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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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