Lourdes Casanova

Lourdes Casanova is Senior Lecturer of Management and Gail and Roberto Cañizares Director of the Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University's Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. She is a Fulbright Scholar with expertise in international business, emerging markets, and multinational corporations from Latin America and China. Her affiliations include board membership at Boyce Thompson Institute, co-founding the Ithaca Hub of Global Shapers, and serving as founding board member of the Societé des Amis du Chateau de Fontainebleau.

Education includes:

• PhD from Universidad de Barcelona (1995)
• MA from University of Southern California (1989)
• MA from Universiteit van Amsterdam (1986)
• BA from Universidad de Barcelona (1981)

Her research examines the intersection of business strategy and economic development in emerging economies, with focus areas spanning internationalization patterns of multinational corporations, innovation ecosystems, sustainable development frameworks, and comparative analyses of emerging markets. She investigates how institutional environments shape corporate strategies and how businesses navigate global economic shifts.

Publications demonstrate consistent focus on emerging market dynamics, with recent works examining ESG frameworks for developing economies, geopolitical realignments affecting multinationals, and innovation pathways. Her scholarship reveals growing emphasis on sustainable development, digital transformation, and comparative analyses between Asian and Latin American business ecosystems.

Honors include:

• Fulbright Scholarship
• Esglobal's 30 Most Influential Iberoamerican Women (2017)
• Esglobal's 50 Most Influential Iberoamerican Intellectuals (2014-2015)
• Esglobal's 50 Most Influential Iberoamerican Intellectuals (2014)

As Director of Cornell's Emerging Markets Institute, she oversees research initiatives examining global business trends in developing economies and organizes the annual EMI Conference. She leads projects analyzing international business strategies and maintains research partnerships with institutions across Latin America, Europe, and Asia.