Lourdes S. Casanova

Lourdes S. Casanova

  • Senior Lecturer
  • Gail and Roberto Cañizares Director of the Emerging Markets Institute
  • Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business

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Interdisciplinary Theme

Faculty Expertise

  • International Business with a Focus on Emerging Markets
  • China, Latin America, India
  • Family Business
  • Global Business
  • Innovation
  • Strategy

Biography

Lourdes Casanova is the Gail and Roberto Cañizares Director of the Emerging Markets Institute and senior lecturer at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Formerly of the strategy department at INSEAD, she specializes in international business with a focus on Latin America and multinationals from emerging markets.

In 2014 and 2015, Casanova was named as one of the 50 most influential Iberoamerican intellectuals by Esglobal. She is a member of the board of directors of Boyce Thompson Institute.

Casanova is a Fulbright Scholar who holds a PhD from Universidad de Barcelona and MA from the University of Southern California.

Selected Publications

Awards and Honors

  • One of the 30 most influential Iberoamerican women intellectuals by Esglobal (2017) Esglobal
  • One of the 50 most influential Iberoamerican intellectuals by Esglobal (2014 - 2015) Foundation for International Relations and Dialogue
  • One of the 50 most influential Iberoamerican intellectuals by Esglobal (2014) Foundation for International Relations and Dialogue

Recent Courses

  • NBA 6370 - Current Global Issues for Business: China, India, Latin America, Europe and beyond
  • NBAE 6440 - Disruptive Innovative Companies from China and Other Emerging Markets
  • NBAY 5550 - Entrepreneurship and Alternative Finance in Emerging Economies
  • NBA 5920 - Experience in International Management
  • NBA 5260 - Leaders in Emerging Markets

Academic Degrees

  • PhD Universidad de Barcelona, 1995
  • MA University of Southern California, 1989
  • MA Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1986
  • Bachelor Universidad de Barcelona, 1981