International Business Center

Export Finance and Payments
2008-02-22 00:00 (America/Detroit) | Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, 219 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, 48824, United States
The workshop is aimed at enhancing Michigan companies knowledge of exporting and how to target top export markets for their products.
Dennis Lynch, Food Export Helpline® Counselor for Food Export Association of the Midwest, will present information on a wide range of exporting issues. Jan Blaho of the Export-Import Bank of the United States will discuss financing for export shipments. Topics for the seminar will include the following:
* The elements of an export transaction;
* Trade finance and reducing your international risks;
* Protection against non-payment as you enter into new foreign markets;
* Buyer financing through U.S. Export-Import Bank;
* International terms of sale and how they are integrated into pricing, quoting, and shipping process; and
* Resources available to assist Michigan companies.
Additionally, a speaker from the Michigan State University International Business Center will discuss the center’s knowledge web-portal, globalEDGE.

NASBITE International Annual Conference
2008-03-06 00:00 - 2008-03-08 00:00 | Arlington, VA (WA, DC), Arlington, United States
NASBITE International will hold its annual conference March 6-8, 2008, at the Double Tree Hotel, Crystal City-National Airport in Arlington, Virginia (just outside Washington, DC). For more information and to register for the conference, please see the NASBITE website, http://www.nasbite.org.

25th Annual Pow-Wow of Love
2008-03-15 00:00 - 2008-03-16 00:00 | Jenison Field House at MSU, 223 Kalamazoo St, East Lansing, 48824, United States
The pow-wow has attracted 4,000 people from the Michigan State community, the greater Lansing Area, and all over the U.S., and is also the largest student organized event on campus. The pow-wow is an opportunity for Native American students to share their heritage and invite others to learn about and experience a culture than many people do not have the opportunity to experience. This year’s pow-wow is the 25th annual event.
Additional sponsors include:
Grand Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa & Chipewa Indians, Department of Police and Public Safety (DPPS), College of Ag and Natural Resources and Pluralism, Office of Supportive Services (OSS), School of Social Work, Lilian M. Dodge, Bay Mills Indian Community, Dean Armstrong (CARN), MSU Student Life

Lansing Regional Chamber Economic Club Luncheon
2008-03-19 00:00 | Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, 219 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, 48824, United States
Speaker: Hester Wheeler, Executive Director of Detroit NAACP

Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan Luncheon
2008-03-20 00:00, 2008-04-16 00:00 | The University Club of MSU, 3435 Forest Rd, Lansing, 48910, United States
The Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan focuses on global issues of interest to the mid-Michigan business community. In this role, the GB Club is dedicated to supporting global business growth of the State of Michigan and its diverse manufacturing and service organizations. The main activity of the GB Club is the luncheon speaker series.
The monthly GB Club luncheons provide outstanding speakers and relaxed networking opportunities. With extensive international experience, the speakers wrap personal insights around a practical and up-to-the-minute approach to conducting international trade. The luncheons are open to the general public. Typically, about 100 business executives, public policy makers, and academics attend each luncheon.

Trade & Transportation: Michigan's Road to Prosperity
2008-03-20 00:00 | MSU Henry Center for Executive Development, 3535 Forest Rd., Lansing, 48910, United States
Speaker The Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce, together with the MSU International Business Center and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have partnered to bring you this informative session that features the following:
– Faces of trade & transportation
– The future of international trade for Michigan
– Delivering products and going global

Lansing Regional Chamber Economic Club Luncheon
2008-04-02 00:00 | Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, 219 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, 48824, United States
Speaker: Gerard van Grinsven, President & CEO, West Bloomfield Hospital

Detroit Economic Club: Tough Talk - Straight Answers: How Michigan's Economy Affects You
2008-04-03 00:00 | Detroit Marriott, 400 Renaissance Dr W, Detroit, 48243, United States
Michigan’s turbulent economy dominates water cooler conversations in Metro Detroit and around the state. The economic anxiety today has a dramatic impact on our businesses and personal finances.
Join News/Talk 760 WJR’s Paul W. Smith as he moderates our panel of experts who will discuss our economy and how it affects your business and personal investment decisions.

World Languages Day
2008-04-12 00:00 | Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824, United States
World Languages Day is a free, all-day conference for high school students, teachers, and parents. Participants can choose from a wide variety of sessions on language, culture, globalization, and general information about Michigan State University.

Detroit Economic Club: Fortune Favors the Brave: The Net Gain of Security in a Risk-Based World
2008-04-14 00:00 | Detroit Marriott, 400 Renaissance Dr W, Detroit, 48243, United States
The Honorable Tom Ridge.
The inextricable link between security and prosperity in a progressively interdependent world has generated enormous political and economic benefits but also consequent challenges. As the interdependence grows, so grows the vulnerability. Terrorism, natural disasters, criminal acts, vendor issues, accidents and geopolitical influences can have debilitating effects on economies and thus have put issues such as supply chain security, cross-border collaborations and security investment at the forefront of every proactive business and government agenda.
Secretary Ridge, the nation’s first secretary of Homeland Security and former governor Pennsylvania, will share his views of today’s risk-centric environment and how to minimize those risks in favor of greater resiliency and security across the globe.

Re-imagining Nation, Rethinking Citizenship: Indigenous and Popular Movements in Latin America and the Caribbean
2008-04-16 00:00 - 2008-04-17 00:00 | East Lansing, MI, Chicago, United States
Students from all disciplines are encouraged to submit 1-page abstracts of presentations on topics related to Latin America and the Caribbean and our conference theme. Papers on other topics related to Latin America and the Caribbean are also welcome.

Does International Diversification Matter?
2008-04-18 00:00 | Oakland University, Aubern Hills, United States
Dr. Tamer Cavusgil will give a seminar on the preliminary findings for a meta analysis of multinationality and firm performance. Much scholarly work has been devoted to studying the performance implications of multinationality (also referred to as international diversification). This presentation will report on a meta-analysis designed to reveal empirical generalizations from this vast body of evidence. While multinationality is found to be positively associated with overall firm performance, contextual analysis reveals even more interesting findings. Multinationality-performance relationship is found to be stronger for multinationals from European and Japanese multinationals. Firms in manufacturing industries benefit more from internationalization than firms in service industries. Bivariate results also indicate that multinationality-performance relationship is stronger for the period preceding 1980. Finally, the results indicate that multinationality positively affects performance during both the early and late stages of internationalization. Positive effects of multinationality are strongest for firms with moderate levels of internationalization.

Detroit Economic Club: The 2008 Detroit Tigers
2008-04-23 00:00 | Cobo Center, 1 Washington Boulevard, Detroit, 48226, United States
Jim Leyland, Manager of the Detroit Tigers, and David Dombrowski, President, CEO, and General Manager of the Tigers, will speak.

Symposium on International Marketing and Innovation: An Invitation-Only Event
2008-05-07 00:00 - 2008-05-09 00:00
This is an invitation-only event that will bring together MSU doctoral alumni of the past two decades who have built their careers in international business/marketing or innovation. We expect an attendance of approximately 25 doctoral alumni and selected MSU marketing faculty.

Detroit Economic Club: DEC Presents Baroness Caroline Cox
2008-05-08 00:00 | Marriott at Centerpoint, 300 M. A. C. Ave, East Lansing, 48823, United States
Baroness Caroline Cox Baroness (Caroline) Cox was created a Life Peer in 1982 and has been a deputy speaker of the House of Lords since 1985. She was Founder Chancellor of Bournemouth University 1991-2001 and is a Vice President of the Royal College of Nursing. She is heavily involved with international humanitarian work and is Chief Executive of HART [Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust]. She also serves as a non-executive director the Siberian Medical University; and has been a Trustee of MERLIN [Medical Emergency Relief International].

Detroit Economic Club: DEC Presents The Honorable Debbie Stabenow
2008-05-12 00:00 | Dearborn Inn Marriott, 20301 Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn, 48124, United States
The Honorable Debbie Stabenow Born in Gladwin, Michigan on April 29, 1950, Senator Stabenow grew up in the small town of Clare, Michigan. She attended Michigan State University, where she received her Bachelor’s (1972) and Masters (1975) degrees. She worked with youth in the public schools before running for public office.
Elected to Congress in 1996 representing Michigan’s Eighth Congressional District, she won election to the U.S. Senate four years later.Elected to a new term in 2006, she has been appointed to the Senate Finance Committee which is responsible for our nation’s taxation, health care, pension and trade policies. She will continue serving on the Senate Budget and Agriculture committees and is chairing the Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry, and Credit.

Advanced International Business Institute for Community College Faculty
2008-06-02 00:00 - 2008-06-05 00:00 | Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824, 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.

Detroit Economic Club: A Conversation with Michael Dell
2008-06-10 00:00 | MGM Grand Detroit, 1777 3rd Ave, Detroit, 48226, United States
Michael Dell, born in February 1965, is the chairman of the Board of Directors and chief executive officer of Dell, the company he founded in 1984 with $1,000 and an unprecedented idea – to build relationships directly with customers. In 1992, Mr. Dell became the youngest CEO ever to earn a ranking on the Fortune 500. Mr. Dell serves on the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, the executive committee of the International Business Council and is a member of the U.S. Business Council. Mr. Dell also serves on the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the Technology CEO Council and the governing board of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India.

Coface North American 2008 Coface Country Risk Conference
2008-06-11 00:00 | Lighthouse Executive Conference Center, 111 East 59th St., New York, 100222, United States
Meeting Agenda
* Latin America: Ex-Im Bank Country Risk Outlook
* Russia: Perspectives on Russian Risk Assessment
* India: Business Climate
* United States: Recovery or Decline
* Coface Outlook and Ratings

American Marketing Association Marketing and Entrepreneurship SIG International Doctoral Consortium
2008-06-14 00:00 - 2008-06-16 00:00 | Stockholm, Sweden, Sweden
This special interest group of the AMA has a long history of partnership with the annual UIC Marketing and Entrepreneurship Research Symposium. At this year’s Research Symposium, we are instituting a consortium for doctoral students to encourage and guide students who are considering or are researching the intersecting domains of marketing and entrepreneurship.
Doctoral students selected for the consortium will have their Symposium fees waived, have complimentary meals during the official portion of the Consortium and the Symposium, and have a portion of their hotel expenses subsidized.

CIMaR 2008 Annual Conference
2008-06-18 00:00 - 2008-06-21 00:00 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The CIMaR 2008 Conference will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18-21 June, 2008. It will be hosted by NUPIN, the Center for Research on the Internationalization of the Firm at the Coppead Graduate School of Business of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and by IAG, the Business School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

Detroit Economic Club: Energy: The Next U.S. Challenge
2008-06-23 00:00
Michael G. Morris, chairman, president and chief executive officer of American Electric Power Co., Inc., will speak.

Academy of International Business (AIB) 2008 Annual Conference
2008-06-30 00:00 - 2008-07-03 00:00 | Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy
The 2008 meeting will be held in Milan, Italy, June 30- July 3, 2008. The host school is the Bocconi University Strategic Management Institute. More information will be posted as details are finalized. We invite all of our members to join us in 2008 in Milan!

Lansing Regional Chamber Economic Club Luncheon: John Kelley, Google
2008-09-25 00:00 | Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, 219 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, 48824, United States
Speaker: John Kelley, Manager, Online Sales & Operations, Google Ann Arbor

Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan: Jean-Pierre Novak
2008-09-30 00:00 | The University Club of MSU, 3435 Forest Rd, Lansing, 48910, United States
Jean-pierre Novak, Invest in France Agency – French Embassy will present “France: A Country on the Move.”

France: A Country on the Move
2008-09-30 00:00 | MSU Henry Center for Executive Development, 3535 Forest Rd., Lansing, 48910, United States
Sessions include: Overview of French Economy (with an emphasis on technology/energy), Protecting your Name and Logo when you do Business Internationally, & Renewable Fuels and Incentives to Export

Lansing Regional Chamber Economic Club Luncheon
2008-10-09 00:00 | Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, 219 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, 48824, United States
Speaker: Daniel J. Loepp, President & CEO, BlueCross BlueShield

Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan: Erik Magdanz
2008-10-22 00:00 | The University Club of MSU, 3435 Forest Rd, Lansing, 48910, United States
The Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan focuses on global issues of interest to the mid-Michigan business community. In this role, the GB Club is dedicated to supporting global business growth of the State of Michigan and its diverse manufacturing and service organizations. The main activity of the GB Club is the luncheon speaker series.

Doing Business in Korea
2008-10-22 00:00 | MSU Henry Center for Executive Development, 3535 Forest Rd., Lansing, 48910, United States
This half-day seminar will feature a number of sessions for those interested in doing business in Korea. Representatives of the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of State will present, as well as local businesspeople already engaged in business in South Korea.
