Additionally the Centre provides research support for taught courses, most notably the Business Schools' postgraduate programmes and thus makes an important contribution to the further development of high quality course content. Centre members supervise research students completing higher degrees by research and the Centre seeks to extend these opportunities to develop further research activity. This was attended by key contributors from academic institutions and representatives from the business community. The second major conference is planned for May 2001. The Centre for International Business and Economic Research issues regular papers in a Discussion Paper Series on key themes.
All papers submitted are subject to a refereeing process.
They sometimes represent preliminary or developing work, and are available to promote discussion and comment. Currently there are eight doctoral students under its aegis.