Influencing Practice

	2011 Events
	2011 Emerging Markets Symposium On July 21, 2011, Northeastern's Center for Emerging Markets held its third annual Emerging Markets Symposium. See Conference Photos Here Read Speaker Bios Here

	2010 Events
	Northeastern Hosts Forum for Social Entrepreneurs On October 30, 2010, Northeastern hosted the ForSE 2010: Forum for Social Entrepreneurs. The forum, which geared towards fostering discussions of new technology and business ideas, as well as using expertise in business to address social and environmental problems, brought together over 200 scholars, students, social innovators, and investors. In addition to talking about pressing social needs, the work of social entrepreneurs, as well as health, education and technology, the forum also highlighted the work of Northeastern’s Social Enterprise Institute (SEI), which is founded and directed by Professor Dennis Shaughnessy, and is the only such institute in the Boston area. Through SEI, Northeastern students have visited the Dominican Republic, Belize and South Africa, where they to assessed local micro-finance programs and interacted with local entrepreneurs. Joseph E. Aoun praised the institute, stating: “What the students are doing is powerful and impact-ful.” The conference was sponsored by SEI, Net Impact, and TiE Boston, the local chapter of a global non-profit organization promoting entrepreneurship.
	2010 Emerging Markets Symposium The 2010 Emerging Markets Symposium brings together academics, practitioners and business leaders in order to understand how to better leverage emerging economies including India, China, Brazil, Russia and Mexico. Executives shared their insights about working in these markets, discussed the opportunities and challenges of working in, and with companies in, these markets, in 2010 and beyond. Photo: opening panel See Conference Photos Here
	CEM Director Keynote Speaker at Gathering of Brazil's Vice-President and CEOs CEM Director Ravi Ramamurti was the Keynote Speaker at a gathering of Brazilian CEOs on March 9, 2010. His topic was “India’s New Global Giants.” The chief guest was Brazil’s Vice President Jose Alencar Gomes da Silva, who participated in the ensuing discussions. The event was organized by the Chairman of Sao Paulo’s World Trade Center, Mr Ozires Silva. Invited guests included about 60 CEOs of Brazilian companies, including Embratel and Embraer, and multinationals, such as Volkswagen and HSBC. Photo: Brazil's Vice President Jose Alencar with Prof. Ramamurti and Mr. Ozires Silva
	CEM and ICA Co-Sponsor Six-Part Webinar Series: Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets In February 2010, the Center for Emerging Markets (CEM) and the India China America Institute (ICA) sponsored the first seminar of a six-part webinar series based on the book, Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2009). The series will explore many of the key themes and case studies presented in the book, including the reasons why many firms internationalized so aggressively in the last decade, the strategies they employed to build their global presence, and the implications internationalization has on Western firms and business theory in general. For more details please see CEM Events.
	2009 Events
	HR Summit on Innovations in Executive Education in Emerging Markets In August 2009, the CEM and the CBA’s Executive Education office co-sponsored a summit for Chief Human Resource Officers on “Innovations in Executive Education for Emerging Markets” at Emory University. The lead organizers were the India-China-American (ICA) Institute and Emory University’s Center for Executive Education. Eight participants from Brown Brothers Harriman, EMC, Hasbro, IBM, Liberty Mutual, and State Street attended as guests of the CEM, joining a total of nearly 100 participants in a terrific program that featured Jim Bolt, Marshall Goldsmith, Jeanne Meister, Professor Jagdish Sheth, and CEM Director Ravi Ramamurti. A follow-up summit may be held at Northeastern University in the coming year.
	2009 Emerging Markets Symposium: "Understanding International Markets" On June 4, 2009, the Center for Emerging Markets (CEM) hosted its first corporate outreach event with the help of CBA’s Executive Education office and its director, Beth Cliff. The symposium, which was hosted by CEM Director Ravi Ramamurti, included representatives from several major companies: Liberty Mutual International, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Lukas Ruecker, and Staples. The event focused on helping businesses expand into emerging markets. The panelists: Joe Hamilton, executive vice president and chief strategy and business-development officer at Liberty Mutual International; Shiraz Ladiwala, vice president and general manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Asia-Pacific; and Lukas Ruecker, vice president of emerging markets at Staples- discussed the various challenges and opportunities that their companies faced when expanding overseas. Photo (Craig Bailey): Audience Members Listen to Speaker
	CEM Works With Associated Industries of Massachusetts
	IBM India Partners with NU CBA to Create Online MBA Program In 2009, IBM partnered with Northeastern University’s College of Business Administration to create an online degree program designed to provide IBM employees based in Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi with an opportunity to earn an MBA. The program, which was developed in part by Peter Lynt, Vice- President for Global Process Delivery at IBM and Thomas Moore, CBA Dean, is aimed at not only attracting and keeping talented managers, but it is also geared toward improving the quality and global competitiveness of India’s IBM employees. The Online MBA program has also gone over well with IBM employees, as it provides busy professionals with a chance to enhance their skills and qualifications without interrupting their careers. According to Mike Zack, Professor of Information, Operations and Analysis and Executive Faculty Director of Online Learning, the IBM India Online MBA program is a “natural extension of the Online MBA program the school launched in 2006” (as quoted in FT.com).
	CEM and CBA Executive Education Office Work Together The CBA’s office for Executive Education and its Director, Beth Cliff, have partnered with CEM on many initiatives. Among them were the “Emerging Markets Update” organized on campus (June 2009) and the HR Summit at Emory University in Atlanta (August 2009). CEM affiliated faculty have also taught in executive education programs organized by Beth Cliff at companies like EMC Corporation (including one scheduled for Singapore in May 2010), Thermo Fisher, and the SK Group (Korea). They have also lectured to visiting executive MBA students visiting NU from Moscow State University (Russia), ISCAE (Morocco), Nirma University (India) and the University of Ghana. Beth Cliff also played an instrumental role in building a relationship with the Associated Industries of Massachusetts (International Business Council) in which CEM faculty participated as moderators for panels on doing business in various emerging markets. See more details on many of these activities in the newsletter.