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.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Nardone Family Seminar: AI: Promise and Perils for Business
Discover the transformative potential of artificial intelligence with Venkat Srinivasan, Founder & Managing Director of Innospark Ventures, who will share his perspectives as an AI researcher and Venture Capitalist to explore the opportunities and challenges that AI poses in the present day and discuss what we might expect from AI in the business world in the coming years.
Nardone Family Seminar: How We Turned Around a Bankrupt Company in a Transitional Economy
Fabris Peruško, CEO of Fortenova Group, will share 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.
Nardone Family Seminar: Health Reform in Egypt
Fadi El-Jardali, Professor of Health Policy and Systems at the American University of Beirut, will share his recent research on health reform in Egypt, part of a joint project with Gary Young, Director of the Northeastern University's Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research.
Nardone Family Seminar: The Transformative Effects of Theater-Based Learning in India
Discover the potential impact of theater-based experiential learning on socio-emotional skill development for secondary school students in India with Nishith Prakash, Professor of Public Policy & Economics; Shantanu Khanna, Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Economics; and Sara Constantino, Assistant Professor of Psychology & Public Policy at Northeastern University.
Past Events
Nardone Family Seminar: Innovation and The Rise of an All-in-One App in an Emerging Economy
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.
Nardone Family Seminar: Winning in China: 8 Stories of Success and Failure in the World's Largest Economy
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.
Nardone Family Seminar: Tech for All
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.