# CENTERS FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EDUCATION \*

# 2006-2010 PROJECT ABSTRACTS

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# Brigham Young University

Globalization and advances in technology have increased our ability to
communicate, interact, and engage in international business (IB). With
this ever-widening capacity, however, the U.S. faces complex and
shifting challenges. Never before has the United States had a greater
need for international business education. Political and economic events
of the past five years have intensified our need for individuals with a
solid background in global economic and trade issues and experience in
the lesser-understood parts of the globe. Our nation\'s future success
is strongly connected to current training of capable and ethical
business professionals, proficient in foreign languages and with
expertise in area studies and national cultures. These current and
future leaders must be able to make crucial global business decisions
for our nation. The Brigham Young University (BYU) Center for
International Business Education (CIBE), housed in the Marriott School
of Management, proposes a project that addresses major challenges facing
international business practitioners, educators, and students. The
project builds upon the multilingual skills and international experience
of Marriott School students and faculty, and takes advantage of the
Marriott School\'s capacity for teaching and researching business
ethics. The BYU CIBE will strengthen its local, regional, and
international networks as it impacts international business training and
practice at all three levels. This project will: (a) build international
business leaders; (b) develop a national resource in global business
ethics; (c) provide leadership in business language training; (d) impact
international business education and research in the Rocky Mountain
region; (e) extend outreach to the business and professional
communities; and (f) expand the body of international business
knowledge.

\* More complete abstracts, program information, and publications of the
CIBE program can be found at
[http://ciberweb.msu.edu](http://ciberweb.msu.edu/).

# Columbia University 

> The Columbia University Center for International Business Education
> and Research (CIBER) is a distinct organizational unit of the
> university managed jointly by the business school and the School of
> International and Public Affairs, which serve the university community
> along with educational institutions and businesses throughout the New
> York region and the nation. The overarching mission of the CIBER meets
> three interrelated strategic objectives: (1) to build
> interdisciplinary bridges across the university, strengthening
> international business education in research and teaching in the
> social sciences and in the professional schools; (2) to open and
> sustain dialogue between the nation\'s leading international business
> community and one of its foremost research universities; (3) to
> promote the creation of new knowledge on global business and its
> translation and dissemination to the American business sectors. The
> individual programs supporting these objectives are conceived to meet
> the goals of the Higher Education Act, namely: (1) to serve as a
> national resource for teaching of improved business techniques, for
> example with the development of an innovative, interdisciplinary,
> inter-school course on the Latin American Business & Economy; (2) to
> provide instruction in critical foreign languages, as is the case with
> high-level intensive intersession courses on Arabic and Chinese
> business language; (3) to provide research and training on
> international aspects of trade and commerce, exemplified by
> high-profile conferences and seminars on China and India, involving
> both the academic and business communities; (4) to provide training to
> students, demonstrated in the development of new and academically
> demanding study tours; (5) to serve as a resource to businesses, for
> example through the involvement of businesses in multiple lecture
> series and through the International Entrepreneurship Mentoring Board;
> and (6) to serve institutions of higher education within the region,
> as will be done in the Northeast International Community College
> Institutes, to be offered jointly with the University of Pennsylvania,
> and Temple University.

# Duke University

Duke CIBER, in concert with Duke University itself, is poised to embark
on a new stage of internationalization, one that will cause
international awareness to become an integral part of the university\'s
internal and external character. For the 2006-2010 grants, Duke CIBER
has identified three overarching goals encompassing all educational and
outreach purposes of the CIBER legislation. The first goal is to advance
international business (IB) research at Duke and elsewhere; the second,
to advance IB education at Duke and across the United States; and third,
to increase the capacity of U.S. businesses to succeed in the global
economy. To achieve these goals, Duke CIBER will continue a number of
the more successful innovations of the past while following a radically
new research strategy involving a set of initiatives resting on two
major research projects undertaken and led by Duke CIBER. The first of
these research-based initiatives, Inter-Cultural Edge (ICE), has the
goal of offering a new methodology for exploring cross-cultural
communication awareness and related tools for teaching business
communication strategies. The second key initiative is the Off-shoring
Research Initiative (ORI), a multi-year biannual research project
focusing on American competitiveness and the off shoring of white­ collar
work. Both ICE and ORI offer multiple and distinct outcomes that in
total meet all stated purposes of the CIBER legislation *and* include
every type of activity required by statute. Complementing these two
all-encompassing initiatives, Duke CIBER will implement six new
complementary initiatives promoting cross-disciplinary awareness of IB
and the benefits of increasing international skills as a strategy for
economic success in a globally interdependent world.

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# Florida International University 

We are proud to present our application to the U. S. Department of
Education for another four-year cycle, from 2006-2010. After careful and
detailed planning with our Advisory Council, we have 51 activities that
we believe meet the legislative mandates. These activities also include
two invitational priorities on the teaching of foreign languages, and
programs that focus on homeland security and U.S. international
competitiveness. We have built upon the framework we established in our
previous funding cycles, and believe we have exceeded what we committed
to do four years ago. Our intent is to carry forward the activities that
have been successful and add exciting new initiatives. Many of our
activities have become self-supporting, now embedded in the CBA.
Although you will see a wide range of activities in the narrative, they
fall within two thematic categories: (1) *Improving U.S. International
Competitiveness in Today\'s World of Heightened Security;* and (2)
*Using Languages and Technology Wisely in International Business:
Improving K-12, College and Organizational Absorption.* That includes
our academic programs, language programs, K-12 activities, and
collaborative activities including the Faculty Development in
International Business Programs, research and developmental activities.
We are strongly committed to deliver unique curricular, research and
outreach programs that serve our students, faculty and university
community, our local business and educational community within South
Florida. Our goal is to make all our constituents more competitive in
the global economy, and continue as a local and regional resource for
promoting U.S. business\' global reach. We have bold and exciting things
planned for our region, as we strive to honor our commitment to deliver
programs that have great impact.

# The George Washington University

The George Washington University (GW) proposes to establish a Center for
International Business Education and Research (CIBER) in Washington,
D.C. \-- the capital city for the United States and the unequaled home
of leading private, public and nongovernmental sector organizations and
multilateral institutions deeply concerned with international business.
Owing to our large and productive International Business Department and
international orientation of our business school faculty in the
disciplines; recognized leadership in the essential components of global
competitiveness including corporate social responsibility; nationally
ranked sister schools in International Affairs, Law and Public Policy,
Public Administration; strong university commitment; diverse and
distinctive collaborating partners in the business and academic
community, and our central Washington, D.C. location, the GW-CIBER will
serve as a vital portal for businesses, policy makers, citizens,
students and faculty throughout the nation to increase their
international skills and awareness of the internationalization of our
economy. Through this portal, these stakeholders will have ready access
to the distinctive international business resources that GW, our partner
organizations, and our D.C. location offer in promoting the future
economic welfare of the United States.

The GW-CIBER will be organized in five key, and mutually-reinforcing
objectives, with twenty corresponding initiatives, under the unifying
theme of *Institutions and Development in International Business* that
substantively address all of the purposes, mandatory activities and
permissible activities of the authorizing statute as summarized in
Exhibit 3.1. Our proposed activities promote enhanced US.
competitiveness and homeland security by addressing critical unmet needs
through research, teaching and outreach to the business and policy
community.

[Objective 1]{.underline}: Develop and promote *integrated programs* of
education, research, and outreach *around focal themes related to
institutions and development* in international business for our
stakeholders through *interdisciplinary programs* spanning the fields of
business, foreign languages, international studies, and public policy in
a broad range of disciplines, including those often ignored by existing
programs in international business. These focal program areas are:
*Global Governance; International Security and Crisis Management; Trade,
Investment and Labor Issues; Diasporas in Development; and Business and
Society in Critical Countries.*

[Objective 2]{.underline}: Establish a holistic and far-reaching
initiative to develop, deliver and disseminate a novel *Business
Languages* program with specific focus on critical, less-commonly taught
language areas, integrating international resources uniquely available
in Washington, D.C.

[Objective 3]{.underline}: Develop a distinctive *scholarly community*
of high caliber doctoral students and faculty through a particularly
*intensive,* and *interdisciplinary summer doctoral program* on
institutions and development in International Business.

# Georgia Institute Of Technology

This proposal extends the Georgia Tech Center for International Business
Education and Research (GT CIBER), a national center located in the
heart of Atlanta, for fiscal years 2006-2010. Georgia Tech proposes to
use the GT CIBER as a catalyst to mobilize the university\'s resources
to enhance international competitiveness research, training, and
outreach, based on thirteen years of experience.

Georgia Tech CIBER\' proposal focuses on four regions: *Northeast Asia;
the European Union (with special emphasis on France and Germany, to
capitalize on Georgia Tech\'s European Campus); the Southern Cone of
Latin America; and India.* We build on Georgia Tech\'s strengths by
emphasizing the following sectors, key to the state\'s economy:
*information and communications technologies; life sciences;
pharmaceuticals; and manufacturing.* Our program design is articulated
around seven key elements and objectives:

> \(1\) *Strengthening applied language and intercultural studies:*
> Georgia Tech\'s unique

intensive Language for Business and Technology (LBAT) programs is one of
our integrated language education\'s cornerstones. We also expand three
dual-degree programs, the \"Languages Across the Curriculum\" program,
and create on-line multi-language course offerings for executives, among
fourteen language-related initiatives.

\(2\) *Broadening the scope and reach of international business-related
academic offerings:* The most salient component, among ten initiatives,
is the Georgia Tech International Plan (IP), a campus-wide initiative
impacting up to 50 percent of all undergraduates, by 2010, and some 14
baccalaureate programs in achieving global competence, global
disciplinary practice, and second language proficiency.

\(3\) *Strengthening the global competence of faculty and students:*
This element is highlighted by international coop and internship
opportunity creation, the MBA Global Business Practicum, partnerships
with business schools in China, South Korea, and India, consortia to
deepen faculty\'s mastery of international business techniques,
pedagogy, and issues.

\(4\) *Researching globalization, innovation, and U.S. competitiveness:*
Grounded in Georgia Tech\'s strengths, this element is built on a series
on four thematic research axes, each led by a team of three to four
faculty leaders: (a) global technology sourcing strategies; (b) global
financial integration and corporate governance; (c) managing global
research and development (R&D) and protecting intellectual property; and
(d) globally-distributed work to support integrated value chains.

# Indiana University

The global business environment has changed significantly in the four
years since the last CIBER grant competition. Today, key forces
impacting United States global competitiveness include:

Regional economic integration, fast growing, very large economies posing
competitive challenges and opportunities, and security issues, which
continue to be complex. The Indiana University (IU) CIBER is proposing
an integrated set of programs for its constituencies -- faculty,
students, the business community, and educators -- that address aspects
of each of these major trends. It does so through
constituency-appropriate programs that include study tour courses (North
American Free Trade Agreement, European Union, and Comparative Emerging
Economies: India and China), less commonly taught languages relevant to
these economies (Portuguese and Chinese), faculty and doctoral student
research on aspects of integration, emerging economies, and security,
and outreach programs that inform the business community (a conference
and/or workshop on Chinese capitalism, another on business continuity
planning: Terrorism and Natural Disaster, etc.), and offer strategies
for coping with these forces, effectively entering new markets, and
finding a balance between business operations and security that is
prudent, but not paralyzing.

Each of these efforts will contribute to the IU CIBER\'s growing body of
knowledge and literature on the themes of integration, emerging
economies, and security. These are resources (including four books) that
will far outlive the activities themselves, reach a national, indeed
international, audience, and educate the future workforce -- managers,
executives, other professionals -- and the academic world, particularly
through programs training the next generation of faculty.

# Michigan State University

Michigan State University (MSU) is celebrating its sesquicentennial as
the pioneer land-grant university. Since its founding, MSU has been a
leader in international education, research, and outreach. With a focus
on quality, inclusiveness, and connectivity, MSU President Lou Anna
Simon stated in her presidential address on Founder\'s Day, 11 February
2005, that: \"Our pursuit of our goals will always be guided by the
academic heritage and values that tie the rich history of Michigan State
University to our present and our future.\" Her vision for MSU is that
**\"land-grant has become global-grant\...** and as in 1855, Michigan
State University will lead the revolution.\"

Closely aligned with its rich history and commendable purpose, MSU
proposes to continue to operate its Center for International Business
Education and Research (MSU-CIBER) as a national and regional resource
center. Guided by its Advisory Council first established on 15 February
1989, MSU-CIBER's vision is \"to be the world-leader in providing
innovative and high impact international business knowledge related to
all vital aspects of organizations\' global value chains.\" This vision
is epitomized in a set of ten Guiding Principles that lead to our
mission for the 2006 to 2010 grant period:

> Our mission is to leverage our leading-edge competencies to provide
> superior education, research, and assistance to businesses, public
> policy makers, academics, and students on issues of importance to
> international trade and global competitiveness relying on our guiding
> principles as the foundation.

During the next grant period, MSU-CIBER proposes to implement 60
projects that involve hundreds of activities that broadly fall into the
areas of: knowledge development (research that produces leading-edge
knowledge), knowledge deployment (professional development programs and
products), and cultural competitiveness (dissemination of leading-edge
knowledge). Among the world-leading projects that will be supported by
MSU-CIBER are the "globalEDGE^TM^" knowledge portal, the program for
historically Black colleges and universities, the International Business
Institute for Community College Faculty, and innovative research-based
benchmarking studies.

# Ohio State University

The Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University (OSU)
proposes to focus CIBER activities during the 2006-2010 grant period
around a central theme: the international management of knowledge, or
the art of creating value from intangible assets. A key challenge for
Multi National Companies is how to manage international knowledge to
create competitive advantage. Employees must acquire and create new
knowledge, disseminate it throughout the firm, and interpret and
integrate it with existing information.

Over the past decade of our activity, we have learned that good
international knowledge management is key to the success of many
mergers, acquisitions and alliances and, in fact, is critical to the
success of United States businesses (large or small) as they
internationalize. International knowledge management, as well as of the
cultures and languages of remote areas of the world is also key to U.S.
economic and national security.

OSU area studies and language centers will be strong CIBER partners.
Together, we will focus on a different world region each year, offer one
large conference and other smaller ones annually, to create and
disseminate new knowledge for the business and academic communities.

In the past decade, the OSU CIBER has developed a valuable network to
enhance this thematic interest. Collaborations will continue with the
Ohio Department of Development\'s International Trade Division, the U.S.
Department of Commerce\'s Export Assistance Center, the Ohio Governor\'s
Office, and the Mayor\'s office of the City of Columbus. In addition, we
have created two statewide international business (IB) networks, one
business and one academic. The first is a rapidly growing network of
small and medium sized businesses learning from each other, called
TARGET. TARGET chapters now exist in three Ohio cities. The second,
called MOFIN, is a network of Ohio colleges and universities receiving
grants to implement new international curriculum. More nationally, the
CIBER will collaborate actively with other national CIBERs.

A firm\'s management of global knowledge breaks down into several
specific kinds of knowledge: the management of alliances, international
supply chains, financial services, language and culture, security, and
research and development. The OSU CIBER will support the creation and
dissemination of new approaches to international knowledge management in
all these areas. It will also serve as a catalyst for the
[practice]{.underline} of international knowledge management. Since the
principles of international knowledge management apply equally well to
both universities and business firms, the CIBER will support the
College\'s further internationalization in several projects, including
its plans to offer its executive MBA and undergraduate degrees outside
the U.S. evaluation of activities conducted by and within the CIBER is a
critical dimension of each CIBER program.

# Purdue University

Purdue CIBER, collaborating with schools of management, liberal arts,
agriculture, engineering, consumer and family sciences, and external
partners propose a unique combination of teaching, research, and
outreach designed to advance U.S. global competitiveness. The teaching
programs promote curriculum development to ensure that all students are
exposed to global materials, including cross-cultural skills. Four new
master\'s classes in international accounting, global communications,
and global security and risk planning will be developed. A
specialization in global supply chain management, including global study
tours to best practice sites throughout Asia and cross-cultural team
projects with Chinese universities will be supported with engineering in
cross-cultural/cross functional teamwork. Business language classes will
be developed in less commonly taught languages, Arabic and Chinese.

Research will be driven by competitive faculty and Ph.D. research
awards. Topical area research will be promoted by special research
symposia on corporate public diplomacy, global supply chain management,
regional branding strategies, and the annual Empirical Investigations in
International Trade conference. Business language and cross-cultural
pedagogy is supported by research in cross-cultural measurement
instruments, Purdue\'s national conference on Chinese Business Language
and Culture, and the annual *Global Business Languages.* Three doctoral
consortia and a special executive program in business for foreign
language doc­torates sustain our program for increasing the supply of
international faculty. Outreach services include the Indiana Global
Trade Facilitators Network, workshops in global entrepreneurship,
consulting services for new market entry and homeland security risk
assessment, and regional symposium on border protection in the Great
Lakes border protection. A comprehensive evaluation program will guide
the project during the grant period.

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# San Diego State University

San Diego State University (SDSU) is a comprehensive regional university
that serves 33,000 students, and hosts the largest undergraduate
international business program in the United States. The SDSU CIBER was
one of the original six centers that were established in 1989 as a
National Resource Center. Since then SDSU CIBER has consistently
achieved its objectives, and has indeed created a top 10 international
business program according to *U.S. News & World Report*. Over the last
sixteen years, the SDSU CIBER has developed an infrastructure and
personnel with the experience to continuously set new and challenging
goals. For 2006-2010, SDSU CIBER proposes an integrated program that
includes: (I) foreign language assessment and education; (II)
globalization of the business curriculum; (III) a multidisciplinary
research agenda; and (IV) outreach within SDSU, California, and the
United States. The initiatives within the program were designed through
a strategic, consultative, and inclusive process, guided in part by the
advisory council and the strategic vision of SDSU. The SDSU CIBER, with
the proposed initiatives, seeks to achieve the statutory provisions by
building on the strategic intent of SDSU to be one of the most
international campuses in the United States. The SDSU CIBER has
established ambitious goals and has proposed rigorous control mechanisms
to align behaviors that are consistent with those goals. For example,
timelines and measurable outcomes are clearly stated, and a
comprehensive evaluation rubric is central to the design of the program.
SDSU CIBER has accomplished its objectives in the past and is well
poised to deliver its best program ever in 2006-2010.

# Temple University

The Temple CIBER is committed to making a positive impact on the
economic, educational, and international status of Philadelphia and the
adjoining states. Our programs are aimed at internationalizing the
perceptual and cognitive horizons of faculty and staff at Temple
University, other educational institutions, and firms in the tri-state
area. Wherever feasible, we have incorporated the latest information
technology to expand the \"reach\" of our knowledge and connections to
far away places. Temple University students come primarily from
parochial backgrounds and moderate-income families. Our aim is to
provide them with opportunities to study and work abroad, and to meet
with their counterparts from nations with distinctly different cultures.
As such, we have developed study abroad and internship programs in
partnership with educational institutions in Australia, France, India,
Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, and Japan. We will connect Temple
students with their counterparts in Dubai and Mumbai through Internet 2
technology based joint projects. We believe that one can implant an
international perspective in early childhood. K-12 teachers are our best
vehicles to give an early start in internationalizing academic programs.
To that end, we will implement the statewide delivery, via the
Internet-2, of academic learning modules containing international
content to K-12 school systems throughout Pennsylvania. There is a
heightened concern among business and non-business institutions over
threats coming from terrorism and natural disasters. Business firms are
spending huge sums of money in securing their physical and intellectual
assets for such risks. We will conduct eight research projects of which
four are directly focused on risk management by firms that are adversely
affected by the threats of terrorism and security concerns. In all, the
Temple CIBER will implement 56 programs to fulfill all six mandates
helping to make American businesses more competitive globally.

# Texas A&M University

The 2006-2010 Texas A&M University (TAMU) CIBER will contribute to
increasing American economic competitiveness by advancing the ability of
American managers to understand foreign cultures and business practices,
to perceive and grasp overseas marketing and investment opportunities,
to overcome language barriers, and to deal effectively with foreign
governments and international institutions from a secure homeland base.
Since 1990 ­in capacity, vision, and accomplishment, the CIBER at Texas
A&M University has been a leader in international business education.
The TAMU CIBER is administratively housed in the Center for
International Business Studies (CIBS) of the Mays Business School. The
CIBER is headed by the executive director of international business
programs, who reports directly to the dean and serves with the dean,
associate deans, and department heads on the College Executive
Committee, thus assuring that the international dimension of the
college\'s programs is never subordinated to the traditional academic
business disciplines. The strength of the TAMU CIBER stems from its
integration into the structure of one of the nation\'s largest and
paramount business schools (Mays) and the programmatic and financial
synergies gained from partnerships with the Bush School of Government
and Public Service and the Colleges of Liberal Arts, Agriculture, and
Engineering. The TAMU CIBER program will also benefit from strategic
partnerships and alliances with other CIBERs, foreign institutions,
professional associations, and governmental agencies.

# University of California, Los Angeles

The University Of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) CIBER will adopt an
overarching model of the global economy as an *information economy.* We
will focus on four aspects of America\'s unfolding encounter with this
economic system: (1) intellectual property and innovation; (2)
industrialization and competitiveness of services; (3) international
entrepreneurship and microfinance; and (4) security of operations and
assets. Distinguished scholars from the UCLA Anderson School will
partner with colleagues in academic departments and area studies
centers, both here and at other CIBER schools, to develop and lead
programs for each of these themes.

Programmatically, we will focus on applied research, then extend our
findings into teaching and outreach. We will use research conferences to
set the agenda and grants to create data sets and white papers; we also
mobilize our doctoral and MBA students as co-producers of knowledge. We
will extend our findings using all manner of formal and informal
education including K-14 classrooms and public information forums to
elevate public discourse about economic policy and to train
practitioners in government, academia and business. UCLA CIBER will
deploy a sophisticated program of training in foreign languages and
cultural practices. Altogether, we will offer more than 30 program
activities, some already operating successfully with independent
funding. The program execution and evaluation, following the best
practices of UCLA\'s research community, will use theme leaders to
provide intellectual direction, a management committee to coordinate
program activities and an advisory committee to provide overall mission
direction and oversight. In addition, we will use an outside emeritus
expert to evaluate programs for quality, mission relevance and effective
use of resources.

# University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center

The University of Colorado\'s Institute for International Business has
been designated a CIBER since 1993. This proposal requests that the U.S.
Department of Education continue the designation and funding for
2006-2010. The University of Colorado is a world-class research
institution with four campuses, 52,000 students and over 3,600 faculty
members. It ranks sixth among public universities in federal research
dollars and 15th in overall research expenditures.

For the 2006-2010 grant period, CIBER will offer initiatives that
leverage Colorado\'s technology leadership and address the forces that
are impacting international business in Colorado, the Rocky Mountain
region, and the United States. Three overarching themes influence our
proposed initiatives: (1) the globalization of knowledge work; (2) the
rise of China and India; and (3) the globalization of entrepreneurial
activities. Our proposal identifies 41 initiatives designed to achieve
seven objectives that address the purposes of the authorizing statute.

> 1\. We will broaden and deepen global competency across the 12
> graduate business degree programs. CIBER will launch a Global Plus
> program for all MBAIMS students, allowing access to international
> business (IB) content and world region expertise to students in any
> business major. CIBER will support a new international
> entrepreneurship track and a new May semester, the two-week period
> after spring semester, as a window for students to take intensive
> courses in IB, and introduce an undergraduate honors program in
> international business.
>
> 2\. We will expand our business-liberal arts partnership, and
> establish a Business-Liberal Arts Colorado Consortium with regular
> seminars, roundtables and course exchanges, inviting seven Colorado
> universities to join the consortium. We will expand our BA-MSIB joint
> program that allows undergraduates in language a \"fast track\" access
> to our MSIB program, and fund faculty and curriculum development in
> the new Arabic and Middle East studies initiative.
>
> 3\. We will address the globalization of knowledge work in the
> professions with new initiatives in engineering and architecture. The
> shift of knowledge work to developing countries is changing how these
> professionals are trained and how their careers develop. CIBER will
> sponsor several initiatives addressing these changes.
>
> 4\. We will offer specialized Faculty Development Programs (FDIB) in
> areas where we have distinctive expertise. We will offer an FDIB in
> China each year, develop a new FDIB on international entrepreneurship,
> and continue our FDIB in international human resource management, and
> law and ethics. We will annually co-sponsor a conference with Stanford
> University on globalization of services.

# University of Connecticut

America\'s future depends on its ability to reach out to new markets.
This was known in 1988 when the legislation funding CIBERs was first
written. Today, as the global marketplace continues to evolve, it is
crucial that future generations have the skills, abilities, and
knowledge to preserve this nation and its ideals, and compete
aggressively in emerging global markets. According to a Goldman Sachs
report, the Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRICS), by 2050, will have
a higher gross domestic product (GDP) than the current economic measure
of 06. Providing students, faculty, and business people with a
comprehensive, integrated education with a focus on BRIC will assist
them in contributing to the achievements of this nation\'s success for
generations to come. Therefore the focus of the University of
Connecticut (UConn) CIBER is to serve as a national resource center to
increase U.S. global competitiveness in the markets of BRICS. We have
added South Africa to the mix for reasons explained elsewhere. We will
refer to these countries as BRICS. During 2006-2010, the UConn CIBER
proposes to undertake a variety of activities that will serve business
students, non-business facilities, advanced students, members of the
business community, and business faculty through development in
international business, curriculum related activities, and research. The
UConn CIBER proposal is unique because: it provides students
interdisciplinary education on BRICS; provides professional development
opportunity to faculty; encourages faculty to undertake research related
to BRICS; offers opportunity for curriculum development; makes maximum
use of technology; and employs large amounts of internal resources. The
proposal duly emphasizes the learning of foreign languages and cultures,
and includes activities that focus on national security. In addition, it
has a clear-cut focus and is cost effective. Overall, this is an
incredibly important project, and given the federal funds, we have the
resources and the contacts with schools in our region, nationally and in
the BRICS, to successfully achieve the goals that we have set.

# University of Florida

The Warrington College of Business (WCB) at the University of Florida
(UF) proposes a

2006-2010 CIBER program that is exceptional in: (a) meeting needs and
purposes defined by Part B, Sections 611 and 612, Title VI of the Higher
Education Act; and (b) in the number of significant outcomes expected
given federal funds requested. Careful design, a quality management
plan, and detailed, thoughtful evaluation strategies are essential for
reaching exceptional status in both (a) and (b)---and WCB is providing
all those components. But they are not sufficient. Key to the WCB
proposal is that it does not try to do it alone. While technically
offered by the college of business, it is in fact the concerted effort
of faculty from nine colleges, 18 departments and eight centers at UF,
plus seven other institutions of higher education in the state of
Florida, plus 29 other CIBER schools. Partnerships that combine
expertise, and that help WCB to reach out to more segments of the
population, are what fundamentally allow the program to be exceptional.
The proposed UF CIBER program delivers innovative and enhanced
international business (IB) training and research that builds on unique
and established UF multidisciplinary expertise and it simultaneously
fosters development of new interdisciplinary IB specializations. In
carrying out this program of delivery and development, initiatives fall
into five broad groupings:

\(1\) Meeting Hemispheric IB Challenges: New and enhanced curriculum,
research and outreach initiatives from the CIBER to our established,
premier Latin American business program.

\(2\) African IB in the 21st Century: A set of activities designed to
develop a premier program of African business expertise from specialized
university and regional resources with latent synergy that has not yet
been fully exploited.

\(3\) Language and Culture: Utilizing successful models pioneered at UF
for integrating foreign language training with business content
instruction and for enhancing delivery of business language instruction
through interactive Web-based modules are revised and extended to new
applications.

\(4\) New Perspectives on the Global Competitive Environment: A program
of academic research that encourages UF faculty from the colleges of
business, journalism and communications, and agriculture to analyze
current trends in the evolution of international markets and to begin
developing business models that will be applicable to global competitive
regimes of the future.

# University of Hawaii

Title: Enhancing U.S. Service Industry Competitiveness in the Asia
Pacific Region.

The Asia Pacific region is becoming evermore vital to the United States
business success in the global economy. The University of Hawaii (UH)
CIBER is strategically positioned to capitalize on a wealth of Asia
Pacific resources and fulfill our goal of enhancing U.S. service
industry competitiveness in the region. The UH CIBER plans to leverage
its existing networks and collaborative programs with the headquarters
of the Pacific Command, vast government, UH and private sector tourism
related resources, the East West Center, UH School of Hawaiian, Asian
and Pacific Studies, the UH College of Languages, Linguistics and
Literature, the UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, and
the UH College of Business. The foundation for executing and evaluating
the six mandates are through four existing centers housed in the UH
College of Business; the Pacific Asian Management Institute, the Asia
Pacific Risk Institute, the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship,
and the Asia Pacific Financial Markets Research Center. Through these
centers, over seven language programs, eight research initiatives, seven
curriculum development programs, seven industry outreach initiatives and
six faculty development projects will be implemented. These programs
provide a strong foundation to serve as a source of expertise on
homeland security issues relating to Asia, provide meaningful business
and language learning opportunities, especially in the less­ commonly
taught languages of Asia, and provide training and support to increase
the competitiveness of U.S. industries in Asia.

# 

# University of Illinois

The Center for International Business Education and Research at the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), proposes an ambitious
and focused program of activities to build a national resource for
international business and language on the campus at Urbana-Champaign.
The primary objectives represent major investments in programs that
differentiate UIUC in the international business field: (a) develop and
deliver new courses in business languages for delivery to on-campus and
off-campus audiences; (b) expand the opportunities for University of
Illinois students to have a meaningful overseas experience through the
International Business Immersion Programs; (c) develop new programs in
research, education, and outreach on United States competitiveness in
technology and the agricultural and food industries; and (d) contribute
to campus-wide research efforts on a vital homeland security issue with
important regional implications \-- security of the food supply. Two
significant themes tie these four major objectives together: (1) an
emphasis on Asia and an emphasis on technology management; and (2)
competition. Significant resources are directed toward new courses in
strategically important languages from East and West Asia and to
building faculty competence in East Asian business. This competence will
be exploited in building a research portfolio and offering expanded
international immersion programs for students in Asian markets important
to American competitiveness in technology. New curriculum developments
are proposed in the form of a multi­disciplinary product development
laboratory and a curriculum for international technology competition for
scientists and engineers.

# University of Kansas

The University of Kansas (KU) CIBER proposes projects for 2006-2010 that
emphasize Emerging Markets; Competitiveness and Homeland Security; and
Foreign Language and Culture for Business. Within this framework, our
programs are designed to: (1) increase the capability of business
graduates to work in international business (IB) contexts; (2) increase
the knowledge of business by students in foreign language and area
studies; (3) build IB knowledge and skills among businesses and
educational institutions within our region; and (4) advance the
knowledge and practice of IB nationally, through scholarly research,
faculty development and other activities of strategic national
importance.

Many of our initiatives focus on four powerful developing countries:
Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICS). Relevant to these countries, we
will provide study abroad and language study, support faculty research,
and deliver Thematic Learning Community programs for freshmen and
sophomores that will include sets of courses on East Asia, Latin
America, and Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia. We will deliver these
in collaboration with our Area Studies centers, including Title VI
centers in the three aforementioned world areas.

KU CIBER will address business security through executive education,
development of course modules in IS security, and research on the
implications of antiterrorism legislation. Other research will explore
the financial effects of oil price changes and political uncertainty.
The largest undertaking will be a four-year project on \"Navigating
Globalization in a Post-9/11 World,\" that will include an
interdisciplinary faculty symposium, partly conducted with the Army
Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; a new
course on post-conflict economic development; and a business forum about
failing states and the terrorist threat. To provide insights into the
Islamic world, we also plan a faculty development program in Turkey.

As leader of a new consortium to encourage the teaching of foreign
languages in a business context, we will create research and best paper
awards and help see that \"applied\" language topics are addressed at
traditional foreign language venues. We will encourage Less Commonly
Taught Languages throughout our programs.

**University of Maryland**

The Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland (UMD)
at College Park are submitting this proposal to re-establish the CIBER
project on the University of Maryland

campus. In response to the rapidly changing business environment, the
Smith School and UMD have undergone major changes since the last CIBER
project ten years ago. The Smith School is now an internationally
recognized leader in management education and research for the global

digital economy. And the University of Maryland is the only highly
ranked, comprehensive, and research-focused university in the National
Capital area.

The Smith School CIBER is designed to be a national resource center for
teaching, research, and outreach in international business and related
fields. The specific initiatives being (and to be) undertaken deal with
critical competitiveness issues of national, regional, and local
significance, and will build on our current and prior successes \-- all
with the singular aim of strengthening the international competitiveness
of United States business. This year, the U.S. Department of
Education\'s two invitational priorities for the CIBER Program, namely,
languages and homeland security and competitiveness; these feature
strongly throughout the project design.

The proposed CIBER has *five objectives* relating to: (1)
internationalization of the Smith School; (2) foreign language and area
studies; (3) teaching; (4) research; and (5) outreach to both business
and academic communities. The key purpose of the CIBER Program is to
enhance the international competitiveness of American business. The
following *seven themes* of the Smith School CIBER are intended to do
just that: (1) competitiveness; (2) global e-business and technology;
(3) entrepreneurship and innovation; (4) language education; (5)
national and homeland security; (6) global services; and (7) emerging
markets. These are the specific areas in which the Smith School and
University of Maryland have particular strengths relevant to the CIBER
mission. Accordingly, the *forty project activities* are largely built
around these themes.

# University of Memphis 

The University of Memphis has been designated as a CIBER for fifteen
years. During this time, the Memphis CIBER has developed one of the most
comprehensive programs in the nation in faculty development in
international business and business language training; international
business education for students at all levels; thematic and other
international business research for U.S. competitiveness; and other
academic and business outreach. To accomplish this Memphis has taken a
strategic focus of building institutional commitment, strong university
linkages and relationships across the nation and internationally, and a
spirit of collaboration within the international business and academic
communities resulting in the integrated, synergistic, and exemplary
programs highlighted in this proposal. Memphis CIBER is proposing during
the next cycle to offer more than sixty programs that address all Title
VI mandates and invitational criteria. Proposed activities include, but
are not limited to the following: Student Programs---International MBA
program; undergraduate international business degree; doctoral minor in
international business; secondary, postsecondary and graduate programs
in international business, business language, area studies; and the
cultural implications of doing business in other countries.

-   Student Study Abroad---Access and support to study in 165
    institutions in 45 countries.

-   Faculty Development---Faculty Development in International Business
    Series; Foreign Language Workshops, Support for faculty to attend
    other exemplary programs.

-   Thematic Research---Seven areas of designated sponsorship and
    competitive awards for other international business research.

-   Faculty Study Abroad---University of Memphis Antwerp Program and
    support for seven other programs that together provide faculty the
    opportunity to study and research throughout the world.

-   Business Outreach---National Executive Training Programs, Annual
    Series of Business

-   Conferences and Seminars, and Business Executive Study Abroad
    Programs.

# University of Michigan

The overall theme of our proposal is \"Challenges to International
Competitiveness.\" These challenges address emerging issues in the
international business environment that align particularly well with our
institutional strengths in international business, foreign languages,
and area studies. *The challenge of national security in a global
economy.* Designed to address the invitational priority on homeland
security and international competitiveness, these activities will focus
on the languages of Islamic countries, develop an internship program
using those languages, and address security issues along the Canadian
border. *The challenge of creating new global consumers.* A major
academic conference and a series of faculty-directed student projects
will address issues of business development and economic growth in
emerging markets. *The challenge of China as a competitor and customer.*
A broad set of initiatives will promote business Chinese instruction,
fund numerous research projects, facilitate language learning, and
enrich the international business curriculum. *The challenge of
broadening global awareness.* This effort will create learning
opportunities for large numbers of students through study abroad, core
courses in the business curriculum, and innovations in the liberal arts
curriculum. *The challenge of global competition in biotechnology.* A
major research conference and curriculum innovations will focus on this
rapidly globalizing industry. *The challenge of the anti-globalization
movement.* An academic conference, curriculum innovations, and student
projects with multinational corporations will teach our students and
general public about the realities of globalization. Other activities
will include efforts in export development, executive education, faculty
research, doctoral student training, and outreach to minority
institutions.

# University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill

The Center for International Business Education and Research at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CIBER) has selected
\"Shaping Global Business Leaders\" as the overarching theme of our
proposed program.

During the next four years, we will:

> 1\. Prepare students for global business leadership through
> experiential education;
>
> 2\. Equip educators to better incorporate global business concepts and
> experiences into their teaching and research; and,
>
> 3\. Infuse companies and communities with strategies and process to
> enhance their global competitiveness.

We have a proposal which outlines 30 initiatives with close to 100
research, teaching, and outreach projects designed to hone the skills of
secondary, postsecondary, and community college students; faculty from a
variety of disciplines and institutions; and business executives and
governmental officials to create a national cadre of emerging leaders
for today\' s global business environment. The impact of the UNC-CIBER
effort is greatly enhanced by our exceptional network of institutional
partnerships throughout the world. Here at UNC-Chapel Hill, departments
in area studies, economics, education, and languages, as well as
independent centers for rural economic development and global
sustainability inform our program design and schedule of activities.
Many of these units also co-direct planned initiatives. In a new effort,
other CIBERs, along with the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, are joining us
to explore ways to balance the increased demands for homeland security
with the needs of international business and trade.

UNC-CIBER is administered by the Kenan-Flagler Business School\'s
outreach arm, the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
(Kenan Institute). The Kenan Institute\'s mission to \"actively apply
business research and knowledge to address challenges in society\" fully
complements the UNC-CIBER efforts to \"build competency in global
business through teaching, research, and outreach.\"

UNC-CIBER is led by a strong advisory council and a 16-member faculty
Operations Committee and is managed under the capable leadership of
Director John D. Kasarda, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Management,
and Executive Director Lynne Gerber.

# University Of Pennsylvania

Title: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century\'s Global World

The University of Pennsylvania established the Penn Center for
International Business and Education Research (Penn CIBER) in 2002 to
further the broad objectives of the Higher Education Act. All of the
projects, programs, and activities proposed here contribute
significantly to the ability of United States businesses to prosper in
an interdependent global economy.

The mission for Penn CIBER is to provide the structure and opportunity
to bring together elements of the Wharton School and the University; to
unify resources and create synergies directed toward improving
internationalized business education, training, and research for the
benefit of students and faculty within and beyond Penn; and to seed new
initiatives and innovative programs in areas critical to local
businesses and the advancement of the United States' position in the
global economy.

The programs, projects, and activities in this proposal will expand
internationally focused interdisciplinary teaching and research that are
conducted at Penn and, in some cases, take them in entirely new
directions. Wharton educates the faculty whose teaching and research are
transforming business around the world. Under Penn CIBER leadership,
Wharton will develop innovative curriculum and teaching tools and
methodologies to enhance its ability to educate and train future
international business leaders, to improve the teaching of international
business topics, and to serve as a catalyst for new synergistic efforts.
Most importantly, Penn CIBER will help Wharton to bring its models and
achievements in the area of international business education, training,
and research to a much broader audience, locally as well as throughout
the United States and the world.

Through several frontier research initiatives, the Wharton Global Family
Alliance Project, the Insuring Against Terrorism: A Global Challenge
project, and the Entrepreneurial Index Project, Penn CIBER will bring
together domestic and international scholars and significantly influence
international business teaching, policy making, and future research.
Penn CIBER will also develop new tools and organize new opportunities to
foster discussion, share results, and disseminate outcomes from research
conducted under its auspices. Significant among these will be case
studies, the entrepreneurial index, and the addition of area studies to
the database of the business school.

# University Of Pittsburgh

The International Business Center (IBC) at the University of Pittsburgh
is a joint venture of the Katz Graduate School of Business and the
University Center for International Studies intended to increase United
States competitiveness by designing and supporting programs in
international business and languages that affect the University of
Pittsburgh, the tri-state region (western PA, eastern Ohio, and northern
West Virginia), and the nation more broadly. The IBC draws on the
multidisciplinary talents and the international expertise of the
University of Pittsburgh\'s faculty to enrich management education and
research and to help regional businesses meet the challenge of competing
in the global marketplace. Since its establishment in 1989, the IBC has
supported an extremely diverse set of programs and activities including
faculty and doctoral research; undergraduate and graduate study abroad;
student, faculty, and staff foreign language instruction; conferences on
international business; programming for regional businesses to improve
international effectiveness; and support for faculty in
internationalizing coursework. In addition, the IBC has developed and
supported programs that meet the needs of faculty, students, and
business professionals across the United States through its many
outreach programs. The IBC is designed to operate with three clear
roles: *a catalyst, an incubator, and a partner.* These roles imply that
in most cases, the IBC\'s focus is on originating and sustaining
programs by bringing together or partnering with a wide range of
organizations\--both inside and outside the university.

The IBC takes as its core objectives the six purposes of the legislation
that authorizes the CIBER program. In brief, these are to: (1) serve as
national resources for the teaching of improved business techniques,
strategies and methodologies; (2) provide instruction in critical
foreign languages; (3) provide research and training in international
business; (4) provide training to students enrolled in the University of
Pittsburgh; (5) serve as regional resources to businesses proximately
located by offering programs; and (6) serve other faculty, students and
institutions of higher education located within the center\'s region. To
fulfill these objectives, this document proposes programs to increase
U.S. competitiveness grouped into five clusters of activities: faculty
programs; masters student programs; undergraduate student programs;
research programs; and outreach. Specific objectives are detailed for
each of these clusters of programs. In addition to addressing the
invitational priorities on language and homeland security, this proposal
incorporates four themes in developing programs designed to improve U.S.
competitiveness: industry-focused research and programs; programs
focused on emerging markets; programs focused on small business; and
joint programs with engineering.

# University Of South Carolina

The Moore School of Business of the University of South Carolina seeks
funding from the U.S. Department of Education for the Center for
International Business Education and Research (CIBER) for the period
October 1, 2006 - September 30, 2010. The Center was established January
1, 1990, to be a national and regional resource that met the objectives
of Title VI of the Higher Education Act. Its substantial programs and
activities continue to serve the nation and the Southeast region,
materially enhancing the global competitive position of the United
States. The funding requested from the Department of Education will
enable the Moore School CIBER to engage in additional activities to
enhance U.S. competitiveness. Among the major initiatives planned for
the period is the creation of additional language tracks in the Less
Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLS) within the International MBA (IMBA)
program. Using a revised program structure that incorporates up to
eighteen months of in-country language training and internships, the
Moore School will initiate an Arabic language track in 2007.

The School has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United
States Army to admit 12-15 active-duty officers to the IMBA program in
the Arabic track. The new language structure will be used to implement
in the existing programs Chinese and Japanese programs, and the School
will implement additional tracks in Russian, Swahili, Thai, Turkish and
Vietnamese. At the undergraduate level grant funds will be used to
enhance the existing undergraduate International Business major and to
initiate a collaborative program with the South Carolina Honors College,
an honors research track in International Business, built on the
principle of research based learning. This program will integrate
courses in International Business Theory and International Business
Research and an off-shore research project with the Honors College\'s
requirement of a senior thesis. A major emphasis of the Moore School
CIBER in the grant period will be an emphasis on United States­-Africa
business relations. The Moore School will initiate an Africa initiative,
featuring new courses in African business, an invitational priority for
research on African business and its relationship to the U.S., and the
first structured Faculty Development Program in International Business,
providing faculty members at U.S. institutions of higher education with
the opportunity to learn first-hand of African business practices.
Additional research priorities will be given to Homeland Security and
the impact of global terrorism on U.S. business competitiveness, as well
as a systematic look at the relationship between the institutional
structure of emerging markets and the strategies used by U. S. firms to
reach those markets. Major CIBER activities such as the summer faculty
development program in the functional fields of International Business
and the Workshop for Spanish faculty will be continued. In all, this
proposal incorporates forty separate activities to enhance U.S.
competitiveness, and some thirty-nine evaluation activities to measure
their impact.

# University of Southern California

**Introduction:** Forty-five projects for fiscal years 2006-2009 provide
the CIBER with a unified menu of activities, which meet the purposes of
the authorizing statute and the programmatic requirements of the
Department of Education. The three unifying themes for our CIBER
teaching, research, and outreach are: (1) *[Expanding Experiential,
Cross-Cultural Learning Opportunities]{.underline}* for University of
Southern California (USC) students, faculty, and business practitioner
clients; (2) *[Researching Strategic Pacific Rim Economic and Business
Issues]{.underline}* related to: (a) Post 9/11 Security Environments\'
Impact on Business; (b) Pacific Rim Economic Integration along with the
Proliferation of Bilateral and Regional Preferential Trade Agreements;
and (c) the Rise of China; and (3) *[Strengthening the Marshall
School\'s Pacific Rim Alliances]{.underline}*.

**CIBER's Purpose: Improve the International Competitiveness of American
Firms.**

The purpose of CIBER-supported teaching, research and outreach
activities is to help make American firms become more effective
competitors in today\'s increasingly \"global\" world economy. To become
more competitive, American firms must become ever-more effective
multi-cultural enterprises that can learn and absorb deep knowledge
about the cultures and business practices of \"their strategic
countries.\" After 9/11, our CIBER advisory council decided that one way
to attempt to overcome America\'s post-9/11 problems of visa
restrictions and time delays is to make it much more difficult for
potential international customers, partners, and investors to visit
U.S.-based firms and universities and to substantially increase the
opportunities for CIBER American \"clients\" \-- students, faculty,
business and government practitioners \-- to have powerful international
experiential learning opportunities with current and future leaders of
their strategic countries both in-country and at USC. In this proposal,
CIBER plans to substantially expand international experiential learning
opportunities for Marshall undergraduates, non-Marshall graduate
students, and American business and government practitioners. CIBER will
continue to invest over one-quarter of its federal funds (about
\$125,000 in 2006) in 17 USC-wide projects (e.g., projects in languages,
international relations, and with the schools of architecture, policy,
planning and development and social work).

**Client Investments Stimulated by Federal Funds in CIBER-Supported
Activities.**

From FY 2002-2005, CIBER clients invested \$4.00 for every \$1.00 of
CIBER federal funds in order to participate in CIBER-supported
activities. This investment provides a strong indicator of how strongly
CIBER clients value CIBER-supported activities to make them more capable
international competitors.

# University of Texas -- Austin 

The Center for International Business Education and Research at the
University of Texas at Austin (CIBER-U. Texas) was established in 1990
with the award of a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant. The
center has successfully completed five CIBER grant programs. Housed in
the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin
(UT), and situated in the heart of the Southwest\'s high-tech
international business community and in close proximity to Mexico and
Latin America, CIBER-U. Texas has become a powerful tool for increased
U.S. competitiveness in the global market by: (1) enhancing the
international knowledge and global experience of literally thousands of
business students, educators, and leaders throughout this region of the
U.S.; and (2) promoting mutually beneficial cooperation among business
educators, students, and regional businesses. This proposal builds on
this record of success, expanding CIBER-U. Texas\' role as a regional
resource center. CIBER-U. Texas initiatives are built around the three
major goals defined in the CIBER authorizing legislation: (1) the
internationalization of business education and research; (2) the
integration of business education with other international components of
the academic community; and (3) the formation of a partnership with the
international business community. These goals will be realized through
programs organized under four central themes: Maintain a global focus,
while leveraging UT\'s strengths in Latin America and Asia; Create
programs addressing national security and language skills, including
less ­commonly taught languages (Department of Education \"Invitational
Priorities\"); Accelerate the transfer of knowledge between business and
academia; and promote research to improve the teaching and practice of
international business. Thousands of students, universities and
businesses will benefit from the programs proposed by CIBER-U. Texas in
2006-2010.

# University of Washington

Established in 1990, the mission of the University of Washington Center
for International Business Education and Research (UW CIBER) is to
*Build Global Business Expertise.* To address our mission, we have
developed three specific objectives: (1) create and disseminate
knowledge about international issues, regions, and practices; (2) teach
international business and language skills; and (3) provide
opportunities to gain meaningful global experiences.

Our twenty-six proposed programs are designed to carry out our mission,
meet the three objectives, and provide three measurable outcomes: (1) a
globally-capable workforce with the requisite skills and sensitivity to
compete in the global marketplace; (2) a deep, yet practical,
understanding of the forces that create global change; and (3) a dynamic
business community with the capacity and readiness to both lead and
respond to new global trends. The programs are grouped into seven
initiatives (Global Competitions, Overseas Experiences, Student
Enrichment, Business Languages, Faculty Research and Development,
Outreach and Continuing Education, and Global Issues Rapid Response),
each of which will be evaluated for outcome delivery.

Four aspects of our proposal are particularly innovative and
significant:

\(1\) A focus on intensive out-of-the-classroom experiences, which
provide unparalleled opportunities to gain international business
knowledge and skills.

\(2\) Creative uses of technology to support and facilitate foreign
business language instruction.

\(3\) National-level conferences to address the overlap between security
and business.

\(4\) Deep integration of evaluation into all programs, including three
longitudinal studies that have tremendous potential to impact and
improve international business training.

In sum, UW CIBER is committed to delivering quality programming that
will build global business expertise.

# University of Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a major research university and
home to a distinctive combination of liberal arts studies and
professional programs. In particular, the university is home to
exceptional area studies and foreign language programs and houses
leading technology transfer and biotechnology capabilities. This
proposal outlines the Wisconsin CIBER\'s plan to leverage these
resources in support of three major goals: (1) developing an
internationally trained workforce; (2) generating knowledge through
research on key global business issues, including homeland security, and
making this research available to the regional and national business
communities; and (3) increasing the level and competitiveness of exports
by United States companies. Through an integrated set of activities
designed to expand and enhance global instruction, research,
international study and work opportunities, the Wisconsin CIBER will
help develop a workforce prepared to contribute to the international
competitiveness of United States businesses and to the security of U.S.
interests at home and abroad. Each initiative highlighted in this
proposal is aimed at one or more of our goals and will be evaluated for
the contribution it makes toward achieving the relevant goal(s).
Traditional evaluation tools and assessment mechanisms will be utilized
in combination with a new, more comprehensive Performance Measurement
System (described in detail in the evaluation section)to help ensure the
University of Wisconsin-Madison CIBER delivers a comprehensive,
well-integrated package of activities for students, faculty and the
business community in pursuit of amore competitive and a more secure
United States.

November 9, 2006