Center for Emerging Markets

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.

Marc H. Meyer, Robert J. Shillman Professor of Entrepreneurship and the Matthews Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University, discussed how diverse South Korean technology ventures employ technology platforming to grow from a startup to a scale-up company, specifically focusing on global expansion.

Jonathan Greenacre, Assistant Professor of Global Development Policy at Boston University, discussed his latest book, “Mobile Money in Africa,” which explores the role of bridge contracts in enabling mobile money technology to spread in Africa, and implications for the international development community.

Jay Mulki, Renfro Fellow and Associate Professor of Marketing, and Kim Eddleston, Schulze Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship and Montoni Research Fellow, shared their research examining the business practices of family-owned small and medium-sized enterprises in India.

DA Prasanna, Founding CEO, Wipro-GE Medical, shared his experiences building a medical technology industry in India over 40 years, and discussed insights from his book, Innovate Locally to Win Globally.

Daniel Satinsky, attorney, business consultant, and independent scholar, discussed his latest book, which tells the story of American participation in the dismantling of the Soviet economy and the creation of the Russian market economy in the 1990's.

Michael Ceitlin, chairman and CEO of Mundial S/A, shared lessons learned from his experience taking over his family's business, leading the company's turnaround, and operating in Brazil's business landscape.

Vinod K. Jain, expert in global & digital strategy, explored how the Industrial Internet of Things is changing industrial manufacturing globally and what it means for the future.

Jane Lu, Chair Professor of the Department of Management at the City University of Hong Kong, examined the impact of the recent US-China trade war on the market value of Chinese listed firms with a multidimensional view of “event space.”

Iiris Saittakari, Assistant Professor of International Business at Aalto University, Finland, offered an analysis framework for future-facing manufacturing investments that target green economic transitions, highlighting the importance of locational negotiations between multinational companies, cities, regions, and countries.

Cristina Leone, Ph.D. student at the University of Palermo and Visiting Scholar at the Center for Emerging Markets, discussed the institutional work needed to prompt efficient transfers of sustainability practices within multinational companies.

Sorin Krammer, Professor of Strategy & International Business at Surrey Business School, explored how institutional changes regarding environmental transparency incentivize firms to develop technologies that save energy and reduce emissions, especially when they have international ties.

Ashish Chugh, a leading portfolio investor, and Ganesh Krishnamoorthy, Professor of Accounting at Northeastern University, discussed the merits of Hindenburg's claims against Adani Group's business practices, and what it means for corporate governance, the stock market, India's infrastructure growth, and the India brand.

Andre du Plessis, Co-Founder and former Chief Financial Officer of Capitec, shared his perspective on building a business in South Africa.

Edmund DiSanto, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor to the CEO of American Tower Corporation, shared his insights regarding the potential hurdles and issues at entry, as well as critical early investment and organizational considerations. 

Auroop Ganguly, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University, shared his personal journey building climate resilience. Professor Ganguly co-founded the climate analytics startup risQ, which models the complex financial risks posed by climate change.

Maria Ivanova, Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Professor of Public Policy at Northeastern University, discussed the role of two small states—Rwanda and Peru—that successfully advocated for a resolution to end plastic pollution by 2040.

Preet S. Aulakh, Professor of Strategy and the Pierre Lassonde Chair in International Business at the Schulich School of Business, York University, discussed his recent book “Coping with Global Institutional Change – A Tale of India's Textile and Pharmaceutical Industries.”

Startups and entrepreneurship are taking off in Africa. Mezuo Nwuneli, Managing Partner at Sahel Capital, who has over 25 years of experience in finance and has invested in several companies in West Africa, discussed the role of private equity in Africa, with examples and insights from food, agriculture, and agribusiness.

Arie Y. Lewin, Professor Emeritus of Strategy and International Business at Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, discussed his recent paper “China's Belt and Road Initiative and International Business: The Overlooked Centrality of Politics.”

Partha Mohanram, John H. Watson Chair in Value Investing and Director of the India Innovation Institute at the University of Toronto, discussed his India Innovation Journey and shared some thoughts on the role of academics centres in fostering development, peace and prosperity in South Asia.

C. Annique Un, Associate Professor of International Business & Strategy at Northeastern University, analyzed how refugees can contribute to resettlement countries by becoming innovative employees.

Featuring Mohan Subramaniam, Associate Professor at Carroll School of Management in Boston College. This talk presented an overview of Professor Mohan's upcoming book that offers a modern perspective of competitive strategy that is anchored on data and digital ecosystems.

Professor Jonathan Greenacre discussed the bridge institutions in Africa and how they provide micro-solar energy, clean drinking water, and other services to remote communities in Africa.

Professor Pedro Mendi discussed the way businesses combine human resources from different departments and how relationship between R&D and employees lead to innovative activities within the firm.

Professor Louise E. Walker presented her research on the political and economic programs, and discuss the history of Mexico's emerging middle classes. This seminar was based on the book she co-authored “Latin America's Middle Class”.

That of diaspora-within-diaspora; specifically, Indians, Moroccans, and Israelis of Jewish backgrounds who have wound up in the U.S., Israel, Canada and France and whose relationship with the “homeland” is all the more complicated.

Professors Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra and Miguel A. Montoya discussed their recent co-authored book “Innovating for the Middle of the Pyramid in Emerging Countries” as part of the Center for Emerging Markets Nardone Seminar Series.

Professors Marc Meyer and Chaewon Lee gave a talk on Entrepreneurship in South Korea as part of the Center for Emerging Markets Nardone Seminar Series.

Professor Ravi Sarathy presented on Digital Money and Payments Revolution as part of the Center for Emerging Markets Nardone Seminar Series.

Professor Sonia Rolland discussed themes from her recent co-authored book Emerging Powers in the International Economic Order.

This workshop helped participants learn to design research studies that are likely to be of interest to managerial journals, to write managerial papers
and to negotiate the publishing process.

This presentation by Professor Wendy E. Parmet discussed the key findings of a report, “Assessing Legal Responses to COVID-19”.

Peter J. Williamson, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, discussed his co-authored book, “Ecosystem Edge: Sustaining competitiveness in the face of disruption.” The talk was moderated by Fernando Suarez.

Aleksandr Gevorkyan, Henry George Chair in Economics and Associate Professor of Economics at St. John's University, discussed the three immediate constraints of the rise of FinTech in the small open economies of Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union.

Shawn Bhimani presented his research on human trafficking as part of the Center for Emerging Markets Nardone Speaker Series.

The Center for Emerging Markets hosted associate professor of accounting, Kelvin Liu, for a conversation on corporate budgeting as a part of its Nardone Speaker Series.

Emeritus Professor George Yip of Imperial College London presented his research on the emerging paths of innovation in Chinese companies.

Lilac Nachum, Professor of International Business at Baruch College, presented on the theory of reputation building by subsidiaries of multinational enterprises in foreign host countries.

Karine Hirn presented on investing in emerging and frontier markets, with a focus on Shanghai and Moscow.

John Davis presented, “Ensuring a Well-Functioning Board for the Family Business.”

Michael J. Enright presented “Developing China: the Impact of Foreign Companies on China's Economy.”

Maria Andrea De Villa Correa discussed her research with D'Amore-McKim faculty at this installment of the Nardone Speaker Series.

Maksim Belitski, Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Henley Business School, delivered the talk “Knowledge spillovers and knowledge collaboration in innovative firms: Bridging regional and international perspective.”

D'Amore-McKim's IBS Academic Group invited Niron Hashai, Associate Professor of School of Business Administration at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, to discuss his work.

Marvin Lieberman talked about creating and capturing value at the level of the firm: What does that mean, and how can it be measured?

Esther Leibel spoke about Local Institutions, Meaning Making, and Heterogeneity in Impact Investing Practices.

Renata Laczi spoke on the location choice of the traditional and emerging market multinationals.

Albert Wöcke, Professor of GIBS at University of Pretoria, discussed his work.

D'Amore-McKim's IBS Academic Group invited Charles Chan, CEO of Ascendas Singbridge China, to discuss his work.

D'Amore-McKim's IBS Academic Group invited Ilya Cuypers, Associate Professor of Strategic Management at Singapore Management University, to discuss his work.

D'Amore-McKim's IBS Academic Group invited Marc Van Essen, Associate Professor of International Business at Darla School of Business, to deliver a talk about: “The cognitive-cultural embeddedness of family firms: Implications for prevalence, strategy, and performance,” as part of the Center for Emerging Markets Nardone Speaker Series.

Mr. Lawson spoke about doing business in contemporary Russia.