Events

The Center for Emerging Markets' fourth annual Vivek and Vandana Sharma India Summit explored the central role family enterprises play across emerging economies, featuring sessions by Indian family business leaders, young alumni representing next-generation leadership, and select family business leaders from other emerging markets.

As part of the Vivek and Vandana Sharma India Lecture Series, Frank D'Souza, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Recognize, joined CEM for a fireside chat on the role India might play in the growing field of artificial intelligence.

Vicente Zavarce, DMSB '16, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Yummy, shared his journey of building Venezuela's most successful on-demand delivery platform, now valued at over $200 million.

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.

The Center for Emerging Markets held a lunch and learn about Northeastern University's undergraduate minor in Emerging Markets. Attendees heard from four current undergraduate students enrolled in the minor and learned about the exciting opportunities this minor offers.

Kellee Tsai, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University, shared her research on “party-state capitalism” in China. While China's state has always played a core role in development, prioritization of growth has shifted to a variant of state capitalism best described as “party-state capitalism,” which emphasizes risk management and leadership by the Chinese Communist Party. This transition to party-state capitalism emerged from a combination of perceived domestic and external threats, with consequences for contemporary dynamics in global capitalism.

Join us as we explore the future of global business in the second installment of our mission-focused Beyond Boundaries series.

Fabris Peruško, CEO of Fortenova Group, shared 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.

George S. Yip, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Northeastern University, and Xiaolan Fu, Professor of Technology and International Development at the University of Oxford, investigated the rise of “superapps” in China, using the popular app WeChat as a case study.

Join the Center for Emerging Markets for a lunch and learn about Northeastern University's undergraduate minor in Emerging Markets. Hear from four current undergraduate students enrolled in the minor and get your questions about core requirements, electives, and field studies answered.