The Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research (Georgia Tech CIBER) is a national center of excellence funded by a competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Education. It is administratively housed at the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It is tasked, based on Georgia Tech’s unique pedagogical model, with helping to promote America's long term economic competitiveness by ensuring that graduates of US higher education have a grasp of the best global business practices and the global economy. CIBER helps International business research at U.S. institutions to remain on the leading edge, and equips small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as start-ups with the skills and resources to compete globally. |
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GEORGIA TECH CIBER Selected for Grant Funding for 9th Consecutive Round
The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at Georgia Tech has been selected by the US Department of Education for a 9th consecutive competitive round. The award, worth $1.28 million over four years, will have a total effect of $2.56 million with matching contributions.
The Georgia Tech CIBER is one of 16 CIBER centers of excellence awarded to leading universities across the United States. The Georgia Tech CIBER has been in continuous existence since 1993.
The CIBERs were created by Congress to increase and promote the nation’s capacity for international understanding and competitiveness. CIBER, housed at the Institute’s Scheller College of Business, will create and support more than 50 programs focusing on three themes: diversity, equity and inclusion, global sustainability through innovation, and student intercultural proficiency and competitiveness.
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27th Annual Georgia Tech Global Business Forum was held virtually on November 17 and 18, 2021 with over 150 attendees. Titled “Leveraging Opportunities in a Globally Digitalized Economy,” the two-day event focused on Digital transformation in manufacturing, the future of technology, cybersecurity and privacy, global trends in digital infrastructure, local and inclusive innovation, innovation districts, current and post-pandemic impacts of COVID-19 on the supply chain, and the future work force. This event was held conjointly with the 12th USA India Business Summit and the 1st Global USA Business Forum.
The event was opened with remarks from the Hon. Ambassador Louise Blais, Consul General of Canada in Atlanta, and Hon. Dr. Swati V. Kulkarni, Consul General of India in Atlanta. There were three keynote speeches delivered by Dev Ahuja, EVP and CFO of Novelis, Dr. Victor McCrary, Vice Chair of the National Science Board and Vice President for Research at the University of the District of Columbia, and Dr. Philip Shapira, Professor of Innovation Management at the Manchester Institute of innovation Research at the University of Manchester, UK, with a joint appointment in the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy.
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CIBER Continues its Successful Partnerships with the Japan America Society of Georgia |
GT CIBER continues to co-organize and host a wide range of business-themed events with the Japan-America Society of Georgia. Topics covered during the period included virtual lectures on Toyota Lean Management & the Kamishibai business technique, a virtual plant tour, the changing strategic face of the Pacific, and how Japanese SMEs are embracing digital transformations to stay profitable in the new economy. Organizing partners included the Japanese Embassy, the Japanese Consulate in Atlanta, the National Association of Japan America Societies, and a host of Japanese businesses doing business in the state of Georgia. All events were recorded and archived on a publicly available playlist on YouTube. An expanded list of JASG event recordings can be found here: https://bit.ly/2WEyJKq
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RIPCO Revue Internationale de Psychosociologie et de Gestion des Comportements Organisationnels; Journée de Recherche 2021
RIPCO, or Revue Internationale de Psychosociologie et de Gestion des Comportements Organisationnels (English Translation - International Journal of Psychosociology and Organization Behavior Management), in an international peer-reviewed academic journal publishing original research in the field of organizational behavior, in French and in English translation.
RIPCO publishes the results of academic research using management sciences and human sciences in general, provided that they shed new light on organizational behaviors. It does not exclude any field of management sciences, nor any management process, whether it be strategy, management control, human resources management, entrepreneurship, marketing, information system, quality and logistics. On June 17, 2022, RIPCO held its 3rd annual research day in Paris (France), supported by GT CIBER for the second consecutive year. Theme for 2022 was "Health behaviors, health of people and organizations: what the covid 19 pandemic tells us." Dr. Ann Langley, Professor Emeritus at HEC Montréal and co-editor of the journal Strategic Organization was guest of honor, and delivered a plenary address on conceptual and methodological avenues for research in times of disruption.
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GT CIBER and a Trio of China-Related Events
In 2021-2022, GT CIBER continued to contribute to the field of international business study centered on China with three events:
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CIBER authors "The New Chinese Dream:
Industrial Transition in the Post-Pandemic Era"
On Friday, July 23, 2021, GT CIBER hosted a presentation by the editors and authors of the book ( https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-69812-6). This volume of scholarly research describes the most salient changes faced by key Chinese industry sectors, including healthcare, aerospace, microprocessors, and data-driven industries. The book fosters debate on how Chinese industries will achieve competitive growth in the post-pandemic era, including the likelihood of China achieving a leading position in terms of process and innovation and suggests future research on China's Industrial trajectory. CIBER's Executive Director Dr. John McIntyre served as editor and co-author on several of the book chapters, and Associate Director James Hoadley contributed to the chapter on the Chinese commercial aerospace industry. A video of the event can found here: https://youtu.be/RV2WdH1Myd4
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China Goes Global™
CIBER served as an academic sponsor of the conference, held October 18-19, 2011 with over 120 participants. Rooted in a cooperative research project (TransCoop) on China’s globalization initially funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany, China Goes Global encourages multidisciplinary and transnational research on the Chinese economy and firms. It was hosted by the Ecole de Management Lyon-Shanghai Campuses. The next China Goes Global™ (CGG) event will be held October 12, 2022.
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The Rise of China Inc.: How the Chinese Communist Party Transformed China into a Giant Corporation
GT CIBER hosted a webinar and book presentation by Dr. Shaomin Li of Old Domini on Monday, October 25, 2021.
Leveraging its absolute power, low human rights advantage, and tolerance by other countries, the Chinese Communist Party has transformed China into a giant corporation. Living and working are not rights but privileges granted by the party. State-owned firms are business units or subsidiaries, private firms are joint ventures, and foreign firms are franchisees of the party. ‘China, Inc.,’ enjoys the agility of a firm and the vast resources of a state. Meanwhile, foreign firms competing with Chinese firms can find themselves matched against the mighty Chinese state. China, Inc. will interest many readers: it will compel business scholars to rethink state-firm relationships; assist multinational business practitioners in formulating effective strategies; aid policymakers in countering China’s expansion; and inform the public of the massive corporate organization China has become and how democracies can effectively deal with it.
Shaomin Li is Professor and Eminent Scholar at Old Dominion University. His research has appeared in Journal of International Business Studies, Harvard Business Review, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and The Financial Times. He is author of Bribery and Corruption in Weak Institutional Environments (Cambridge University Press, 2019).
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Current Cybersecurity Trends and Global Threats
The Global USA Business Forum (GUBF), USA India Business Summit (UIBS) and GT CIBER hosted a virtual cybersecurity seminar on June 16, 2022. The event focused on International collaborative efforts and mechanisms to achieve Cyber Security. Topics included "Potential Vulnerabilities - Latest Data Breaches," "Mobile Security Threats & Cloud Hacking" and "AI in Cybersecurity & Hacking."
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2022 Annual Nunn School Symposium:
Global Technological Competition
On April 13, 2022, GT CIBER participated in a hybrid Nunn School symposium hosted physically at the Georgia Tech Library and online. Multiple panels presented on the topic of the advancement of China. Panel titles included "What is China Doing to Develop Technologically" which featured GT CIBER Executive Director Dr. John McIntyre and "Other Perspectives on and Responses to China's Technological Development," including Associate Director James Hoadley.
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CIBER Joins RRBM in Promoting Responsible Research in Business and Management
Following co-organization of a research seminar held on March 11, 2022, which brought together the Academy of International Business (AIB) - Dr. Lorraine Eden, the Academy of Management (AOM) - Dr. Anne Tsui, the RRBM, GT CIBER and the Research Methods Special Interest Groups of AIB, the Georgia Tech CIBER at Scheller joined the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) consortium to reflect its emphasis on global sustainability research in its new round of funding. CIBER will participate in the funding of the The RRBM Dare to Care Dissertation Scholarship 2022-2023. Doctoral students in business schools who demonstrate an exceptional commitment to responsible research that matters to society in their doctoral dissertation research will be awarded up to $10,000.
Applications will be accepted November 1 - 30, 2022. Award decisions will be announced March 1, 2023.
The eligible applicant is a doctoral candidate at the beginning stage of the dissertation research; is studying in a business school in any of the disciplines as long as the research falls within the described domain; and demonstrates a commitment to the RRBM Principles of Responsible Research.
Eligible research topics will generate knowledge or ideas to reduce inequality or promote social justice, especially focusing on the role of business organizations. Inequality or injustice issues that relate to one or more of the social or economic dimensions of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are of special interest to this dissertation scholarship program.
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2022 Dunwoody Great Decisions Virtual Lecture Series
Industrial Policy: The Great Comeback
On March 17, CIBER's John McIntyre gave an invited lecture on the challenges faced by current US industrial policy in an increasingly competitive global economy. Presented by the Georgia Council for International Visitors (GCIV) in partnership with the Atlanta Global Studies Center, the annual lecture series touched on topics such as: The role of government in the economy, industrial policy instruments, and the Chinese challenge.
Great Decisions, presented by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA), highlights the most thought-provoking foreign policy challenges facing Americans each year. GCIV is the statewide coordinator for the nonpartisan program. A video of the lecture series can be found here. |
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Looking Under the Hood of the French Tech Ecosystem: Best Practices
and Lessons Learned in the U.S.
A panel discussion for the graduate students of Georgia Tech Lorraine in Atlanta interested in Technology Startups. The event was presented by the Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education & Research, with the support of FrenchTech Atlanta and the Sud-Est Comité des Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur USA Committee. Over 50 people attended the event.
The panel was followed by a meet and greet social with pizza on February 22, 2022, at the Scheller College of Business. A video of the event can be found here. |
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2021 AIB US Southeast Annual Conference
Global Business Environment: Managing Risk and Resilience
Georgia Tech CIBER, along with other academic institutions from the Southeast, sponsored the conference, held on October 21-22, 2021. It also provided financial support to help reduce the total cost of the conference for all attendees and provide stipends for low-income students and faculty.
The mission of the AIB-SE annual meetings aim to provide our participants a space to present
their work in a setting that supports growth and development, offering constructive feedback that builds skills as you interact with world-class scholars, speakers, consortia leaders, and keynote
speakers.
The conference's program can be found here. |
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New CIBER Publication: The Role of Multinational Enterprises in Supporting the United Nations' SDGs
This research collection led by John R. McIntyre, Professor and Executive Director, CIBER, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, US, Silvester Ivanaj, Professor, ICN Business School and researcher, CEREFIGE and Vera Ivanaj, Associate Professor, ENSIC and researcher, CEREFIGE, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France. Publication Date: July 2022 ISBN: 978 1 80220 240 3 Extent: 392 pp. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/the-role-of-multinational-enterprises-in-supporting-the-united-nations-sdgs-9781802202403.html
The Role of Multinational Enterprises in Supporting the United Nations’ SDGs is an exploration of the place of the private sector in implementing select Sustainable Development Goals. Beyond the abundant literature published by the United Nations and journal articles, there are few book-length treatments of the unique role that multinationals play as facilitators of goal implementation and agents of change. This volume aims to stimulate debate and research on MNEs’ best practices, fleshing out many of the seventeen goals through the lens of corporate strategic choices.
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Call for Papers: Emerging Markets Theme PhD Research Day
The Cornell S.C. Johnson College of Business Emerging Markets Theme, in collaboration with
China Institute for Economic Research (CICER), the Cornell China Center, the Emerging
Markets Institute and the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute, brings together
scholars to provide thought leadership on the role of emerging markets – and emerging
market multinationals – in the global economy.
This fall, the institute hosts a PhD research day at Cornell Tech in New York city Thursday, 11/3. The conference brings together students and faculty from across the US and abroad. A Georgia Tech doctoral student will represent Scheller at the workshop.
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RCE Greater Atlanta SDG Futures Fellowship
The Sustainable Development Goals Futures Fellowship is co-led by Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State University with involvement from the Regional Center of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development affiliated with the Serve-Learn-Sustain initiative at Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research center in Scheller will provide monetary support for the fellowship.
Set to run from Fall 2022 to Spring 2023, the SDG Futures Fellowship focuses on Youth Leadership and Professional Development and Education on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Cybersecurity Summer Institute 2022 (CSI’22)
Sponsored by the GT CIBER, this joint initiative of the School of Public Policy and the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, establishes a Cybersecurity Summer Institute (CSI’22), a one-week program providing participants with world-class training on how to conduct interdisciplinary research in cybersecurity. The main goal of CSI is to provide Ph.D. students with foundational knowledge of both the technical and social aspects of cybersecurity and to facilitate interdisciplinary research on this topic. Taught by instructors from the applied social sciences and computer science disciplines (including representatives from academia and industry), CSI offers PhD students the opportunity to work with senior scholars on advancing theoretical and empirical research. In addition to attending lectures, office hours, and a career panel, students give presentations on their research and participate in a group project.
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GT CIBER to Award $10,000 in Overseas Study Scholarships for Undergraduate Students in Academic Year 2022-2023
The center will award 10 scholarships to undergraduate students whose academic interests lie at the intersection of international business and technology. The scholarships will cover costs involved in overseas studies approved by Office of International Education at Georgia Tech (exchanges, LBATs, etc,). GT CIBER will publish the application guidelines for the competitive awards.
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Georgia Tech International MBA Practicums Send Students on Consulting Projects to Dubai, Portugal, and the Nordics.
Over spring break, a group of Georgia Tech Scheller Full-time and Evening MBA students traveled to Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, and the United Arab Emirates as a part of the International Practicum course. The International Practicum is a semester-long elective designed to give students on-the-ground international consulting experience, and a greater ability to define, analyze, and solve international business problems.
During the trip to the Nordics, students immersed themselves in the international start-up community, worked with a small company on their market entry strategy, and met with their clients in person. More information about the Nordics trip. In the trip to Dubai, students immersed themselves in the culture, explored advancements in sustainability, visited the Expo 2020 Dubai, toured Dubai’s Sustainable City, and met with their clients in person. The Dubai International Practicum was sponsored by the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business. More information about the Dubai trip. During the trip to Portugal, students traveled to Lisbon, Sintra, and Evora to meet with their clients and International MBA students at the Nova School of Business and Economics. More information about the Portugal trip. |
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Scheller Executive MBAs Travel to the Middle East, Portugal and Spain |
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Last semester, Georgia Tech Scheller Executive MBA (EMBA) program traveled to the Middle East and Europe as a part of its Analysis of Global Environments course. The international residency opportunity is designed to provide exposure to how business is conducted in another part of the world. We caught up with three EMBA students to hear about what they learned and their most memorable experiences.
Georgia Tech Scheller Executive MBAs bring a lot to the table. Their business credentials and years of experience give them a competitive edge wherever they go. But when it came to their class trip, they also exhibited a deep desire to look outward. Some came unsure about their roommate assignments or navigating the language differences, but their uncertainty was matched with an eagerness to learn more about local cultures and companies, unique business challenges of the region, and themselves. More information about the Spain and Portugal trips, and the Dubai trip. |
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CIBER Reactivates MBA Summer Study Abroad Program with WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany
CIBER created the exchange agreement with WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, highly regarded as the best business school in Germany and one of the best in Europe. MBA students were able to participate in the European Summer School program offered by the German business school in May, 2022. Juan Tellez, from the Full Time MBA Program and Tyler Kohman from the Evening MBA Program, spent two weeks in Vallender, Germany, taking courses on topics such as European Trade Integration, the Euro, Tax Environment in Europe, FDI Investors in Central and Eastern Europe, and Raising Capital in European Capital Markets.
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Upcoming Events
September
September 29-October 1, 2022: CIBER/AIBER Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
October
October 12 , 2022: Webinar China Goes Global.
October 13, 2022: Webinar Transformational Trends in Permanent and Temporary Workforce.
October 20-22, 2022: Frontiers in International Business Conference, University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
October 24: French Tech Summit with French-American Chamber of Commerce at Scheller College of Business.
October 27-29, 2022: AIB-SE Doctoral Workshop in Panama City, FL.
November
November 1, 2022: Deadline for application for doctoral awards for Responsible Research in Business and Management for $10,000 dissertation scholarship.
November 2, 2022: Webinar Unicorns in South East Asia with University of San Francisco, in alliance with Indonesian University.
November 4-6, 2022: REER Conference, Atlanta, GA.
November 16-17, 2022: 28th Georgia Tech Global Business Forum, Academy of Medicine, hybrid event.
December
December 2-3, 2022: Annual Student Competition, University of the District of Columbia School of Business and Public Administration.
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See and Hear CIBER Content |
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Video Archive
A wide selection of CIBER events are recorded and made available through our video archive, which can be accessed free of charge here:
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