Made possible by a gift from David R. Nardone, the Nardone Family Seminar Series at the Center for Emerging Markets brings academics and practitioners to Northeastern University to share insights about emerging markets with the Boston community.
The longtime series has hosted over 150 speakers since the Center for Emerging Markets' inception, thanks to Nardone's support. Speakers have discussed topics ranging from family business to climate resilience, fintech trends to medical innovation, corporate governance to international policy, and more. These speakers have similarly come to CEM from a diverse array of academic and professional backgrounds and have shared their knowledge on research, trends, and innovations touching nearly every continent.
Past Events
Managing Innovation in an Evolving Geopolitical World with Gianluca Pettiti
The Center for Emerging Markets welcomed Gianluca Pettiti, Executive Vice President and President, Life Sciences, Diagnostics and Applied for Thermo Fisher Scientific, for a fireside chat to discuss innovation in today's geopolitical climate. This event was a Distinguished Seminar, part of the Nardone Family Seminar Series.
Nardone Family Seminar: AI & the Changing Geography of Work – Implications for Emerging Markets
Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, shared his research on the changing geography of work, especially as it relates to emerging markets. Pulling from his ongoing projects in Turkey, Bangladesh, and India, Raj examined the productivity effects of remote work and how AI plays a role in its future.
Nardone Family Seminar: Small Actions Big Difference: Business Through the Sustainability Lens
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.