"Penn Lauder CIBER with the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education offered an extremely innovative and highly engaging 30-hour intensive business language program."
National Security and Economic Competitiveness (2007-2009)
Jan 1, 2009
Global Business Project - University of North Carolina
The Global Business Project (GBP) puts teams of MBA students from 10 leading business schools to work solving real problems facing real companies wanting to improve their competitiveness in one of four target countries: Brazil, China, Japan or Poland. The GBP's highly motivated students apply functional, cross-cultural and foreign language skills to produce strategic advice that is focused, compelling and actionable. Likely topics include supply chain issues, marketing research, market entry, and new product introductions. The student teams will conduct project work in March and April 2009, culminating in a two-week long in-country visit in late May. Final reports will be delivered shortly thereafter.
Jan 4, 2009
Vietnam FDIB 2009 - University of Hawaii at Manoa
The University of Wisconsin and University of Hawaii are pleased to host the 2009 Vietnam Faculty Development in International Business (FDIB). The program will focus on the unique aspects of doing business in Vietnam, comparing and contrasting the business environments of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and Hanoi. Each city will begin with background briefings from U.S. Commercial Attaches, followed by site visits to a diversity of firms in the manufacturing, professional services, and retail industries. Ho Chi Minh City will emphasize the rapidly growing SMEs and MNE outsourcing, while Hanoi will emphasize the transition of State Owned Enterprises. Targeted audience are business faculty from two or four year colleges and universities interested in incorporating Asian content into their curriculum.
Timeframes: Deadline for Application (September 19), Acceptance Notification and Deposit Due (October 3), Payment Due (November 7), Passports with Vietnam Visa should be in hand (December 19), Departure Date from US Origination City (January 3).
The Vietnam FDIB website is at: http://www.bus.wisc.edu/ciber/vietnamfdib/
Jan 4, 2009
China Faculty Development in International Business Program - University of Colorado at Denver
Participants in the "China: An Emerged Economic Powerhouse in the Global Economy" program gain firsthand knowledge of the dynamic growth of two of China's leading economic regions – the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta/Hong Kong, and see how China is being transformed from a planned economy into a globally competitive market oriented economy. They visit Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Hosted by the University of Colorado Denver and the University of Maryland.
Jan 29, 2009
Roundtable: Reflecting on the 50 year anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. - University of Pennsylvania
Invited panelists: Román de la Campa, María de los Angeles Torres, Louis Perez
Cuba Roundtable
January 28th, 2009
Román de la Campa
Edwin B. and Lenore R. Williams Professor of Romance Languages
Chair, Romance Languages Department
University of Pennsylvania
María de los Angeles Torres
Director, Latin American and Latino Studies Program
UIC
Louis A. Perez
J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor & Editor, Cuban Journal
UNC
The Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) were created under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to increase and promote the nation's capacity for international understanding and economic enterprise. Administered by the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the CIBER program links the manpower and information needs of U.S. business with the international education, language training, and research capacities of universities across the U.S. Thirty-one universities were designated as centers that serve as regional and national resources to business, students, and academics. Together, the CIBERs form a powerful network focused on improving American competitiveness and providing comprehensive service and programs that help U.S. business succeed in global markets. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe from our mailing list.