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November 2011
Wednesday
November 30, 2011
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

International Protection for Foreign Investors: Where are the Streets of Seattle?

Alumni Center, Pavilion Room

Wells, LouThis event features Lou Wells, the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management, Harvard Business School. Click here for a copy of the paper. Please RSVP with Kayne Bordes at 617-373-2182 or by email at cem@neu.edu. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets Fall Seminar Series.

Wednesday
November 02, 2011
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

Innovation in Emerging Markets

Alumni Center, Pavilion Room

Chakravorti, BhaskarThis event features Bhaskar Chakravorti, the senior associate dean and director of the Center for Emerging Market Enterprises at Fletcher School of Tufts University. Part of the Center for Emerging Markets Fall Seminar Series. Please RSVP to Kayne Bordes at 617-373-2182 or by email at cem@neu.edu.

September 2011
Thursday
September 29, 2011
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

Competitive Advantage of Emerging Market Multinationals

Alumni Center, Pavilion Room

This event features Peter Williamson of Cambridge University, UK, Afonso Fleury of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Maria Tereza Fleury, the Dean of FGV in Brazil, and Ravi Ramamurti, Director of the Center for Emerging Markets. This event is part of the Center for Emerging Markets Fall Seminar Series. RSVP to Kayne Bordes at 617-373-2182 or by email to cem@neu.edu.

July 2011
Saturday
July 30, 2011
9:30a.m. to 11:30a.m.
 

Truth Projects: Best Practices and Common Challenges

230 Dockser Hall, NEU School of Law     

    

Truth Projects: Best Practices and Common Challenges with Eduardo Gonzalez, Director, Truth and Memory Project of the International Center for Transitional Justice.

Thursday
July 21, 2011
8:00a.m. to 1:15p.m.
 

Third Annual Center for Emerging Markets Emerging Markets Symposium

John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute - West Village F (40 Leon Street, Boston)

Managing Innovation and Risk in Emerging Markets: Learn how to leverage emerging economies including India, China, Brazil, Russia and Mexico. Space is limited and registration is required by July 15. More information on the symposium here.

April 2011
Wednesday
April 13, 2011
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

Board Oversight Responsibilities in International Joint Ventures

270 Dodge Hall

reuer picPresented by Jeff Reuer, Blake Family Endowed Chair in Strategic Management and Goverance, Purdue University


Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation

Thursday
April 07, 2011
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

Curbing Corruption in Asian Countries

424 Hayden Hall

 

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Presented by Jon S.T. Quah, retired Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore.

 

Hosted by Professor Nikos Passas, School of Criminal Justice, NU



Organized jointly by Professor Nikos Passas and by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

March 2011
Wednesday
March 30, 2011
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

Chinese Justice from the Bottom Up

Faculty Club, Pavilion Room

 

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Presented by Margaret Woo, Professor of Law, Northeastern University

 

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

Tuesday
March 29, 2011
11:45a.m. to 12:45p.m.
 

WEBINAR: Competing with Emerging Market Multinationals: The Case of Thailand

Webinar

ThailandPresented by Professor Pavida Pananond, Thamassat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute 

Friday
March 25, 2011, Saturday
March 26, 2011, Sunday
March 27, 2011
 

CONFERENCE: The Competitive Advantage of Emerging-Market Multinationals

Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK

Conference Presented by Cambridge University, Northeastern University, and the University of Sao Paolo


 

February 2011
TBD  

POSTPONED: Emerging Markets and Business Group Effects: An Empirical Analysis of Corporate Acquisitions in India

TBD

 

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Presented by Anju Seth, Pamplin Professor, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

 

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

TBD  

WEBINAR: Competing with Emerging Market Multinationals: The Case of Malaysia

Webinar

 

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Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute 

 

TBD  

POSTPONED: International Protection for Foreign Investors: Where are the Streets of Seattle?

Faculty Club, Pavilion Room

 

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Presented by Louis T. Wells, Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management, Harvard Business School

 

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation. See paper here 

January 2011
Wednesday
January 26, 2011
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

Corruption and Crime in Emerging Markets

Faculty Club, Pavilion Room

 

Passas picPresented by Professor Nikos Passas, School of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University

 

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

Thursday
January 13, 2011
11:45a.m. to 12:45p.m.
 

WEBINAR: Competing with Emerging Market Multinationals: The Case of Israel

Webinar   

israelPresented by Professor Yair Aharoni, Issachar Haimovic Professor of Business Policy Emeritus, Tel Aviv University, Israel.


Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute 

December 2010
Tuesday
December 21, 2010
11:45a.m. to 12:45p.m.
 

WEBINAR: Competing with Emerging Market Multinationals: The Case of Egypt

Webinar

 

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Presented by Professor Ahmed H. Tolba of the American University, Cairo

 


Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation and the India-China-America Institute

Thursday
December 02, 2010
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

Do Local and International Venture Capitalists Play Well Together? A Study of International Venture Capital Investments

420 Hayden

 

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Presented by Karthik Krishnan, Assistant Professor of Finance, CBA, Northeastern University

 

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.  See paper here

November 2010
Wednesday
November 10, 2010
11:45a.m. to 12:45p.m.
 

WEBINAR: Competing with Emerging Market Multinationals: The Case of Mexico

Webinar

 

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Presented by Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Assistant Professor of International Business, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina

 

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute 

Thursday
November 04, 2010
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

ACTA and Doha: What Potential Impact on the Intellectual Property in Emerging Countries?

Room 42, Dockser Hall (lower level)

Sponsored by the NU School of Law and Academic Specialist Susan Montgomery

Wednesday
November 03, 2010
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

A Model for Teaching Entrepreneurship in the Developing World: Poverty, Micro-Entrepreneurship, Consulting and Capital

Faculty Club, Pavilion Room

DS photo2Presented by Professor Dennis Shaughnessy, Northeastern University

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

October 2010
Thursday
October 28, 2010
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

Economic Governance in a Networked World Economy: Global Production Networks, Territoriality, and Political Authority

Faculty Club, Pavilion Room

kobrin picPresented by Stephen J. Kobrin, Department of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

Download paper here 

Thursday
October 14, 2010, Friday
October 15, 2010
9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.
 

CONFERENCE: Workshop on Managing the Use of Favors in a Global Economy

340 Raytheon

 

 

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Organized and Hosted by Professor Sheila Puffer Walsh Research Professor and Cherry Family Senior Fellow of International Business and Professor Daniel McCarthy McKim-D’Amore Distinguished Professor of Global Management and Innovation.

 

 

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the College of Business Administration


Thursday
October 14, 2010, Friday
October 15, 2010
11:45a.m. to 1:30p.m.
 
Wednesday
October 13, 2010
11:45a.m. to 12:45p.m.
 

WEBINAR: Competing with Emerging Market Multinationals: The Case of Turkey

Webinar, as part of the fall series based on the book Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2009)

 

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Presented by Attila Yaprak, Professor of Marketing and International Business, Wayne State University

 

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-American Institute

Wednesday
October 06, 2010
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

Copycats: How Smart Companies Use Imitation to Gain a Strategic Edge

Faculty Club, Pavilion Room

shenkar picPresented by Professor Oded Shenkar, Ohio State University

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

Tuesday
October 05, 2010
4:00p.m. to 5:30p.m.
 

Corporate Social Responsibility in the BRIC Nations

Frost Lounge, Ell Hall

alon picPresented by Professor Ilan Alon of Rollins College

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

 

September 2010
Wednesday
September 22, 2010
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

Knowledge Creation in Multinationals and Return Migration: Evidence from Micro Data

Faculty Club, Pavilion Room

 

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Presented by Professor Prithwiraj Choudhury, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

 


See "Return Migration" paper here 

See "Seeking Resource or Knowledge" paper here 

August 2010
Thursday
August 05, 2010
7:30a.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

CONFERENCE: 2010 Emerging Markets Symposium: Opportunities and Challenges

Northeastern University John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute, Cabral Center

 

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Learn how companies are leveraging emerging economies including Brazil, China, India, Russia and Mexico. 

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and Associated Industries of Massachusetts--International Business Council and WorldBoston.

July 2010
Wednesday
July 14, 2010
11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.
 

WEBINAR: Competing with Emerging Market Multinationals: The Case of South Africa

Webinar, as part of a six-part series based on the book Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2009)


south africa photo4Presented by Andrea Goldstein, contributor to the book and OECD Development Centre Senior Economist, and Albert Wocke, Senior Lecturer at the Gordon Institute of Business Science.


Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute 

June 2010
Wednesday
June 09, 2010
11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.
 

WEBINAR: Competing with Emerging Market Multinationals: The Case of Russia

Webinar, as part of a six-part series based on the book Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2009)


russia picPresented by Dan McCarthy, contributor to the book and Alan S. McKim and Richard A. D'Amore Distinguished Professor of Global Management and Innovation and Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northeastern University and Sheila Puffer, contributor to the book and Walsh Research Professor and Cherry Family Senior Fellow of International Business at Northeastern University.


Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute

May 2010
Thursday
May 20, 2010
11:45a.m. to 12:45p.m.
 

WEBINAR: Competing with Emerging Market Multinationals: The Case of China

Webinar, as part of a six-part series based on the book Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2009)


shanghai photoPresented by Peter Williamson, contributor to the book and Visiting Professor of International Management at Cambridge University, Fellow Commoner of Jesus College.


Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute 

Thursday
May 20, 2010
6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m.
 

Business Opportunities and Challenges in Emerging Markets

Alumni Center
716 Columbus Avenue
6th Floor

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Presented by the Director for the Center of Emerging Markets, Ravi Ramamurti and McCarthy Family Research Fellow Chris Robertson.

 

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

Tuesday
May 11, 2010
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

Managing Mega Infrastructure Projects in Emerging Markets

Faculty Club, Pavilion Room

mega picPresented by Vinay Mudholkar, Technical Manager, Louis Berger Group, Inc.

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.  Abstract available for download here 

April 2010
Wednesday
April 14, 2010
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

Global Competitors as Next-Door Neighbors: Competition and Geographic Co-location in the Semiconductor Industry

424 Hayden Hall

juan alcacer picPresented by Juan Alcacer, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the Department of Economics, Northeastern University

Download paper here 

March 2010
Wednesday
March 10, 2010
11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.
 

WEBINAR: Competing with Emerging Market Multinationals: The Case of Brazil

Webinar, as part of the six-part series based on the book Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2009)


a brazil picPresented by Afonso Fleury, contributor to the book and Professor at the University of Sao Paulo, and Maria Tereza Fleury, contributor to the book and Professor of Management at the University of Sao Paulo

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute

February 2010
Thursday
February 11, 2010
12:00p.m. to 2:00p.m.
 

Not all Multinationals are National: The Ambiguity of an EM's Origin

Faculty Club, Pavilion Room

jose santos picPresented by Jose Santos, Professor of Practice in Global Management- INSEAD and Visiting Scholar, MIT Sloan
Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

Abstract available for download here 

Wednesday
February 10, 2010
11:30a.m. to 12:45p.m.
 

WEBINAR: Competing with Emerging Market Multinationals: The Case of India

Webinar, as part of a six-part series based on the book Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2009)


india picPresented by Professor Ravi Ramamurti, co-editor of the book and Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University.

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation, and the India-China-America Institute

 

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December 2009
Thursday
December 10, 2009
 

Non-market advantages of developing-country multinational companies

170 Dodge Hall

acc picPresented by Professor Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Assistant Professor, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

October 2009
Wednesday
October 14, 2009
 

The MNE as a Portfolio: Path-dependence and Interdependencies in MNE Growth Trajectory

170 Dodge Hall
Northeastern University Campus

ln pic 2Presented by Lilach Nachum, Professor of International Business, Baruch College, NY

Paper available for download here.

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

September 2009
Wednesday
September 23, 2009
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m.
 

Political Ties and Innovation in China

Clifford Lounge, Churchill Hall

jing li picPresented by Jing Li, Assistant Professor of International Business, Simon Fraser University

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, with partial support from BIE Grant, US Department of Education, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.

 

June 2009
Thursday
June 04, 2009
8:00a.m. to 1:00p.m.
 

2009 Emerging Markets Symposium: Opportunities and Challenges

360 Huntington Avenue

joe hamiltonHosted by Center for Emerging Markets Director, Ravi Ramamurti

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

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April 2009
Friday
April 03, 2009
 

The Venturesome Economy: How innovation sustains prosperity in a more connected world

140 Richards Hall

bhide picPresented by Amar Bhide, Lawrence D. Glaubinger Professor of Business, Columbia University

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

March 2009
Sunday
March 01, 2009
 

Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets

Northeastern University

jordan siegelPresented by Jordan Siegel, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Strategy Group, HBS

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

February 2009
Sunday
February 01, 2009
 

Comparative Economics Seminar: Entrepreneurship in Russia and China: The Impact of Formal Institutional Voids

Northeastern University

spuffer2picmccarthy picPresented by Walsh Research and Cherry Family Senior Fellow of International Business Professor Sheila Puffer and Professor Daniel McCarthy

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

Sunday
February 01, 2009
 

Globalization of the High Tech Labor Force

Northeastern University

billokPresented by William Lazonick
Professor and Director of the Center for Industrial Competitiveness
University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

November 2008
Saturday
November 01, 2008
 

Doing Business in Brazil and Mexico

Northeastern University

ravi picModerated by Professor Ravi Ramamurti
Director of the Center for Emerging Markets

Sponsored by the Massachusetts Alliance for International Business and the Center for Emerging Markets.

Saturday
November 01, 2008
 

Doing Business in Russia

Northeastern University

spuffer2picModerated by Walsh Research and Cherry Family Senior Fellow of International Business Professor Sheila Puffer

Sponsored by the Massachusetts Alliance for International Business and the Center for Emerging Markets.

October 2008
Wednesday
October 01, 2008
 

Political Strategy in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Chinese Private Sector

Northeastern University

nan jia picPresented by Nan Jia, PhD, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Sponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets.

Download the abstract here.

February 2008
June 2007
Friday
June 22, 2007, Saturday
June 23, 2007
 

Emerging Multinationals from Emerging Markets

Northeastern University

wharton partSponsored by the Center for Emerging Markets, and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

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