International Business Center

Michigan Export Growth Program
2009-09-01 00:00 - 2010-05-31 00:00 (America/Detroit)
In the spirit of Michigan State University’s “world-grant” initiative, MSU’s International Business Center in the Eli Broad College of Business is implementing Pro Bono Services for businesses in the Greater Lansing Region (Michigan, USA) which are striving to engage in the global marketplace. The Michigan Export Growth Program was started with a seed grant from the Ford College Community Challenge, which funds projects that meet community leads, create student leaders while building sustainable communities and fostering community partnerships.

Symposium on Multicultural Psychology - Conducting Multinational Research Projects in Organizational Psychology: Challenges and Opportunities
2009-10-11 00:00 - 2009-10-12 00:00 | MSU Henry Center for Executive Development, 3535 Forest Rd., Lansing, 48910, United States
This is a conference that is part of the biennial Symposium on Multicultural Psychology at Michigan State University. The goal of the symposium is to identify the best practices and methodological lessons learned from conducting large scale multinational projects and will feature renowned researchers as invited speakers, breakout and discussion groups for interchange on one’s own cross-cultural research, and a poster session.

Michigan Export Growth Program Kick-Off
2009-10-13 00:00 | MSU Henry Center for Executive Development, 3535 Forest Rd., Lansing, 48910, United States
Local companies are invited to a breakfast meeting to learn more about the Michigan Export Growth Program (MEGP), and how they can benefit from this innovative new program.

Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan: Robert Selig
2009-10-20 00:00 | MSU Henry Center for Executive Development, 3535 Forest Rd., Lansing, 48910, United States
Robert Selig, Executive Director of the Capital Regional International Airport, presents “Lansing’s International Port of Entry and Foreign Trade Zone”

Lansing Regional Chamber Economic Club Luncheon: Peter Pratt
2009-10-21 00:00
Peter Pratt is Senior Vice President, Health & Human Services at Public Sector Consultants.

Second Language Research Forum
2009-10-29 00:00 - 2009-11-01 00:00
With this year’s theme, we turn our attention to the variety of approaches employed in studying the processes and contexts of SLA. Researchers draw on theoretical linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology, cognitive science, psychology, educational science, and other disciplines. They gather and analyze data through laboratory research, classroom observations, case studies, ethnographies, and language corpora. They quantify and they interpret. At times it appears that these researchers are looking at completely different subject areas, but all identify themselves as working within the field of SLA.
SLRF 2009 asks how these varied methodologies and approaches compose a single “field of SLA”. We solicit papers, posters, and colloquia that address this question and that add to our understanding of SLA.

US-China Trade Relations
2009-11-06 00:00 | East Lansing, MI, Chicago, United States
Michigan State University welcomes Consul General Huang Ping, Head of the Chinese Consulate in Chicago, to give a presentation about the trade relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. Presented by the Chinese Undergraduate Student Association and the Broad China Business Society with support from Bank of America and CIBER.
Location: North Business College Complex, Michigan State University N100 (directions: http://www.bus.msu.edu/information/about/maps/nbusiness.cfm).
Admission is free and everyone is invited to attend.

Lansing Regional Chamber Economic Club Luncheon: Claes Fornell
2009-11-11 00:00
Claes Fornell is Chairman of CFI Group.

Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan: Andrew Mangan
2009-11-17 00:00 | MSU Henry Center for Executive Development, 3535 Forest Rd., Lansing, 48910, United States
Andrew Mangan, Executive Director of the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development, presents “Taking Your Business Global Through Foreign Partners.”

Lansing Regional Chamber Economic Club Luncheon: Richard DeKaser
2009-12-10 00:00
Richard DeKaser is an economist at National City, now a part of PNC.

International Business Institute
2010-01-02 00:00 - 2010-01-03 00:00
The 8th Biennial International Business Institute for Community College Faculty is a unique professional development program designed specifically for community and technical college faculty. The aim of the Institute is to provide participants with the knowledge, experience and resources they need to internationalize general business courses and/or develop specialized international business courses at the two-year college level.

Capital Area Manufacturing Council January Meeting
2010-01-19 00:00 | LCC West – Auditorium, 500 N Capitol Ave, Lansing, 48933, United States
There is a growing recognition of the need for a greater manufacturing share of the economy in order to sustain a high standard of living in the U.S. One way to increase the share of the manufacturing sector is through exports. Many programs and tools exist in the Capital Area to help you start the export process or expand what you are already doing. Michigan State University, including the Broad School of Business and the International Business Center, the Capital Region International Airport, the US Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce and other resources in the region are all in play. Learn how these and other resources such as http://globaledge.msu.edu/ may help you now and help your company’s future growth plans.

Broad China Business Forum: Global Perspectives in a Challenging Economic Climate
2010-01-23 00:00 | East Lansing, MI, Chicago, United States
Broad China Business Forum: Global Perspectives in a Challenging Economic Climate
Saturday, January 23rd 1:00 – 5:30
MSU Union Ballroom (http://maps.msu.edu/interactive/index.php?location=ub)
Keynote speaker: Chinese Consul General Huang Ping
FREE Admission
The 7th Annual Broad China Business Forum will be hosted by the Broad China Business Society. Esteemed speakers will present on topics of concern to the future of Sino-American economic and business relations. Delivering the keynote speech will be the Chinese Consul General in Chicago, Mr. Huang Ping. The event will begin at one o’clock on Saturday, January 23rd at the MSU Union Ballroom on the North side of the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing, MI. Admission is free.

Lansing Economic Club - Scott Monty
2010-01-26 00:00
Scott Monty, Global Digital & Multimedia Communications Manager at Ford Motor Company will speak.

Lansing Economic Club - MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon
2010-02-16 00:00
Michigan State University’s president, Lou Anna K. Simon, will speak.

Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan - Daniel J. Vandenberg and Thomas A. Koster
2010-02-18 00:00 | The University Club of MSU, 3435 Forest Rd, Lansing, 48910, United States
Daniel J. Vandenberg and Thomas A. Koster will present “IC-DISC Tax Planning – The Last U.S. Export Incentive”

MAES Lecture Series - Business and Climate Change - Dr. Bjorn Stigson, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
2010-03-22 00:00 | MSU Union, 49 Abbot Rd, East Lansing, 48824, United States
Bjorn Stigson is President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. He serves on the boards of or on committees advising the Chinese government, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Clinton Global Initiative and the Global Reporting Initiative. He is a graduate of the Gothenburg School of Business Administration, the Swedish Management Institute and Harvard Business School.

Lansing Economic Club - Dave Brandon
2010-03-25 00:00
Dave Brandon, CEO of Domino’s Pizza, is the keynote speaker.

Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan - Charles "Chuck" B. Bird
2010-03-31 00:00 | The Henry Center for Executive Development, 3535 Forest Rd, Lansing, 48910, United States
Charles “Chuck” B. Bird, Director of International Sales, Food Safety Diagnostics at Neogen Corporation, will be speaking to the Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan about how to source and sell products in China.

Lansing Economic Club - Phil Power
2010-04-06 00:00
Phil Power, President of the The Center for Michigan, will speak.

World Languages Day
2010-04-17 00:00 | Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824, United States
On Saturday, April 17, 2010, MSU will again invite hundreds of high school students, teachers, administrators, and parents to campus to explore a world of languages during the Sixth Annual World Languages Day. Free to all participants, this day-long conference will focus on the experiences that languages offer, and highlight the opportunities available for language and international study at MSU.

Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan: Evan Elenbaas, President, and Troy Schmaker, CFO, Walters Gardens
2010-04-22 00:00 | MSU Henry Center for Executive Development, 3535 Forest Rd., Lansing, 48910, United States
Evan Elenbaas, President, and Troy Schmaker, CFO, of Walters Gardens will speak on the topic of “Exporting Successes: Tools, Lessons, and Advice from the Ag Exporter of the Year.

Lansing Economic Club - Regionalism Forum
2010-05-06 00:00
This meeting of the Lansing Economic Club will be a regionalism forum.

Coface North America Country Risk Meeting 2010
2010-05-13 00:00 | The Graduate Center at CUNY, 365 5th Ave, New York, 10016, United States
Join Coface North America for our seventh annual country risk meeting. Our panel of economists and business leaders will address the short-term economic outlook for the second half of 2010, with a special focus on how the credit crisis has affected North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

CIMaR 2010 Conference
2010-05-26 00:00 - 2010-05-29 00:00 | Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway
The 2010 Consortium for International Marketing Research (CIMaR) Conference will take place in Oslo, Norway May 26-29. BI Norwegian School of Management as organizer of the 18th conference takes the relay of Beijing (2009), and Rio di Janeiro (2008).

Global Management Accounting Research Symposium (GMARS)
2010-06-01 00:00 | East Lansing, MI, Chicago, United States
A Research Symposium that Rotates Annually Around the World: Copenhagen Business School, Michigan State University, and University of New South Wales. GMARS aims to promote a “global village” of management accounting research by bringing together a diverse set of the highest-quality research papers, plenary speakers, and researchers from around the world. GMARS will provide a broader appreciation and understanding of the many theoretical perspectives and research methods that are used to study management-accounting practices.

Short Term Study Abroad Conference
2010-06-04 00:00 - 2010-06-05 00:00 | Kansas City, MO, Kansas City, United States
The purpose of this conference is to bring together faculty and staff who have dealt with these challenges at a variety of schools, to share their experiences and disseminate STSA ideas and best practices and to think about the lasting impressions generated by STSA programs. Whether you are an experienced STSA practitioner or just contemplating the challenges of implementing a short-term program, we hope you will find the agenda compelling. We are confident that the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities with experienced practitioners will leave you with a better understanding of your role in planning, administering, directing, and/or facilitating short-term study abroad programs.

Advanced International Business Institute for Community College Faculty
2010-06-06 00:00 - 2010-06-09 00:00 | East Lansing, MI, Chicago, United States
The Advanced International Business Institute (AIBI) for Community College Faculty is a unique faculty development program. It is designed for community college faculty who have previously attended international business faculty development workshops, seminars, or conferences, as well as faculty who bring previous international business experience to their classrooms, and international business program administrators. Topics to be covered in the AIBI include: classroom tools and course development, developing and maintaining IB programs, and best practices in IB integration. The AIBI will also offer small group breakout sessions for faculty to tackle and resolve their own IB challenges and concerns.

International Trade: Firms and Workers
2010-06-24 00:00 - 2010-06-25 00:00 | University of Nottingham, UK, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK, Nottingham, United Kingdom
MSU-CIBER and the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP) are co-sponsoring a conference on “International Trade: Firms and Workers,” to be held
at the University of Nottingham June 24 “25, 2010. This conference is a follow-up to a workshop
on “Testing Trade Models with Labor Market Heterogeneity,” hosted by the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in December 2008.
That earlier workshop, also co-sponsored by MSU-CIBER, brought together researchers from around the world for the purpose of
initiating collaborative research aimed at developing a better understanding of the labor-market effects of globalization in
a world where workers have heterogeneous skills and firms have heterogeneous technologies.
Eighteen months hence, projects that emerged from that initial meeting are beginning to take shape and will be presented in Nottingham.
Colleagues from Michigan State and Nottingham will be joined by researchers from the University of Oregon, University of California at San Diego,
Columbia University, University of London, University of Copenhagen, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and Koc University.

Academy of International Business
2010-06-25 00:00 - 2010-06-29 00:00 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The 2010 meeting will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from June 25-29, 2010.
