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Could Google’s censored search engine penetrate China’s ‘Great Firewall’?

August 23, 2018

Thomas Jungbauer, assistant professor of strategy and business economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, comments on news that Google is testing a censored search engine for the Chinese market.

Computing & Information Sciences
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Johnson Graduate School of Management

China is opening up its car market. Here’s why

April 17, 2018

Shanjun Li, professor of economics and policy at Cornell University, comments on China's decision to gradually open up its car industry to foreign investment by removing existing limits to foreign ownership of car ventures. 

International
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Law and Policy
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Shanjun Li | Cornell Dyson School

No more Castro: Cuba’s change of guards starts a day early

April 16, 2018

This week, Cuba will undergo a historical transition. Raul Castro, who succeeded his brother Fidel as president in 2008, will officially leave that office and Cuba’s National Assembly is to pick the country’s next leader — the…

International
Foreign Policy
Law and Policy
Arts and Sciences
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Gustavo A. Flores-Macías
director of the Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University

Spotify’s NYSE debut is unique, does not signal broader shift

April 3, 2018

Drew Pascarella, lecturer of finance at Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, comments on Spotify’s unorthodox NYSE listing.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
New York City
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Johnson Graduate School of Management
Drew Pascarella

Colombians head to the polls amidst growing government distrust

March 8, 2018

Colombia is gearing up for congressional elections on Sunday, which may result in a split congress where no party obtains a majority.

Law and Policy
International Reach
Foreign Policy
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Johnson Graduate School of Management
director of the Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University

With Express Pool, Uber mirrors buses, steps into high volume market

February 21, 2018

Tom Schryver, visiting lecturer at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, comments on Uber's new product Express Pool.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Johnson Graduate School of Management
Tom Schryver

Transparency is key in proposed changes to tipping rules

December 11, 2017

Manoj Thomas, professor of marketing at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and an expert in consumer behavior, weighs in on the issue of labor standards in the restaurant industry and proposed changes on the way workplaces can share tips among their employees.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Law, Government & Public Policy
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Labor Relations & Human Resources
Washington D.C.
Johnson Graduate School of Management
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Associate Professor of Marketing at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Trump's plan for government-operated 5G network is illogical and irrational

January 29, 2018

Aija Leiponen, professor at Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, says that the the Trump administration's proposal to nationalize the 5G network will likely not restore the technological leadership that the U.S. has lost. 

Law and Policy
Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Associate Professor of Economics at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

AT&T-Time Warner deal made worse by repeal of net neutrality

December 11, 2017

Aija Leiponen, professor at Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, comments on the possibility of a AT&T-Time Warner merger and its impact on consumers.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Computing & Information Sciences
Law, Government & Public Policy
Washington D.C.
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
Associate Professor of Economics at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

Silicon Valley fuels renewable energy demand as Washington steps back on climate change

December 11, 2017

Glen Dowell, a corporate sustainability researcher and associate professor of management and organizations at Cornell University's SC Johnson College of Business, says the decisions tech companies are making to prioritize renewables are potentially filling the void left by Washington.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Washington D.C.
Glen Dowell