The Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education

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The Georgia TechCenter for International
Business Education Research (GT
CIBER) Advisory Council Meetings 2003 and
2004 Georgia Institute of Technology, DuPree
College of Management, 800 West Peachtree
Street, N.W.,Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0520 http//w
ww.ciber.gatech.edutel  404 894 1463 fax 4094
894 6625
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Congressionally Mandated Objectives

• Be a national resource for teaching international
  business techniques, strategies, and
  methodologies
• Provide instruction in foreign languages critical
  to U.S. global competitiveness
• Extend knowledge through research on all aspects
  of international business and related fields
• Train students to be globally competitive
• Be a regional resource to the local business
  community
• Serve other faculty, student, and institutions of
  higher education within the region

Higher Education Act as Amended, Section 611,
Creating the U.S. Ciber Program (Being
Reauthorized in 2003)
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Southeastern Funded CIBERs,2002-2006

• Georgia Institute of Technology
• University of South Carolina, Columbia
• Duke University
• University of Memphis
• Florida International University
• The University of Florida
• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

GT
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Other Funded CIBERs, 2002-2006

• Columbia University
• Duke University
• Indiana University
• Michigan State University
• Ohio State University
• Purdue University
• San Diego State University
• Temple University
• Texas A M University
• Thunderbird American Graduate School of
  International Management
• University of California - Los Angeles
• University of Colorado - Denver
• University of Connecticut

• University of Hawaii - Manoa
• University of Illinois at Urbana
• University of Kansas
• University of Michigan
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Southern California
• University of Texas Austin
• University of Utah
• University of Washington
• University of Wisconsin

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Building on Phases I, II and III
(1993-2002)Programmatic Achievements

• Master of Business Administration
  internationalized
• Over 12 new graduate international management
  courses developed
• Numerous business and technical language courses
  developed
• Good collaboration with local economic
  development agencies established
• Several new joint degrees and certificate program
  internationalize education at Georgia Tech
• Language programs incorporate new and innovative
  means of delivery
• 21 Overseas partnerships up and running with
  graduate student exchanges
• Active interdisciplinary research agenda focused
  on technology and competitiveness
• Numerous DCoM executive and professional
  management education initiatives established

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Quantifying Outputs of GT CIBER, Phases I, II,
III, IV (1993-2003) Slide I

• Number of IB-related courses offered
• - 93-94 12
• - 94-95 14
• - 95-96 24 undergraduate, 22 graduate
• - 96-97 26 undergraduate, 24 graduate
• - 97-98 29 undergraduate, 26 graduate
• - 98-99 26 undergraduate, 22 graduate
• - 99-00 24 undergraduate, 18 graduate
• - 00-01 22 undergraduate, 20 graduate
• - 01-02 18 undergraduate, 21 graduate
• Number of GT Students Enrolled in IB-related
  courses
• - September 93-June 95 650
• - 95-96 978 undergraduates, 333 graduates
• - 96-97 960 undergraduates, 416 graduates
• - 97-98 1,010 undergraduates, 455 graduates
• - 98-99 988 undergraduates, 385 graduates
• - 99-00 960 undergraduates, 360 graduates
• - 00-01 1,080 undergraduates, 500 graduates
• - 01-02 810 undergraduate, 525 graduates

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Quantifying Outputs of GT CIBER, Phases I, II,
III IV (1993-2003) Slide II

• Number of new IB-related courses created with
  CIBER support
• - 93-03 24 (cumulative)
• Number of IB-related courses revised/upgraded/inte
  rnationalized with CIBER support
• - 93-95 9
• - 95-96 9
• - 96-97 7
• - 97-98 7
• - 98-99 23 (with new I-EMBA courses 22)
• - 99-00 17
• - 00-01 14
• - 01-02 8
• GT students getting IB-related overseas exposure
  officially sponsored
• - 94-95 45
• - 95-96 65
• - 96-97 219 (Including select study abroad
  programs.)
• - 98-99 53
• - 99-00 76 (Total of 561 GT students went
  overseas.)
• - 00-01 68 (Total of 493 GT students went
  overseas.)

Source Intl Education Office, GT
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Quantifying Outputs of GT CIBER, Phases I, II,
III IV (1993-2003) Slide III

• Number of faculty PhD student IB-related
  research projects supported
• - 93-96 18 - 98-99 9
• - 96-97 8 - 99-00 11
• - 97-98 8 - 00-01 15
• - 01-02 15 (incl. Two faculty fellowships)
• Number of GT CIBER Working Papers
• 93-03 253 Working Papers (available on
  request)
• Number of book-length publications with support
  from CIBER
• 96-03 16
• Number of outreach events CIBER organized or
  sponsored
• Feb. 1, 94 Oct. 27, 2003 242
• Total Number of attendees 14,925
• Business executives 5,653
• Academic-related attendees 4,721
• Others 4,551

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Quantifying Outputs of GT CIBER, Phases I, II,
III IV (1993-2003) Slide IV

• Number of students involved in GT
  CIBER-sponsored events (lectures, outreach,
  presentations)
• - 93-02 5,100 (exclusive of classes)
• Total number of Web site accesses
• - 93-03 87,730
• Trips funded in part or in whole by GT CIBER
• - 96-97 34
• - 97-98 41
• - 98-99 50
• - 99-00 49
• - 00-01 41
• - 01-02 56
• - 02-03 51

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Internationalization of MBA Core Content
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Overall Goals of the Georgia Tech CIBER, Phases
III (1999-2002)

• To Strengthen Internationalization of Curricula
  in DCoM, IAC, and GT at large
• To Combine Global Business, Entrepreneurship and
  Engineering Education
• To Continue Implementing a Faculty and
  Student-Centered Internationalization Program
• To Explore, Evaluate, and Disseminate New
  Instructional Technologies for IB
• To Strengthen Foreign Language Education for
  Business and Technology
• To Foster a Multidisciplinary Faculty Research
  Agenda on Global Entrepreneurial
  Competitiveness
• To Create Disseminate Competitiveness
  Information to the Business Community
• To Promote Georgia Firms' Export Performance
  Through Community Partnerships

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Comparative Strengths of Georgia Tech and GT
CIBER Slide I

• Building on Core Competencies of Phase I (93-96),
  Phase II (96-99), and Phase III (99-02) in CIBER
  Operations
• Focus on Specific Geographic Areas
• Strategic Use of GT's Lorraine and Singapore
  Campuses Overseas Partners for Program
  Implementation
• Emphasis on Select Technological Sectors
• Close Working Relationships with other GT
  Business-Related Research Centers
• Multidisciplinary Excellence in Teaching,
  Research, Education
• Linking Teaching and Research to Business Outreach

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Comparative Strengths of Georgia Tech and GT
CIBER Slide II

• Commitment to Broad-Spectrum Internationalization
• Commitment to Integrating Engineering Global
  Management Education
• A Track Record of Economic Development and
  Entrepreneurship Outreach
• Coherent, Sustained Lines for IB Research
  Program Technology Entrepreneurship, Service,
  Global Competitiveness, Global Business Risk
  Reduction.
• A CIBER Consortial approach to pursuing
  excellence and reducing duplicated efforts

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Geographic Emphases of the Georgia Tech CIBER
-Phase IV

• Indian Subcontinent 2002-03
• MERCOSUR 2003-04
• Argentina, Brazil, and Others
• North Asia 2004-05
• Chinese Economic Area, Korea, Japan
• European Union 2005-06
• Germany, France and Eastern Europe
• Does not exclude programs in other areas
• Long Term Commitment of Georgia Tech to the
  European Union Area

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Main Overseas Institutional Partners for GT CIBER
Operations - Europe

• Georgia Tech Lorraine Extension - Metz, France
• Institut Commercial de Nancy (ICN) - Nancy,
  France
• Grenoble Graduate Business School, Grenoble,
  France
• ESC Reims, France
• CERAM Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
• Ecole de Management, Ecully, Lyon, France
• University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
• Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen,Denmark
• EADA, Barcelona, Spain
• Graduate Business School of Leipzig , Leipzig,
  Germany
• Cranfield School of Management, United Kingdom
• Bilkent University, Turkey
• Technology University of Munich (2003), Germany
• WHU, Koblenz, Germany

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Main Overseas Institutional Partners for GT CIBER
Operations - Americas

• Universidad del Salvador, Argentina
• Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife,
  Brazil
• EAESP Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
• Universidad Anahuac del Sur, Mexico City, Mexico
• ITESM, Monterey Tech, Mexico
• University of Chile, Santiago de Chile (new)

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Main Overseas Institutional Partners for GT CIBER
Operations - Japan

• Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
• Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto
Fukuoka
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Main Overseas Institutional Partners for GT CIBER
Operations Asia

• Fudan University, Shanghai, China
• Hong Kong Science and Technology University, Hong
  Kong
• Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
• National University of Singapore
• (Asia-Pacific Logistics Center of Georgia Tech)

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Select Industrial Emphases of GT CIBER, 2002-2006

• Information and Communications Technology
• Biomedical/Bioengineering/Bio-technology
• Manufacturing Technologies
• Paper and Pulp
• Apparel and Textile
• Construction Engineering

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Partners of the GT CIBER for Business Outreach

• The Georgia Department of Industry, Trade, and
  Tourism
• The Southern Center for International Studies
  (SCIS)
• The U.S. Export Assistance Center--Atlanta
• The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce--Internation
  al Division
• The Center for International Standards and
  Quality (CISQ), Atlanta
• Georgia Power (Economic Development)
• The World Trade Center, Atlanta
• The French-American Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta
• The Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce
• The German-American Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta
• The Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce,
  Atlanta
• The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO),
  Atlanta
• The Japan America Society of Georgia, Inc.
• The National Association of Chinese-Americans,
  Atlanta Chapter
• The Federation of Chinese Professional
  Associations, Southeast USA
• Agio Press, Inc. (Global Fax)

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Inter-Center Policy Collaboration
European Union Center (EUC)
Center for International Strategy Technology and
Policy (CISTP)
TIGER Program
II. A, B, D
III. J
II. A
IV. A
III. I
VI. E
IV. A
III. A
VII. D
IV. A, E
Technology Policy and Assessment Center (TPAC)
GT CIBER Atlanta, GA
Engineering Entrepreneurship Program
II. A, E
III. B
III. B
IV. A
VI. G
VIII. E
VII. I
IV. A, F, H
IV. A
VI. F
VIII. E
VII. G
Center for International Standards and Quality
(CISQ)
iXL E-Commerce Center (iXL)
China Research Center
Roman Numerals and Letters refer to Program
Elements and Modules
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Inter-Center Industry Collaboration
Roman Numerals and Letters refer to Program
Elements and Modules
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Guiding Principles for Phase IV of GT CIBER
(2002-2006) Slide I

• Capitalize on the unique strengths and core
  competences of Georgia Tech as a leading
  technological university.
• Serve as a national pedagogical model of
  internationalization for business schools
  embedded in technology-oriented universities.
• Align CIBER's research priorities with the
  strategic plan and objectives of the DuPree
  College of Management (DCoM)
• Leverage the extensive network of international
  business assets in the Metropolitan Atlanta
  region.
• Devise broad-spectrum internationalization
  strategies through multidisciplinary programs,
  units, and research centers.
• Ensure greater infusion of business languages and
  global competence into interdisciplinary studies.
  

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Guiding Principles for Phase IV of GT CIBER
(2002-2006) Slide II

• Provide greater opportunities for students to
  gain international knowledge and experience.
• Assist faculty in building synergies between
  teaching, research, and other professionals
  through goal-oriented consortia.
• Continue designing initiatives responsive to
  the regional business community's economic
  development needs.
• Stress programs whose delivery is "portable"
  with a lasting impact.
• Conceive, develop, and implement activities that
  are self-sustaining
• Supplement federal funds with substantial private
  sector and university funds for enhanced
  flexibility.

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GOALS OF THE GT CIBER, PHASE IV (2002-06)

• To Expand Foreign Language Education for Business
  and Technology
• To Deepen and Diversify International
  Business-Related Degree Program Offerings
• To Enact a University-Wide Model of Student and
  Faculty Internationalization
• To Research International Aspects of Management
  of Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
• To Prepare Globally Competent High Tech Leaders
  Blending Entrepreneurship and Engineering
• To Reach Out to the Regional Business Academic
  Communities A Four-Area, Six-Sector Model
• To Harness GT's Instructional Technologies for IB
  Learning and Research Dissemination
• To Support Georgia's International
  Competitiveness through Economic Development
  Partnerships

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Program Element I Expanding Foreign
LanguageEducation For Business and Technology -
Slide I

• Language Instruction at GT's European Lorraine
  Campus
• Language Competency Testing Assessment
  Techniques Training for Faculty
• "Languages Across the Curriculum" A
  Multidisciplinary Model
• "Georgia Tech Language House" Expansion
• "State of the Art" Computerized Multimedia
  Language Lab--Realia
• WebCT site creation for language pedagogy
• Computer-Assisted Interactive Language Training
  Video Material
• LBAT Summer Intensive Language Overseas
  Residencies Enrichment
• Overseas Residency Extension Business Language
  Internships (Siemens TUM Model)

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Program Element I Expanding Foreign Language
Education For Business and Technology - Slide II

• Georgia-wide Competitions for Best Foreign
  Language Web Page Design
• CIBER Consortial Faculty Workshop for Foreign
  Language Educators (1/yr)
• High School Teachers Language Pedagogical
  Workshops--Four Tracks
• JETRO-CIBER-Modern Languages Annual Japanese
  Language Speech Contest
• Fifth Language track for Joint Language-Intl
  Affairs Undergrad Degree Program--Chinese
  Language
• Korean Language Course Sequence Development
• Establish a Foreign Language and Multimedia
  Design Joint Master's Program
• CIBER Consortial Business and Technical Language
  Workshops

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Program Element II Deepening Diversifying
International Business-Related Degree Program
Offerings Slide I

• International Business-Related Curricular
  Development Awards (see detailed list)
• Undergraduate Program Initiatives (area and
  specialty certificates joint degrees)
• University-wide Certificate of Global Competence
  (with GT's Office of Intl Education)
• University System of Georgia European Union
  Studies Certificate (with EU Center)
• Globalization Modules for the Graduate
  Certificate in Entrepreneurship (for business
  students)
• Cross-Cultural Forums for GT undergraduates
  (with GT's Office of Intl Education)
• Global Economics and Modern Languages (GEML)
  Joint Undergraduate Degree Program

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Program Element II Deepening Diversifying
International Business-Related Degree Program
Offerings Slide II

• Broad-spectrum Internationalization of the
  Management doctoral program
• Establishment of a strategy innovation business
  doctoral program with international concentration
• Masters in Quantitative Computational Finance
  (MQCF), content internationalization
• Executive Masters in Management of Technology
  (EMsMoT) Class' 2-Week Overseas Residency
• Globalization Roadmaps for the International
  Executive Masters in Logistics Program (EMIL)
• Consortial Doctoral Workshop in International
  Entrepreneurship (multi-university project, GT
  CIBER lead)
• CIBER Consortial Undergraduate International
  Business Case Competition
• Global TEC Challenge 2004 Global High Tech
  Business Plan Competition

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Program Element III Enacting a University-Wide
Model of Student and Faculty Internationalization
- Slide I -

• Overseas Faculty Travel CIBER Awards Program
• CIBER Consortial FDIB Overseas Tour/Latin America
  (1/yr)
• CIBER Consortium for Intl Bus. Ed., Business
  Faculty Globalization Seminars (1/yr)
• Summer Study Abroad Programs (4/yr Brussels,
  Shanghai, Buenos Aires, Singapore)
• Georgia Tech Lorraine Overseas Campus, Summer
  Program in International Management
• CIBER Mobility Stipends for Students (reciprocity
  exchanges) (10/yr)

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Program Element III Enacting a University-Wide
Model of Student and Faculty Internationalization
- Slide II -

• International Coop Student Leadership Program
  (Overseas Work Experience) (with Coop Division)
• Consolidation of Overseas Business School
  Exchange Agreements
• Establishment of a GT Professorial Chair in
  Northeast Asian Studies (with CISTP Center)
• University System-wide Web-based EU Course
  Development (w/ Georgia Board of Regents) (4/yr)

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Program Element IV Researching International
Dimensions of Management of Business
Administration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Capitalizing on the DuPree Colleges Strengths
Slide I

• Enable a Cross-Unit Faculty-Led International
  Research Agenda (5 projects/yr, see detailed
  list)
• Renew GT CIBER Core Faculty Group Activate new
  Faculty Area and Technology Expert teams
• Produce/Disseminate Annual GT CIBER Working
  Papers Series (25/yr)
• International Strategic Alliance Research
  Project-A Multi-Year Research Model
• Global Supply Chain Agility for Competitiveness
  (Paper Industry-focused)--A Multi-Year Research
  Model
• Establishment of a University Consortium for the
  Collection of Global Comparative Data on
  Entrepreneurs

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Program Element IV Researching International
Dimensions of Management of Business
Administration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Capitalizing on the DuPree Colleges Strengths
Slide II

• Fortis Foundation-GT CIBER International Finance
  Research Forum Proceedings (1/yr)
• Roundtable on Engineering Entrepreneurship
  Research (REER) Adding International Dimensions
  (1/yr)
• International Visiting Scholars (pooling
  resources with other GT Centers) (3/yr)
• International Business Lecture Series (pooling
  resources with other GT Centers) (5/yr)

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Program Element V Blending Entrepreneurial
Management Engineering Education Preparing
Globally Competent High Tech Leaders

• Global Commercialization-- Engineering Science
  Dissertation Research (team approach, NSF/IGERT
  grant)
• Globalization of Engineering and Management
  courses
• Globalize the Graduate Certificate in
  Manufacturing--International Track (MEP
  Fellowships)
• Globalization Modules for the Graduate
  Certificate in Management for Bioengineers
• Globalization Modules, Undergraduate Certificate
  in Engineering and Entrepreneurship
• Globalization Modules, Management Sciences
  Certificate for the Pulp Paper Industry (w/
  CPBIS)
• Internationalization, Graduate Construction
  Engineering Management Program Modules Case
  Studies
• CIBER Participation in "StartUp Café" for High
  Tech Entrepreneurs
• Global TEC Challenge 2004 Global High Tech
  Business Plan Competition

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Program Element VI Reaching Out to the Regional
Business Academic Communities A
Four-Area/Six-Sector Market Informational Model

• CIBER Publications Communication Outreach
  Global Fax Newsletter
• Enrich GT CIBER WWW site (calendar, country
  guides, IB directories, etc.)
• Annual GT Global Business Forum-- 9th-13th,
  (area-focused)
• Occasional " Jacques Delors Conference on
  Transatlantic Relations" (with EU Center)
• Exec. Seminars on Globalization, E-Business, Web
  Adaptation
• Dissemination of Global Technology Opportunities
  Analysis (GTOA), Services for SME's (with TPAC)
• Partnership--Georgia Council on Economic
  Education H.S. Teachers Intl Econ. Workshops
• CIBER Consortium for the Internationalization of
  Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  (HBCU)
• Reaching Out to Regional Business Schools and
  Area Community Colleges
• Model High School International Business Program
  (IBP) with North Fulton High School, Fulton Co.
• Utilization of University System Board of
  Regents' Area Councils (Europe, Asia, Latin
  Am.-- dissemination)

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Program Element VII Harnessing Georgia Techs
Instructional Technologies for International
Businesses Learning and Research Dissemination

• Distance Learning/Video-Conferencing with GT
  Lorraine Campus and GT Singapore Operation
• Live Satellite Broadcasts on International Trade
  and Management with GT Global Learning Center
• Globalization Modules for the National
  Technological University (NTU) Mid-Management
  Program
• Use of GSAMS Georgia-wide satellite system for
  European Union speaker series
• Global Electronic Classroom in Management
  Education
• Annual International Survey of Internet Usage
  Patterns Project
• IDEAL (Innovative Dynamic Educational
  Applications for Learning) (w/ GCATT)
• Home Page for International Techno-competitiveness
  Indicators Project (with TPAC)
• Pedagogy Workshops on Instructional Technologies
  and Teaching International Business-Related
  Disciplines

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Program Element VIII Supporting Georgias
International Competitiveness Through Economic
Development Partnerships

• GDITT Intl Trade Overseas Offices--Internships
  (Brussels, Shanghai, Sao Paulo, Tokyo)
• GDITT Foreign Language Primers for International
  Business Recruitment-Production
• Georgia Industry Clusters for Exports--Identificat
  ion Project with U.S. Export Assistance Center
• Partnership--Southeastern Trade Adjustment
  Assistance Center (SAAT) Information System
  Development
• Partnership--Center for International Standards
  and Quality ISO/EU Standards Occasional
  Technical Workshops
• Collaboration w/ Southern Polytech State
  University's Apparel Textile Engineering
  Program
• Development Support International Training Hub
  at Georgia Tech for the Construction Industry
  Institute (CII)
• Utilization of Georgia Tech Lorraine European
  Platform for Georgia Firms' Product
  Adaptation/Penetration

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Inter-CIBER Consortial Agreements, Phase IV,
2002-2006

• HBCU (Historically Black Colleges Universities)
  and CIBER Network Consortium
• Southeastern CIBERs Faculty Development in
  International Business (overseas trip to Mercosur
  countries)
• Globalization Workshops Consortium (business
  faculty, Memphis, TN)
• Language and Culture for IB (language faculty,
  Memphis, TN)
• Consortium for IB Research (Duke University, with
  JIBS Journal)
• Annual CIBER Business Language Conference
  (rotational, all CIBERs)
• Consortium for International Entrepreneurship
  Doctoral Workshop (GT-initiated)
• International Business Plan, Undergraduate
  Competition (GT-led)

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The GT CIBER at Work

• Office of the Dean Dr. Terry Blum, Dean
• CIBER Office
• - Executive Director Dr. J. R. McIntyre
• - Associate Director Mr. Mark J. Ballam
• - Faculty Director Dr. Francis Ulgado
• Co-Chairs of Advisory Council of GT Ciber - Dr.
  Robert G. Hawkins and Dr. Marie Thursby
• - International Linkages Coordinator Ms. Amy
  Bass Henry
• - Director for Business Language Training Dr.
  Phillip McKnight
• CIBER Core Faculty
• 40 faculty members meet regularly
• External Evaluator
• - Dr. John Dunning, Rutgers and Reading
  Universities
• - Visits once per year
• Business Community Working Group
• - Meets regularly
• - Plans and implements Business outreach events

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Role of the CIBER Advisory Council

• Provide guidance and advice in program planning
• Review program execution
• Assist in dissemination of CIBER products
• Promote interaction with the business community
• Offer input into the annual evaluation of the
  CIBER
• Suggest supplementary sources of funding
• Plan institutionalization of GT CIBER after
  federal funding expires

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GT-CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EDUCATION
RESEARCH
Advisory Council Meeting 2003 and 2004