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Emerging Markets Institute
Unilever Chaired Professor of Marketing
Academic Director
INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute
Our Mission & Expertise
The INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) is a world class think-tank for the creation and dissemination of credible and timely information on issues related to business management, economic development and social progress in the emerging economies. This includes the development of cutting-edge pedagogical materials, research publications and data sets. INSEAD faculty have built up a significant body of academic and applied research on the emerging markets. Along with our Distinguished Fellows, they are also engaged in the development of pedagogical materials, research papers and documents related to the emerging markets.
Executive Director, INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute & Gender Initiative
Director, INSEAD Hoffman Global Institute for Business & Society, Asia
By 2050, the countries currently classified as “emerging” are projected to dominate the world's ten largest economies by GDP and purchasing power parity. Knowledge on these countries is an invaluable resource for leveraging their many opportunities. Based at the Asia campus in Singapore, and set up in partnership with the Economic Development Board of Singapore, EMI reflects the changing focus of global growth and emphasizes INSEAD's commitment to the region. INSEAD's three campuses in Fontainebleau, Singapore and Abu Dhabi provide the unique advantage of geographical proximity to emerging countries across the globe. We invite collaboration from other organisations, policy makers, corporations and academic institutes with a shared goal for the enhancement and dissemination of knowledge on the world's fastest growing economies.
In the Spotlight
News
Reuters covering the INSEAD/Thomson Reuters Asian Business Sentiment Survey 2020Q1
18 March 2020
Asian business confidence slumps on coronavirus impact
Article
Climate Change: Evading the “Too Late, Too Costly” Trap
21 January 2020
An article by Vinika D. Rao, Executive Director, INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute & Gender Initiative; Director, INSEAD Hoffman Global Institute for Business & Society, Asia
News
Reuters covering the INSEAD/Thomson Reuters Asian Business Sentiment Survey 2019Q4
18 December 2019
Asian business sentiment bounces back, but caution abounds
Article
India’s Quiet Digital Revolution
16 December 2019
An article by Vinika D. Rao, Executive Director, INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute & Gender Initiative; Director, INSEAD Hoffman Global Institute for Business & Society, Asia
Article
How Sugar Could Save the Borneo Rainforest
2 December 2019
An article by Dominique Lecossois, Distinguished Executive Fellow, INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute
Article
Big Food Is Ripe for a Revolution
30 October 2019
An article by Boris Liedtke, Distinguished Executive Fellow, INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute
Article
Three Cornerstones of Global Retail Innovation
4 October 2019
An article by Paddy Padmanabhan, INSEAD Professor of Marketing and Academic Director, INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute
Book
Athletic CEOs: Leadership in Turbulent Times - Second Edition
October 2019
By Stanislav Shekshnia, Alexey Ulanovsky and Veronika Zagieva
Article
The Coming Food Industry Revolution: You can have your cake with wine and eat it!
27 September 2019
An article by Boris Liedtke, Distinguished Executive Fellow, INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute
News
Reuters covering the INSEAD/Thomson Reuters Asian Business Sentiment Survey 2019Q3
18 September 2019
Asian firms' sentiment bounces from low but recession fears grow
Article
Disruption of Financial Services in Germany
26 July 2019
An article by Boris Liedtke and Peter Walburg
Article
Men United, for Women
22 July 2019
An article by Vinika D. Rao, Executive Director, INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute
Case Study
Rainforest Gold: From NGO to Social Enterprise
28 June 2019
By Sameer Hasija, Dominique Lecossois, V. (Paddy) Padmanabhan, Wina Andreini, Frederik Gerner, Nandini Vijayaraghavan
Article
Oiling the Wheels of Change in Traditional Business: The Marico Story
21 June 2019
An article by Vinika D. Rao, Executive Director, INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute
News
Reuters covering the INSEAD/Thomson Reuters Asian Business Sentiment Survey 2019Q2
19 June 2019
Trade tensions kick Asian business confidence to 10-year low
News
Reuters covering the INSEAD/Thomson Reuters Asian Business Sentiment Survey 2019Q1
20 March 2019
Asian business sentiment lingers near three-year low as trade war drags
Case Study
Embraer (A): A Brazilian Global Innovator
28 February 2019
By L. Felipe Monteiro and Anne-Marie Carrick
Research
Gender Equality In Asian Corporate Leadership: Distant Dream Or Achievable Ideal?
March 2018
INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute, Deutsche Bank
Emerging Markets Programmes
INSEAD programmes relevant to global emerging markets.
- Executive Degree Programme - TIEMBA
- Executive Education
- MBA electives
It is easy to overestimate the economic and technological changes of the presence as path-breaking and revolutionary. Only time will tell. But emerging markets do not have the luxury to wait. Capital markets will wax and wane and financial markets and industries adjust to whatever wins out in the the end. It is for this reason that policy makers, researchers, and industry leaders need to engage with each other often and frequently: they need to be part of a conversation on the changes seeming from Fintech, AI, and Big Data to ensure that stability and growth win out within the set of economic rules and economic that define markets in emerging Asia.
Stephan Danninger
Director of the IMF – Singapore Regional Training Institute
The best examples of leapfrogging and digital transformation often times are born out of a combination of need and enterprise - an opportunity that is representative of several emerging markets.
Maya Hari
Managing Director, Twitter Asia Pacific
The previous decades have witnessed a tremendous growth of new ventures in the emerging markets which lead innovations, ranging from new products to business models, from new organisation forms to market creation, from new ways of industry consolidation to social entrepreneurial activities. Knowledge from emerging markets would enlighten the Western world.
Guoli Chen
INSEAD Associate Professor of Strategy
Emerging markets hold unique opportunities for agile yet execution focused companies. Innovative approaches that leverage the technology affinity of emerging market customers allow profitable growth while solving real consumer challenges. In some areas, e.g., mobile payments, emerging markets are global lead markets. Any company that wants to be relevant in the future must be able to compete and participate in these segments.
Wilfried Aulbur
Senior Partner and Member of the Global Supervisory Board of Roland Berger Consultants
While advanced countries were ailing from the self-inflicted wounds of the global financial crisis, emerging markets showed resilience and maintained trade and growth. With advanced countries now succumbing to populism and navel-gazing, it will increasingly fall to emerging markets to take up the leadership, defend globalization and fight against nationalism and protectionism.
Beatrice Weder di Mauro
INSEAD EMI Distinguished Academic Fellow
Professor of Economics and the Chair of Economic Policy and International Macroeconomics at the University of Mainz, Germany
News
News
Reuters covering the INSEAD/Thomson Reuters Asian Business Sentiment Survey 2019Q3
18 September 2019
Asian firms' sentiment bounces from low but recession fears grow
News
Reuters covering the INSEAD/Thomson Reuters Asian Business Sentiment Survey 2019Q2
19 June 2019
Trade tensions kick Asian business confidence to 10-year low
News
Reuters covering the INSEAD/Thomson Reuters Asian Business Sentiment Survey 2019Q1
20 March 2019
Asian business sentiment lingers near three-year low as trade war drags
News
Reuters covering the INSEAD/Thomson Reuters Asian Business Sentiment Survey 2018Q4
19 December 2018
Asian business confidence wallows near three-year low on trade worries
News
Reuters covering the INSEAD/Thomson Reuters Asian Business Sentiment Survey 2018Q3
19 September 2018
Asian firms' confidence sinks to near three-year low on trade war fears
News
Reuters covering the INSEAD/Thomson Reuters Asian Business Sentiment Survey 2018Q2
20 June 2018
Asia business sentiment slips from 7-year high on trade worries
The European Financial Review
6 June 2018
In a Trade War, Europe Can Deal a Historic Blow to the U.S.
With the recent decision of President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum from Europe, Mexico and Canada, global tensions were quick to emerge as his protectionist measures could put a lot to jeopardy. Meanwhile, what strategies his closest allies can do in response to such policy are worth a closer look.
An article by Boris Liedtke, EMI Distinguished Executive Fellow and John Hulsman, American foreign policy expert
Diamond Harvard Business Review (Japan)
23 May 2018
Antonio Fatas, Professor of Economics at INSEAD, and Professor Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Distinguished Fellow at INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute, explore whether virtual currency will be an alternative to existing currency. They examine the influence of virtual currency technology on future banks and settlement systems.
Hospitality Biz India
30 April 2018
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Hospitality, Entrepreneurship and Female Leadership Development
Excerpt from the article: According to a study by Universum, INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute, the HEAD Foundation and MIT Leadership, one in four Gen Z students and professionals worldwide is interested in starting their own business. In terms of leadership aspirations, the gender gap is also closing across this young generation, a trend that began with their Millennial predecessors. 61% of Gen Z and Millennial women and 63% of Gen Z and Millennial men say that becoming a leader is important to them, compared to 52% of Gen X women and 63% of Gen X men.
Bloomberg Quint Opinion
14 April 2018
EMI Distinguished Academic Fellow Nirmalya Kumar on "India's Corporate Governance Problem Continues"
South China Morning Post
7 April 2018
How to Achieve Gender Balance at Work in Asia
V. Paddy Padmanabhan, Academic Director of the INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute and Vinika D. Rao, Executive Director of the INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute, write that while being cognisant of local norms and tailoring approaches to different parts of the region, leaders and organisations should also put men forward as champions of change to address gender inequality in Asia.
21 March 2018
Asian business sentiment edges up to hit 7-year high
Centre for Economic Policy Research
16 March 2018
CEPR appoints its next President
The Board of Trustees of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) announced the appointment of Professor Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Distinguished Fellow at the INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute, as the next President of CEPR. She will take over from the current President, Professor Richard Baldwin, on 1 July 2018.
Live Television Interview with Vinika D. Rao, Executive Director of INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute on BBC World's Asia Business Report
8 March 2018
International Women’s Day/ INSEAD-Deutsche Bank Research Report on Gender Equality
INSEAD Press Release in Asia
5 March 2018
Gender Equality in Asian Corporate Leadership Is an Achievable Reality
New research by INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute reveals emergent themes and major implications for gender parity in Asian corporate leadership
INSEAD Knowledge
Climate Change: Evading the “Too Late, Too Costly” Trap
A new crop of rational, well-groomed climate sceptics is pushing a persuasive brand of defeatism that the world cannot afford.
India’s Quiet Digital Revolution” Trap
As China’s breakneck digitisation rivets the world, another Asian giant is unfurling its own transformation.
How Sugar Could Save the Borneo Rainforest
The right business model could unlock the economic and environmental potential of the Arenga palm tree.
Three Cornerstones of Global Retail Innovation
INSEAD experts and industry executives drill down to the basic human needs driving changes in retail.
Big Food Is Ripe for a Revolution
The wine industry shows how eco-friendly production can benefit both companies and consumers.
Oiling the Wheels of Change in Traditional Business: The Marico Story
How a traditional family business built on spice became a multinational giant of consumer goods.
Automakers, Don't Listen to Henry Ford
Car manufacturers would be wise to invest in multiple alternatives to the conventional car in order to succeed in diverse markets.
How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming the IT Hierarchy
The ability to adapt and learn quickly helps smaller IT companies compete against industry heavyweights.
Fund Management for Non-Profits
How charities can best manage their money in the long term
A series based on the forthcoming book Good Practices for Managing Funds for Non-Profit Organisations, by Boris N. Liedtke and Peter Lai.
What if the EU Invited Canada to Join Its Bloc?
Trump’s trade war opens the door to a move that would change the geopolitical game entirely.
Where Amazon Is Headed With Whole Foods
The search is still on for a viable omni-channel business model in the grocery industry.
Three Cornerstones of Global Retail Innovation
INSEAD experts and industry executives drill down to the basic human needs driving changes in retail.
Tailored Approaches Needed for Gender Balance
Greater male involvement and tailored programmes are emerging as sources of hope in tackling gender inequality in Asia.
Partners
Founding Partner
EMI has been set up in partnership with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) who is the lead government agency for planning and executing strategies to enhance Singapore’s position as a global business centre. Their mission is to create sustainable economic growth with vibrant business and good job opportunities in Singapore.
Founding Partner
Mr. Finn. Rausing, MBA’81
“I deeply care about making people understand and appreciate the interplay between history, culture, people, education and free enterprise in economic development which enables liberal society to develop and flourish. Through INSEAD and this Institute I feel like contributing to a worthwhile quest.”
Institutional Collaborations
EMI is proud to work in collaboration with reputed institutional partners.
EMI invites collaboration with other organisations, policy makers, corporations and academic institutes with a shared goal for the enhancement and dissemination of knowledge on the world's fastest growing economies which will shape the future. For more information, please email EMI.
Who We Are
Core Team
Academic Director
Executive Director
Executive Assistant
Project Manager
Distinguished Academic Fellows
Academic Fellow
Professor of Economics and Chair of Economic Policy and International Macroeconomics, University of Mainz; President, Center for Economic Policy Research
Distinguished Executive Fellows
Visiting Academic Fellows
Visiting Fellow
Phoenix Chair Professor of Finance, PBC School of Finance; Director of China Finance Case Center; Director of Phoenix Healthcare Finance Research Center, Tsinghua University; Senior Fellow, Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research
Visiting Fellow
Fellow of the Institute on Asian Consumer Insight, Nanyang Technological University; Honorary Visiting Professor, Chaoyang University of Technology; Affiliated Faculty, Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC), Northwestern University
INSEAD Fellows
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
INSEAD
Professor of Economics
INSEAD
Research Advisory Committee
Professor of Strategy
Professor of Marketing
Assisant Professor of Technology and Operations Management
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
Professor of Organisational Behaviour
Emerging Markets Student Club
The Emerging Market Club is born from the collaboration of eight INSEAD students of the July 2020 class. The aim of the club is to raise awareness of the problems and opportunities that emerging economies face in their relatively stable growth.
Singapore
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Fontainebleau
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
