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April 2008
Market Potential Index for Emerging Markets - 2008
April 30, 2008  - Michigan State University   [Details]

The focus of this study is ranking the market potential of 27 countries identified as an "Emerging Market" by The Economist magazine. The index, which has been published annually on globalEDGE by MSU-CIBER since 1995, uses a number of market growth indicators to determine the attractiveness of emerging markets. The on-line, interactive rankings allow users to rank emerging markets on the basis of any of the eight dimensions comprising the
February 2008
SDSU CIBER Spring 2008 Magazine
February 22, 2008  - San Diego State University   [Details]

an update of SDSU CIBER activities for the 2007-08 academic year
April 2007
Leadership for the Global Marketplace
April 6, 2007  - San Diego State University   [Details]

Overview of San Diego State University's 2006-07 accomplishments in international business education, research, and outreach.
January 2007
Brazilians Working with Americans: Cultural Case Studies
January 2, 2007  - University of Florida   [Details]

Brazilians Working With Americans presents ten short case studies that effectively illustrate many of the cultural factors that come into play when North American business professionals work in Brazil. The authors summarize each case and the aspects of culture it involves, and American and Brazilian executives comment on the cultural differences highlighted by that case. A list of topics and questions for discussion also help draw out the lessons of each business situation. To make the book equally useful to Brazilians and Americans (whether businesspeople or language students), the entire text is presented in both English and Portuguese.
Market Potential Indicators Rankings
January 1, 2007  - Michigan State University   [Details]

The focus of this study is ranking the market potential of 27 countries identified as an "Emerging Market" by The Economist magazine. The index, which has been published annually on globalEDGE by MSU-CIBER since 1995, uses a number of market growth indicators to determine the attractiveness of emerging markets. The on-line, interactive rankings allow users to rank emerging markets on the basis of any of the eight dimensions comprising the overall index, thus allowing for extensive customization.
September 2006
The Relationsihp among Macroeconomic Factory Accounting Systems, Bias and Accuracy
September 1, 2006  - Brigham Young University   [Details]

Article will appear in Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting Volume 17, No. 3, Autumn, 2006
February 2006
International Business, 4/E
February 13, 2006  - Indiana University   [Details]

Taking a regional approach, this text challenges some of the underlying assumptions behiind globalization and focuses on both the dominant economies-the EU, the U.S. and Japan-as well as emerging markets, such as Brazil, India and China. The book also integrates analysis of the competitive environment and the internal resources of the firm to provide a strategic view of international business.
December 2005
Internalization, International Diversification and the Multinational Enterprise, 11
December 11, 2005  - Indiana University   [Details]

This research volume includes a synthesis of recent advances in the theory of the multinational enterprise (ME), with a focus on internalization and international diversification (ID) issues. It proposes important extensions of ME theory, especially as regards the importance of geography to multinational strategy, and the linkages between internalization and ID. The book also introduces the study of various new topics in IB research, namely regional (as opposed to global) strategy analysis, global alliances that lead to alliance specific advantages, and environmental aspects of international strategy.
Global Business Languages, Volume 10: New Initiatives
December 1, 2005  - Purdue University   [Details]

Funded by Purdue Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), the Purdue Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures annually publishes “Global Business Languages.” Volume Ten contains eleven articles written by leading language pedagogy researchers from major universities that discuss innovative practices and perspectives in business language education.
April 2005
"Pura Vida: Using Study Abroad to Engage Undergraduate Students in Comparative Politics Research"
April 10, 2005  - Georgia Institute of Technology   [Details]

The Growing Importance of Study Abroad and Suggestions for Establishing Successful Programs
January 2005
Analysis of Multinational Strategic Management
January 1, 2005  - Indiana University   [Details]

Characterized by new analytical insights and methods in the field of international business, this collection of articles by Alan Rugman and Alain Verbeke celebrates their long and productive work together on issues facilty top managers of multinational enterprises.
Journal of Asian Business
January 1, 2005  - University of Michigan   [Details]

The Journal is recognized as the pre-eminent academic journal in the rapidly expanding field of Asian business studies. It serves as a unique means of communicating new ideas and analysis across different academic disciplines, between scholars and businesspeople, and among contributors and subscribers from all over the world. In scope, it covers all of Asia, focusing on business, management, economics, political economy, economic and business history, development studies, and comparative and cross-cultural studies of relevance to the dynamic world of Asian business. In addition to scholarly articles dealing with all aspects of business in Asia, the Journal also published research reports, conference reports, reviews of books and other educational materials, interviews with and addresses by business leaders in Asia, and information on electronic data sources. Once a year, the Journal also publishes a special issue, devoted to exploring a single topic in greater depth. Recent special issues have included the Evolution of Asian Business Systems, Human Resource Management in Asia, and Overseas Chinese Business Networks. The Journal is released three times per year.
November 2004
Global Business Language Volume 9: New Synergies, New Times
November 1, 2004  - Purdue University   [Details]

“Global Business Languages” is printed annually by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in conjunction with Purdue CIBER. Volume nine contains eleven articles presented at the April 2003 CIBER Languages Conference hosted by Florida International University’s CIBER, Miami, Florida.
August 2004
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits
August 1, 2004  - University of Michigan   [Details]

In spring of 2003, ten teams of MAP students were selected to work on a special project (xMAP) with Prof. C.K. Prahalad (Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business), to document how companies across the world were working successfully to provide products and services and improve the living conditions of the poorest of the poor. Along with written case studies, each team also produced a video documentary of the companies and the people they serve. The cases and videos created have helped change global development policy at the State Department, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
February 2004
Harvard Business Review on Leadership in a Changed World
February 27, 2004  - University of Michigan   [Details]

What does it take to be a leader in a global economy? In the face of the current worldwide economic slump and recent international upheaval, this question has become increasingly difficult to answer. This volume explores the role of leadership in light of globalization and changing economies. With the help of renowned experts like Rosabeth Moss Kanter and C. K. Prahalad, readers will learn how to be strong leaders in an unpredictable world.
January 2004
North American Economic and Financial Integration
January 1, 2004  - Indiana University   [Details]

Selected papers first presented at the Canada-United States Business Conference held at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, on April 11-12, 2003. The set of 18 chapters in this book are grouped into 3 major sections. Part I deals with regional economic integration in North America, including papers on the strategies of multinational enterprises and exporting firms. Part II deals with financial integration in North America and the issues of a common currency. Specific industry sectors and issues of public policy across the Canada-U.S. border are examined in Part III. Key issues of current interest and concern examined include: cross border trade & security; NAFTA at age 10; & the impact of the FTAA on NAFTA; the FTAA & civil society. Key policy areas discussed included regulation, labor mobility, productivity, & specific sectoral issues. In addition to this examination of key issues, authors also explore managerial and public policy implications of their findings. ISBN 0762310944
March 2003
Social Science in Europe, Japan, and the United States
March 1, 2003  - UCLA   [Details]

Frank Dobbin, Carola Frege, and Michio Nitta have given us a set of intriguing and learned essays, each focusing on how the social sciences are embedded in disparate cultural and legal matrixes in Europe, Japan, and the United States. While they focus on different topics and different kinds of explanations, their conclusions—that there is a universal social science tradition as well as distinctive national variants of it—are similar.
October 2000
Coping with Globalization
October 2, 2000  - Indiana University   [Details]

Drawing together a panel of international experts, the volume examines pertinent issues such as: Globalization and Federalism; Monetary Policy in a Globalized World; Environmental Regulations and the Global Strategies of Multinational Enterprises; and Globalization and Telecommunication Policy.
February 2000
Responding to Globalisation
February 10, 2000  - Indiana University   [Details]

2nd book in series from a panel of international experts, volume examines forces and dynamics of globalization in China, South Korea, Japan, and Australia; the intnl monetary system after the Euro; Latin American corporate strategy; transnational & subnational pressures in the Russian transition; and mediating globalization & social integration in post-Communist societies.