International Business Center

Exporting Demystified: The Keys to Export Success
2021-12-09 00:00 (America/Detroit)
Automation Alleys event will feature international business experts who will demystify the export process and explain why the opportunities to sell overseas far outweigh the challenges. Speakers will provide case studies on how companies can best position themselves to take advantage of business opportunities overseas while sidestepping some of the common hurdles faced by exporters. They will also focus on countries around the world with the highest demand for Michigans goods and services.
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Research Spotlight: How Will Cryptocurrency Transform the Future of International Business and Trade
2022-01-25 00:00 | virtual
Major trading companies and MNCs around the world are recognizing the transformative impact of block chain technology in operating global supply chains, managing trade finance, and unlocking new business models. For this webinar, we invited two scholars from fiancé and economics fields to gain a better understanding of the impact of cryptocurrencies in the future of international business and trade. Specifically, the general discussion point will be around the introduction of cryptocurrencies, asset market volatilities, and international business. Our panelists will also discuss the potential impact of block chain technology on international trade, international business and finance. This webinar will include short presentations followed by a discussion moderated by the co-hosts.
Key Takeaways
Gain insights into the introduction of cryptocurrencies in international business and trade
Learn the potential impact of block chain technology in operating global supply chains, managing trade finance, and unlocking new business models
Learn the current state of the transformative impact of cryptocurrencies in the future of international business and trade.

Global Business Club: Foreign Direct Investment in Michigan
2022-01-27 00:00 | virtual
IBCs Global Business Club is hosting an event focused on foreign direct investment in Michigan. The webinar will give an overview of FDI and economic data pre and during the Covid-19 pandemic. After the keynote, a panel of economic development experts will discuss trends they have seen in FDI, discuss recent investment projects, and talk about what they foresee in the year to come.
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MSI Consortium - From Product to Platform: Transformation in the Global Automotive Industry
2022-01-27 00:00 | virtual
Emerging from the disruptive market forces of the twenty first century, the global automotive industry has become synonymous with more than just mobility.Advances in technology and the transformation of systems are enabling innovative products that allow vehicles to serve as platforms for other products; vehicles are becoming living rooms on wheels. Heritage brands are racing to compete with relatively recent market entrants who have refined over the air vehicle software updates that are used to optimize a vehicles performance.
With a panel of global experts from both industry and academia, this webinar will explore the types of product possibilities that are emerging, the nature of the companies that will compete in this emerging space, and the implications for associated industries and supply chains.
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Lansing Regional Chamber: Economic Club - 65th Anniversary of the Little Rock Nine
2022-02-01 00:00 | Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, 219 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, 48824, United States
In recognition of this significant milestone, Ernest Green, a member of the Little Rock Nine, will join the Lansing Economic Club on Tuesday, Feb. 1. Mr. Green, a Michigan State University alumnus, will be interviewed by Elaine Hardy, director of diversity, equity, and inclusion, City of East Lansing. Green will speak about the Little Rock Nine’s importance in the continued fight for civil rights and justice in the United States.

China and the World: Beyond the Headlines -The Important Role of Chinese Americans in U.S. History, Business, and Society
2022-02-09 00:00
In partnership with MSU faculty and the Committee of 100, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing
the inclusion of Chinese Americans across society, this event will provide an overview of Chinese American
history in the US in an effort to combat anti-Asian hate and to raise awareness about the important role
Chinese Americans have played in US history. The panelists will share their expertise, and the event will allow
plenty of time for Q&A from the audience.

MEDC Mobility Roundtable
2022-02-10 00:00
Automotive- and mobility-sector companies are invited to join MEDC, Ann Arbor SPARK, and MSU International Business Center for a virtual roundtable discussion to share insights into challenges and successes of entering new markets. The discussion aims to inform moderators of how export programs can be better aligned to support this industry in 2022 and beyond.
This virtual event will be held February 10, 9am10:30am and is open to up to 20 companies statewide. If you are interested in participating, please contact your International Trade Manager.

MSI Consortium - Brave New World of Retailing: Trials, Tribulations and Tips
2022-02-10 00:00 | virtual
This presentation offers an overview of the current problems and possibilities in the retailing industry with suggestions for educators and researchers, as well as practitioners in the area. Retailing is a service industry that exists in all the countries around the globe albeit at different levels of development. As a result, the transformation that the world is going through is most evident in retailing given its ubiquitous nature in peoples lives in the world. The digital revolution, along with changes in the macro environments and consumer behaviors, trigger and fuel this transformation.

Community Colleges Go Global: How to Design Your Education Abroad Program
2022-02-11 00:00 | virtual
Are you looking to offer an education abroad program? This webinar will provide you with the knowledge, experience, and resources you need to design an education abroad program at the two-year college level. The workshop is specifically targeted towards educators and will focus on all aspects of education abroad and international internships.

MSI Consortium - Understanding the Basics of International Tax Avoidance: Methods and Ethics
2022-02-17 00:00 | virtual
Multinational corporations face an unequal world in many ways, including widely varying effective tax rates in different nations (although recent moves by the US, EU and other nations have agreed to start reducing the disparities, by imposing a minimum 15% corporate tax. Nevertheless, the differences in tax rates may shrink, but not disappear.
This webinar is designed to introduce academics and practitioners to the basic methods that have been used by multinationals to pay less tax in higher-tax jurisdictions, by transferring declared taxable profits to lower-taxed countries. This is not a seminar for tax accountants but rather intended as an overview or introduction to a fundamentally important subject, using simple examples that can be understood by instructors, their students and also executives in multinational companies. Across the domain of international business, the sums amount to trillions of dollars

MSI Consortium - Manufacturing, Product Strategy and Supply Chain Issues in the Global Automotive Industry
2022-02-24 00:00 | virtual
The automotive industrys market sales are forecast to be US$3.8 trillion in 2022* – and this doesnt even account for all the value chain members and the vast network of stakeholders associated with doing business in this industrial vertical! Technological advances, government regulations and a hyper-competitive market are among the forces directly impacting a flurry of product announces and new manufacturing investments around the world.
Join us with leading experts to explore some of the manufacturing, product strategy and supply chain issues facing the future of the automotive industry in an evolving paradigm.

Research Spotlight: The Need for Survey Research in International Business/Marketing: Tips and Trends
2022-02-25 00:00 | virtual
For this webinar, we invited three well-established international business/marketing scholars. Our panelists will discuss the need for survey research to address important international business/marketing phenomena, speaking to contemporary conceptual and methodological best practices. This webinar will include short presentations followed by a discussion moderated by the co-hosts.
Key Takeaways:
Learn areas of research opportunity that can best be explored via survey research
Gain insights into different theoretical foundations for advancing the international business/marketing literature
Tips related to best practices for designing and executing survey research for publication in the international business/marketing literature

MSI Consortium - Executive Education At The Crossroads: Perspectives From Around The World
2022-03-10 00:00 | virtual
This conversation will focus on the changes we are observing in learning and careers and how executive education is changing. Panelists will also discuss implications for educators, researchers, and practitioners engaged in executive education.
Recruitment and retainment of talent has become one of the biggest challenges faced by all companies around the world. this challenge is further intensified by the Great Resignation trend, particularly among the Z generation and Millennial professionals. Businesses and individuals are becoming more interested in lifelong learning and demanding new and flexible learning experiences along the way. In fact, the emergence of a broader, lifelong learning perspective is noted by AACSB against the traditional front-loaded model of higher education in business schools
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MEDC Manufacturing Roundtable
2022-03-10 00:00 | Automation Alley, 2675 Bellingham, Troy, United States
IBC/MSU-CIBER presented on the Global Advanced Manufacturing Industry at the Advanced Manufacturing Roundtable hosted and organized by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Automation Alley. Michigan manufacturing companies joined the roundtable to learn more about the industry and resources to support them with their international business matters.

Lansing Regional Chamber: Economic Club - Women in Leadership Panel
2022-03-15 00:00 | Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, 219 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, 48824, United States
Women in Leadership Panel include: April Clobes, President & CEO, Michigan State University Federal Credit Union, Kelly Preston, Owner & President, Capital Steel & Wire, and Denise Maybank, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, City University of New York. Our moderator will be Elaine Hardy, Director for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, City of East Lansing & 2020 ATHENA Award recipient.

MSI Consortium - Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Firm Internationalization
2022-03-17 00:00 | virtual
Our study introduces the complementarity perspective to the entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) research as a process to compare the two entrepreneurial ecosystems across different countries and institutions. We apply the mixed method techniques to understand what works and what does not in the ecosystem and how regional and industry level conditions may facilitate more sustainable, resilient entrepreneurial ecosystems, where entrepreneurs grow and internationalize.
Our empirical part focuses on two entrepreneurial ecosystem (Istanbul in Turkey and Reading in the UK) models characterized by different EE taxonomy pillars and embedded in different local and institutional contexts. As a result of the study, two findings emerge. First, we find three distinct complementarities in both EEs: access to resources, effective use of resources, entrepreneurial orientation, and ecosystem awareness.
Second, industry and regional conditions facilitate specific entrepreneurship activity, affects scaling and internationalization. The mechanism which enables firm scaling and internationalization in the ecosystem is much dependent on the presence and hiring by MNEs in a region.
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MSI Consortium - Global Business and National Industrial Policy: Managing a Paradigm Shift
2022-03-17 00:00 | virtual
For the last fifty years or so, globalization has been the dominant operating paradigm for business enterprises of all sizes. Yet, the business landscape is changing quickly. Where once eschewed by capitalistic economies, national industrial policies are becoming more common. Join us as we explore how multinational firms are managing in this evolving global model.
Key Takeaways:
Why are national industrial policies becoming more common and what are the effects on businesses from national industrial policies?
How are firms balancing the need for global scale with the realities of an evolving world order?
What factors are companies using to choose where to operate (e.g., sales, manufacturing and R&D locations)?
What are the new business models and structures that might emerge?
While challenges abound, are there positive implications for industry?
This webinar is free and open to all, but registration is required. Please click on website link for additional information and to register.

China and the World: Beyond the Headlines - China's Conservation Policies after Rapid Economic Development and Global Impact
2022-03-30 00:00 | virtual
This second event in the MSU Office of China Programs China and the World Spring series will focus on research conducted by members of Stanford’s Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI) and their research collaborators at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The findings are based on years of collaboration and highlight China’s monumental conservation efforts. Faculty from Stanford, MSU, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences will discuss the impact and implications of their own and related research in this field.
We encourage you to read this two page brief from SCCEI prior to attending the event: https://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu/content/greening-peoples-republic-chinas-investment-conservation-0

MSI Consortium - How to Integrate Written or Video Cases into IB Syllabus Easily
2022-03-31 00:00 | virtual
Generally speaking, lecturers find it hard to integrate a written case or a video case into their existing syllabus. They may find themselves spending considerable amount of time, spotting a relevant case and trying to figure out how to use it in the most pedagogical way. Apart from finding a relevant case, lecturers can also find relating the case to their syllabus demanding. This webinar aims to address these issues, tackling the problem from lecturers’ perspective, offering some ready-to-use tips from panelists
This webinar is free and open to all, but registration is required. Please click on website link for additional information and to register.

Community Colleges Go Global: Value and Best Practices for Education Abroad Programs
2022-04-08 00:00 | virtual
VALUE AND BEST PRACTICES FOR EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAMS
A half-day, virtual workshop by the Michigan State University Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER).
This webinar will provide participants with the knowledge, experience, and resources needed to design an education abroad program at the two-year college level. Session topics will include advocacy for the value of education abroad, best practice models for oversight and operations, COVID response, and examples of successful and innovative education abroad programs. The workshop is specifically targeted towards community college business faculty.
MEETING INFO:
DATE: Apr. 8th, 2022
TIME: 10:00am – 12:30pm EST
LOCATION: Zoom
FEE: Free

Lansing Regional Chamber: Economic Club - Baseball Legend John Smoltz
2022-04-12 00:00 | Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, 219 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, 48824, United States
Baseball legend John Smoltz will discuss his time in Lansing, his career path, and the importance of getting out of your comfort zone and overcoming the fear of failure.

China and the World: Beyond the Headlines - Current State of US-China Relations
2022-04-13 00:00 | virtual
This is a recurring symposium series that examines several high profile topics about China’s emerging presence in the world to offer complexity, divergent and multiple perspectives, and analytic insight about China that goes beyond the headlines. The goal is a public discussion, grounded in scholarship, that makes possible open and informed dialogue. Panels will focus on relevant and timely topics related to China and will allow ample time for Q&A. Audience members are also welcome to suggest topics for future panels. This series is free and open to the public. For more information please visit the China & the World: Beyond the Headlines webpage.
Presented in partnership with the Stanford Center in China’s Economy and Institutions, US-China Business Council, and the Office of China Programs
Co-sponsored by APA Studies Program, Asian Studies Center, Chinese Faculty Club, International Business Center, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, International Studies & Programs, Office of International Studies in Education, Broad China Business Society

MSI Consortium - How FinTech will Transform International Business
2022-04-14 00:00 | virtual
Fintechs potential to transform international business has generated a tremendous amount of excitement across industries. In this webinar, three international experts in the emerging field of fintech will share with the audience key recommendations to leverage fintech opportunities in international trade and investment. The speakers will reveal, among other things, the following:
How blockchain works.
Understand when it makes sense to use blockchain in international business.
Take a practical perspective on quantum computing and blockchain technologies and their impact on international business.
See where quantum computing and blockchain are heading and where the two may intercept.
Discover new fintech startups that has the potential to transform international business as we know it.
This webinar is FREE and open to all, but registration is required.
Zoom details will be sent to all registered participants

MSI Consortium - Use of Digital Technologies and Multimedia in Higher Education
2022-04-21 00:00 | virtual
This webinar has a wider scope than IB, aiming to give a broad view on the use of digital technologies in education. More specifically, it will cover the use of multimedia in higher education. We know that the use of multimedia in teaching has become more significant and popular in teaching, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing in both its perils and prejudices with it. Our panelists will share some of the most recent publications done on the use of digital technologies in education. Furthermore, they will be addressing more specifically on the use of multimedia and its impact as a pedagogical tool.
This is a free webinar, but registration is required prior to the event. Click on website link for more information.

2022 World IP Day - Youth and Entrepreneurship
2022-04-26 00:00 | virtual
Young entrepreneurs put their heart, soul, creativity and themselves into their inventions, ideas, products and businesses. Their creativity and investment in their ideas contribute to global societal change and progress and the freedom to run their own businesses.
What does integrity mean to a young entrepreneur? Protecting their ideas, reputation, investment of self.What happens when that integrity is disrupted by someone faking their product or marks?
This year’s World Intellectual Property Day 2022 theme focuses directly on those great mindsthe young, energetic, ingenuitive entrepreneurs of the world. We are presented with the unique opportunity to implement vital knowledge of intellectual property rights to those future innovators who will, in turn, supply the world with their own intellectual property. These creators of the world, when equipped with this knowledge of how to effectively navigate the rules and regulations of the digital space, set themselves apart from their predecessors.

MSI Consortium - Sustainability of What, Sustainability for What?
2022-04-28 00:00 | virtual
What is the meaning and relevance of sustainability for contemporary businesses? What are the contextual drivers and contingencies imposed? What is the future outlook for sustainability efforts? How should we approach the teaching of sustainability in the business curriculum?
Just a few months before the entire world shut down due to the global pandemic, the World Economic Forums Davos 2020 manifesto stated that a company serves not only its shareholders, but all its stakeholders . Today, notions such as responsible business, purpose-led business, conscious capitalism, stakeholder capitalism, brand activism, etc., have risen to the top of the agenda of businesses, and academics are paying due attention. Practice of sustainability goes beyond the governmental actions and incorporates operations and strategies of both large and small firms, traditional as well as state-of-the-art business models, and new digital enterprises.
This is a free webinar, but registration is required to received zoom details.

Research Spotlight: Opportunities and Trends for Exporting Research
2022-04-29 00:00 | virtual
For this webinar, we invited three well-established international business/marketing scholars who have published important work related to the topic of exporting. Our panelists will discuss their perspectives on the opportunities available for high impact exporting research, as well as addressing contemporary conceptual and methodological best practices necessary for publishing work in the area. This webinar will include short presentations followed by a discussion moderated by the co-hosts.

MSI Consortium - Emerging Trends in International Entrepreneurship Research
2022-05-05 00:00 | virtual
This webinar is the first of a two-part webinar focusing on Research in International Entrepreneurship.A webinar on teaching International Entrepreneurship and addressing emerging topics and approaches in teaching IE.
About the IE Research Webinar
This workshop will highlight the key trends, topics and techniques emerging in IE research. We will discuss implications for the field and your research, including an extended Q&A session.
This webinar is FREE and open to all, but registration is required. Zoom details will be sent to all registered participants.
Please click on the website link for registration.

MSI Consortium - Emerging Trends in International Entrepreneurship Instruction
2022-05-12 00:00 | virtual
This webinar is the second of a two-part webinar focusing on International Entrepreneurship.This webinar will focus on teaching International Entrepreneurship and address emerging topics and approaches in teaching IE.
About the IE Research Webinar
This workshop will highlight the key trends, topics and techniques emerging in IE research. We will discuss implications for the field and your research, including an extended Q&A session.
In this workshop, you will learn:
·Emerging (and declining) topics in IE research
·New research techniques that could benefit your IE research
·Publishing tips
This webinar is FREE and open to all, but registration is required. Zoom details will be sent to all registered participants.

Lansing Regional Chamber: Economic Club - Energy Outlook
2022-05-17 00:00 | Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, 219 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, 48824, United States
Dr. Dean Foreman, chief economist atAmerican Petroleum Institute,will discuss the current outlook for U.S. and global oil and natural gas markets at the May 17 Lansing Economic Club.
Dr. Foreman, who is known for his extensive knowledge of energy markets and ability to use advanced analytics to assess market risks, will discuss the factors influencing market conditions before and after Russia’s unprovoked war on Ukraine, including macroeconomic expectations and the impact of price inflation, supply chain disruptions, and workforce issues. Dr. Foreman will also focus on the pace and need for capital investment and enabling pipeline infrastructure and trade through the energy value chain, including zooming in on Michigans economy, which requires abundant and low-cost energy to grow and maintain its competitiveness.
