The Center for Emerging Markets is proud to be part of India's buzzing startup scene by supporting and strengthening SmartIDEAthon—which may well be one of India's biggest social innovation pitchfests.
Read the Center for Emerging Markets' report on all major activities in the first half of 2022, from new publications and research grants to key events and educational programming.
Michael Enright, a leading expert on global competitiveness and corporate strategy, and a Center for Emerging Markets Faculty Fellow, was named the first Pierre Choueiri Family Professor in Global Business at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business.
The launch of the Center for Emerging Markets Vivek and Vandana Sharma India Initiative will create a groundbreaking package of programs that will expand and deepen the school's engagement with economic and business issues in India.
A gift from David Nardone, DMSB'79/MBA'82, will keep the Nardone Family Seminar Series running in perpetuity.
Launched this year, the Bradford-Osborne Research Award is the first national award to recognize research published in peer-reviewed journals that contributes to advancing the growth of businesses owned by people of color. Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Venkat Kuppuswamy received the award for his co-authored 2017 Management Science paper, “The Colorblind Crowd? Founder Race and Performance in Crowdfunding.”
In a university event co-hosted by D'Amore-McKim's Center for Emerging Markets and Women Who Empower, Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun welcomed Indra Nooyi, member of Amazon's Board of Directors and former CEO of PepsiCo, for a conversation about her career, lifelong learning, and workplace diversity.
With the addition of Professor Paula Caligiuri to the Academy of International Business' select fellowship ranks, D'Amore-McKim School of Business has the highest concentration of AIB Fellows at one academic institution.
The Center for Emerging Markets co-sponsored the student-organized BRASA Summit on October 11-12, 2019, the largest undergraduate student conference in the world. An entrepreneurial team of Northeastern University students – Daniel Sneyers, Eric Halpern, Amanda Coelho, and Cristiano Sgarbi – won the competition to host the 2019 BRASA conference, which explored the future of the economy, politics, and technology in Brazil. There were over 500 Brazilian students in attendance.
Ruth V. Aguilera's research, teaching, and service efforts are significant and have attracted worldwide acclaim. In 2016 she was named a Fellow to the Academy of International Business (AIB), and in 2018 she was inducted as a Fellow to the Strategic Management Society (SMS).
Professor Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra was the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Copenhagen Business School, the largest business school in Denmark with 20,000 students, in March.
