The E. J. Ourso College's Emerging Markets Initiative has as its goal to help prepare future business leaders for cultural and academic exchanges, relations, and economic growth with emerging markets.

Under the guidance of Director Ye-Sho Chen, who is also a professor in the college's Department of Information Systems & Decision Sciences, the initiative offers highly qualified undergraduate and Flores MBA Program students the opportunity to complete courses on campus and experience emerging markets through travel abroad. Language immersion, study at universities in emerging markets, and work experiences with international companies all serve to enhance students' grasp of the subject matter and strengthen the spirit of international community.

From the study of languages and arts to the comparison of U.S. and emerging markets business and cultural practices, the initiative functions as a multipurpose, interdisciplinary program that offers a wide array of cross-cultural experience.