International Business & Strategy

George S. Yip, an emeritus professor of marketing and strategy at Imperial College London and a distinguished visiting professor at Northeastern University, explored how Chinese companies are reinventing management control for the digital era through “digitally-enhanced directed autonomy.”

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.

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.

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

The Center for Emerging Markets Distinguished Speaker Series. Spencer Fung shed light upon the future of Global Supply Chain.

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.

George Yip explained what foreign multinational companies need to do to transform their R&D strategies to keep pace with newly innovative Chinese companies.

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.

Michael Enright, Pierre Choueiri Family Professor in Global Business at Northeastern University, explained the impact of foreign direct investment, the role foreign companies played in China's economic rise and how does the future of international business looks like.

Registration Required. This conference will help you gain a greater understanding of the experiences of international students in adjusting to academic, cultural, social, and economic conditions as they undertake their studies in the U.S. Featured keynote speakers include Dr. Mary Ludden, Professor Terence (Terry) Mughan, Professor Julia Ivy, and Northeastern alum Nick Dimitrov.

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”.

George Yip, Distinguished Visiting Professor in International Business & Strategy at Northeastern University, explained what China is doing in five key stages of the customer journey in retailing and what Western companies can learn, and what they cannot.

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.

A China Insights Series Event. David Sherman and Len Jui talked about the challenge for Chinese companies going public in the US.