The seminars for Faculty Development in International Business (FDIB) program at The University of Memphis is designed to help faculty teach in a global context by infusing international material into new and existing courses.

International and Cross Cultural Marketing co-chaired by Preet Aulakh and Tamer Cavusgil, Michigan State University, explored issues on managing marketing across the world. It featured conceptual papers and empirical papers that highlight similarities or differences in marketing management practices, consumer behavior and infrastructure of individual companies are also welcome.

Elizabeth Pond is currently a contributing correspondent for The Washington Quarterly. She was a Woodrow Wilson Center fellow from 94-95 and a MacArthur. Research and Writing fellow from 91-93. She has had teaching appointments at Simmons College, Johns Hopkins and Bonn Universities. From 1967-88 she served as a foreign correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor in Europe, Moscow, Tokyo, and Saigon.

Nitin Pangakar from the National University of Singapore will talk about determinants of joint venture performance. He hypothesizes that there are three broad categories of factors that affect joint venture performance: location-specific factors; parent company characteristics, and characteristics of the joint venture (child) itself. In his presentation, Nitin will discuss the data he's collected and what his analysis revealed.

The Seminars for Faculty Development in International Business (FDIB) program at the University of Memphis is designed to help faculty teach in a global context by infusing international material into new and existing courses.

The 2000 meeting of the Academy of International Business provided an opportunity to critically examine the relevance and impact of international business scholarship for business practice and public policy.

A collegial organization welcoming academics and practitioners interested in applying scholarly research to today's business challenges

The Fourth Biennial International Business Institute for Community College Faculty is a unique professional developments program designed specifically for community and technical college faculty. The Institute is designed 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.

The purpose of this invitational conference was to reflect on the role of study abroad programs for business students and to share perspectives and experiences about a variety of issues with respect to study abroad. A group of 24 national experts on study abroad programs were commissioned to author white papers on different aspects of study abroad programs.

The purpose of this conference is to provide an opportunity for seasoned and emerging global marketing scholars to examine the current state of the art of research in global marketing and provide guidance for future direction of the field.