Cornell University Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) and partners — Northeastern University Center for Emerging Markets (CEM), The Simon Fraser University Jack Austin Centre For Asia Pacific Business Studies, and The University of Texas at Dallas Center for Global Business (CGB) — are pleased to announce the fifth annual Global Strategy and Emerging Markets (GSEM) Conference.

The theme of GSEM 2020 is “Competing in the Digital World.” Digital technologies—including internet of things, 5G, cloud computing, AI, big data, and other new information technologies—are profoundly influencing the global economy by reshaping the rules of competition, generating new business models and enabling innovative ecosystems. Digital technologies are creating new business opportunities for emerging markets to improve their competitiveness and in some instances to leapfrog existing business practices and become world leaders.

The whole conference will be conducted online through Zoom. We will have a two-day conference from 3-8 pm PST / 6-11 pm EST /ADD CEST/ 8 am-1 pm AEST/ 7am-12 pm China Standard Time/4:30-9:30 am India Standard Time. All virtual sessions will be live. If necessary presenters may record their presentation for broadcast during their time slot, but we strongly encourage the presentations to be part of the live conference program.

Cornell EMI Case Competition 2020

Along with the conference, the Fourth Cornell Emerging Markets Institute Annual Case Competition will be held on November 7th. The theme is ‘Ten years that changed Emerging Markets’. The competition will focus on identifying and answering questions that real businesses and management face in relation with Emerging Markets.

Goal: Identify and answer questions that real businesses and managements are posing today in relation with Emerging Markets. The growing role of Emerging Multinationals in the business world continues to evolve and this case competition seeks to challenge us to think about how navigating in a changing context.

The case competition is a key event in the conference (Online). It boosts collaboration among universities and strengthens Johnson’s ties with other academic institutions. Moreover, it speaks to EMI’s focus on international and inter-institutional collaboration.

Benefits to competing students:
➢ Meeting high-profile representatives from industry and academia (online)
➢ Networking with conference participants, business executives, and more (online)
➢ Exposure to conference and case competition sponsors (online)
➢ Free admission to the conference (for finalists)
➢ Prize (TBD)

Click here to register to the case competition.

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The Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) annual conference to be held on November 6-7.

The decade that has changed Emerging Markets

The last 10 years has been transformational for Emerging markets; their economies have grown, poverty levels have gone down and, in some cases, extreme poverty has been eradicated. On the business side, their companies, mainly from China and Korea but also from India, Mexico or Brazil, have made inroads globally and have made major acquisitions globally. On the innovation front, emerging markets have increased patent applications and investments in research anddevelopment. EMI’s annual conference in November 2020 will celebrate the institute 10thanniversary and focus on the achievements of emerging markets over the last ten years. EMI was born in 2010 in theaftermath of the Global Financial crisis. A decadelater in 2020, emerging markets are faced with yet another global crisis and this is an opportune moment for the EMI Annual Conference to explore how emerging markets will not just cope with the Covid-19 crisis but also emerge stronger to shape the globalfuture.

Please register: https://bit.ly/EMIConference2020