The Center for Emerging Markets has selected its fifth cohort of Student Associates for the 2025–2026 academic year. Chosen through a competitive process, these undergraduate students will contribute to CEM's mission by supporting research, programming, and student engagement around emerging markets. Their diverse backgrounds and global interests reflect the center's commitment to shaping future leaders in international business.
Anjali Laddha, DMSB'26, a long-time Student Associate with CEM, was just awarded “Most Disruptive Business School Startup” by Poets&Quants for Degree2Destiny, her AI-powered career readiness platform helping students turn their degrees into real careers.
Through the Vivek and Vandana Sharma Initiative, CEM supported the sixth edition of SmartIDEAthon, one of India's largest student social innovation competitions, held on December 12, 2025, at GITAM University in Visakhapatnam
Read the Center for Emerging Markets' report on all major activities in the second half of 2025, from new publications and research grants to key events and educational programming.
Four student projects received funding through the Srinivasan Family Awards for Projects in Emerging Markets in fall 2025.
On October 11th and 12th, Northeastern University welcomed the 10th edition of the BRASA Summit Américas, bringing over 500 students from across the US and Canada for a weekend of connections and learning.
CEM Faculty Fellow William Miles talks through implications of potential Mali takeover by the Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin
More than 270 students, faculty, and business leaders gathered for a day-long exploration of whether family businesses, in India and elsewhere, can sustain success across generations while competing in an increasingly complex world.
At Northeastern's Hong Kong forum, global CEOs, including CEM board member, Spencer Fung, explored how AI, agility and intergenerational learning drive innovation in business, energy and education.
“There are trade-offs to having stringent data protection policies,” says Luis Alfonso Dau, CEM faculty fellow and associate professor of international business and strategy at Northeastern.
Market Basket's latest family feud is testing more than boardroom dynamics—it's challenging the company's legacy of trust and loyalty. D'Amore-McKim professor Kimberly Eddleston says the conflict highlights how family businesses can lose their “family-ness” when profits overshadow people, reminding leaders that culture and governance are just as vital to success as strategy.
Can India compete in today's rapidly evolving technology sector? Frank D'Souza, former CEO of Cognizant and current co-founder and Managing Partner of Recognize, believes the answer is yes, but India's competitive advantage will look different from America's or China's.
