AI on entrepreneurship and innovation in emerging and developing markets, based on their latest research conducted at their Tech for All Lab at Harvard University.