Join the Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University for a research lecture by Professor João Albino-Pimentel exploring the intersection of business power and political influence in emerging economies.

Drawing on a unique dataset of Ukrainian tycoons, this talk examines why powerful business leaders engage in political activity such as funding parties or running for office. The research explores how institutional conditions, political vulnerability, and media ownership shape the ways business elites participate in political markets.

The lecture offers new insight into how political and economic power interact in developing democracies and how emerging market institutions influence the strategies of business leaders.

Meet the Speaker

João Albino-Pimentel is a Moore Fellow and Associate Professor of International Business at the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina. His research explores how firms navigate geopolitical risk, stakeholder pressures, and institutional complexity across countries through non-market strategies.

His work has been published in leading journals, including Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, and Global Strategy Journal. Albino-Pimentel serves on the editorial review boards of several academic journals and is an SRF Dissertation Scholar. Before joining USC, he was an Assistant Professor of Strategy and International Business at Copenhagen Business School and a Research Scholar at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. He holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from HEC Paris.

About the Nardone Family Seminar Series

Made possible by a gift from David R. Nardone, the Nardone Family Seminar Series at the Center for Emerging Markets brings academics and practitioners to Northeastern University to share insights about emerging markets with the Boston community.

The longtime series has hosted over 150 speakers since the Center for Emerging Markets' inception, thanks to Nardone's support. Speakers have discussed topics ranging from family business to climate resilience, fintech trends to medical innovation, corporate governance to international policy, and more. These speakers have similarly come to CEM from a diverse array of academic and professional backgrounds and have shared their knowledge on research, trends, and innovations touching nearly every continent.

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