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Global Resources
This page contains a collection of international business resources that have
been selected by the Smith CIBER team on the basis of their usability and
relevance to students and faculty.
Competitiveness
The
Americas Competitiveness Forum
Report on The Americas Competitiveness Forum, held in Atlanta on June 11-12,
2007.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Managing product sourcing risks in emerging markets
Innovation in emerging markets
Deloitte 2008 Annual Study
The Deloitte Innovation in emerging markets - 2008 Annual Study report
explores how manufacturers from developed and developing countries view and
handle their exposure to risk stemming from product sourcing in emerging
markets—and how the most successful companies are working to manage this risk
and turning it to a competitive advantage.
The Innovation in emerging markets - 2008 Annual Study report explores how
manufacturers from developed and developing countries view and handle their
exposure to risk stemming from product sourcing in emerging markets—and how the
most successful companies are working to manage this risk and turning it to a
competitive advantage.
Strategies for achieving commercial success
Innovation in emerging markets
Deloitte
In this report Deloitte’s Global Manufacturing Industry Practice identifies
and analyzes strategic initiatives that global manufacturers must take to thrive
in emerging markets. The study builds on a survey of 418 manufacturing
executives from companies headquartered in 28 countries that assessed the
strategies and approaches to innovation that companies use in emerging markets.
The survey focused specifically on 10 important emerging markets: Argentina,
Brazil, China, Czech Republic, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Poland, Russia, and
South Korea.
E-Business and Technology
National and Homeland Security
Language Study
Foreign Language Use Among International Business Graduates
by Richard D. Lambert
American business is constantly being urged to employ more executives who can
operate successfully abroad in one or another foreign language. Nonetheless, the
employment prospects for Americans with foreign language competences remain
relatively low. To both meet and stimulate that limited demand, several business
schools have instituted programs that combine general business courses with
foreign language training and international studies. This article reports on a
survey of 600 graduates of three of the best-known international business
programs of this type. The purpose of the survey was to determine the importance
of a foreign language competence in the careers of these specially trained
business school graduates.
Globalization Industry Primer
Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA)
The new LISA Globalization Industry Primer, released in February 2007,
provides readers with an overview of best practices in the
globalization/localization industry as well as the standards, companies and
technologies that make them possible. The Primer is available in several
languages via the link above.
Global Services
The Globalization of White-Collar Work
The Facts and Fallout of Next-Generation Offshoring
Booz|Allen|Hamilton
This 2006 report is based on a multiyear survey and panel study on offshoring
being conducted by the Offshoring Research Network at Duke University,
co-sponsored by the Smith School CIBER, and Booz Allen Hamilton.
Globalization Industry Primer
Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA)
The new LISA Globalization Industry Primer, released in February 2007,
provides readers with an overview of best practices in the
globalization/localization industry as well as the standards, companies and
technologies that make them possible. The Primer is available in several
languages via the link above.
Mapping the Global Future
Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project, December 2004
This is the third unclassified report prepared by the National Intelligence
Council (NIC) in recent years that takes a long-term view of the future. It
takes a look at how key global trends might develop over the next decade and a
half to influence world events. Mindful that there are many possible "futures,"
the report offers a range of possibilities and potential discontinuities, as a
way of opening our minds to developments we might otherwise miss. The report is
not intended to predict the world of 2020, but to better prepare the nation for
the kinds of challenges that may lie ahead.
Globalization
The Globalization of White-Collar Work
The Facts and Fallout of Next-Generation Offshoring
Booz|Allen|Hamilton
This 2006 report is based on a multiyear survey and panel study on offshoring
being conducted by the Offshoring Research Network at Duke University,
co-sponsored by the Smith School CIBER, and Booz Allen Hamilton.
Globalization Industry Primer
Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA)
The new LISA Globalization Industry Primer, released in February 2007,
provides readers with an overview of best practices in the
globalization/localization industry as well as the standards, companies and
technologies that make them possible. The Primer is available in several
languages via the link above.
The Global Economic Outlook in 2006
Standard & Poor's, August 2006
As part of the 2006 Global Economic Outlook, Standard & Poor’s has published
detailed analyses and forecasts of the economies of the U.S., Canada, Europe,
Japan, People’s Republic of China, Republic of India, Commonwealth of Australia,
Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and a selected group of emerging
market nations.
The World in 2050: How big will the major emerging economies get and how can
the OECD compete?
PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2006
The report presents PWC's projections of the relative size of the 17 largest
economies in the world in 2050, including the G7 (Canada, France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, U.K., and the United States), Spain, Australia, South Korea, and
seven large emerging market economies, the E7 (China, India, Brazil, Russia,
Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey).
Initiative for Global Development
The 2006 National Summit Report
In June 2006 the Initiative for Global Development brought 200 business and
civic leaders together for the 2006 National Summit to focus on the private
sector's role in eliminating extreme poverty. This is a report from the summit.
Mapping the Global Future
Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project, December 2004
This is the third unclassified report prepared by the National Intelligence
Council (NIC) in recent years that takes a long-term view of the future. It
takes a look at how key global trends might develop over the next decade and a
half to influence world events. Mindful that there are many possible "futures,"
the report offers a range of possibilities and potential discontinuities, as a
way of opening our minds to developments we might otherwise miss. The report is
not intended to predict the world of 2020, but to better prepare the nation for
the kinds of challenges that may lie ahead.
Emerging Markets
Emerging Market Global Players Project
Vale Columbia Center
The Emerging Market Global Players (EMGP) Project is a collaborative effort
led by the Vale Columbia Center (VCC). It brings together researchers on
foreign direct investments (FDI) from leading institutions in emerging markets
to annually identify and rank emerging market based multinational enterprises
(MNEs).
More than a dozen ranking lists are scheduled to be published during the next
few months, covering some 250 emerging market MNEs from: Brazil, China,
Colombia, Hong Kong (China), Hungary, India, Israel, Republic of Korea, Russia,
Slovenia, South Africa, Taiwan Province of China, and Turkey. All of the MNE
ranking lists will be posted on this website and those of the partner
institutions.
Managing Product Sourcing Risks in Emerging Markets
Innovation in Emerging Markets
Deloitte 2008 Annual Study
The Deloitte Innovation in emerging markets - 2008 Annual Study explores how
manufacturers from developed and developing countries view and handle their
exposure to risk stemming from product sourcing in emerging markets—and how the
most successful companies are working to manage this risk and turning it to a
competitive advantage.
Strategies for achieving commercial success
Innovation in Emerging Markets
Deloitte
In this report Deloitte’s Global Manufacturing Industry Practice identifies
and analyzes strategic initiatives that global manufacturers must take to thrive
in emerging markets. The study builds on a survey of 418 manufacturing
executives from companies headquartered in 28 countries that assessed the
strategies and approaches to innovation that companies use in emerging markets.
The survey focused specifically on 10 important emerging markets: Argentina,
Brazil, China, Czech Republic, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Poland, Russia, and
South Korea.
Risk Management in Emerging Markets
Ernst & Young
In this study, Ernst and Young reports on the survey it conducted among 435
large multinational companies with headquarters in 12 developed countries and
1,342 links with emerging companies. The study explores how companies from
developed markets manage risks as they invest and operate in emerging markets
and it compares and contrasts the view from both developed and emerging market
operations.
Dreaming with the BRICs: The Path to 2050
Goldman Sachs
This is the now famous 2003 Goldman Sachs report on the four big emerging
markets, the so called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). The
report also shows comparisons with the G6 countries (France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, U.K., and the United States).
The Rise of Transnational Corporations from Emerging Markets: Threat or
Opportunity?
This comprehensive analysis deals with the range of issues raised by the rise
of transnational corporations from emerging markets.
Trade
Trade Finance Guide: A Quick Reference for U.S. Exporters
Trade Finance Guide: A Quick Reference for U.S. Exporters has been written to
help U.S. companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), learn
the fundamentals of trade finance to turn their export opportunities into actual
sales and to achieve the ultimate goal: to get paid for their export sales.
Eleven concise, two-page chapters offer the basics of numerous financing
techniques, from open accounts, to forfeiting, to government-assisted foreign
buyer financing.
Free Trade Agreements
The United States currently has 10 free trade agreements (FTAs), of which six
were implemented in 2006, as well as several agreements currently being
negotiated.
U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board
This is the website of the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board and contains the
list of existing foreign trade zones (FTZs), articles, and related information.
TradeStatsExpressTM
The site provides access to the latest quarterly and annual U.S. trade data.
Foreign Direct Investment
Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment
The Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (VCC) seeks
to be a leader on issues related to foreign direct investment (FDI) in the
global economy, paying special attention to the sustainability dimension of this
investment. It focuses on the analysis and teaching of the implications of FDI
for public policy and international investment law. Its objectives are to
analyze important topical policy-oriented issues related to FDI, develop and
disseminate practical approaches and solutions, and provide students with a
challenging learning environment.
World Investment Prospects to 2010: Boom or Backlash?
This report by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Columbia Program on
International Investment forecasts neither a boom nor a backlash and sees world
FDI inflows climbing gradually back, in nominal US dollar terms, to their 2000
peak total of US $1.4 trillion by 2010.
Invest in America Website
International Trade Administration
The site has several resources related to investing in the U.S. and the role
of foreign direct investment in U.S. economic growth.
La nueva realidad (The New Reality)
KPMG and EIU Report on Business Prospects in Latin America, 2006
Business prospects in Latin America – a report by KPMG in cooperation with
the Economist Intelligence Unit
This report draws on interviews conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit
with executives to reveal how they believe Latin America compares with other
emerging markets. It also sheds light on some of the business strategies that
are succeeding in the region.
World Investment Report 2006
FDI from Developing and Transition Economies: Implications for Development
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
The 2006 World Investment Report focuses on the rise of foreign direct
investment (FDI) by transnational corporations (TNCs) from developing and
transition economies.
New sources of FDI are emerging among developing and transition economies.
This phenomenon has been particularly marked in the past ten years, and a
growing number of TNCs from these economies are emerging as major regional - or
sometimes even global - players. The new links these TNCs are forging with the
rest of the world will have far-reaching repercussions in shaping the global
economic landscape of the coming decades.
World Investment Report 2007
Transnational Corporations, Extractive Industries and Development United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
The 2007 World Investment Report analyses the latest trends in foreign direct
investment (FDI) and puts a special focus in 2007 on the role of transnational
corporations (TNCs) in the extraction of oil, gas, and metal minerals.
Higher prices for many minerals have led to renewed investor interest in the
extractive industries. TNCs, including some of the world´s largest corporations,
play a key role in the mining of metals and in the extraction of oil and gas.
Privately owned TNCs dominate the harvesting of metal minerals, while
State-owned companies from developing and transition economies are key players
in oil and gas. Many such State-owned firms are emerging as TNCs in their own
right.
World Investment Report 2008
Transnational Corporations, and the Infrastructure Challenge
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
The 2008 World Investment Report analyzes the latest trends in foreign direct
investment (FDI) and has a special focus in 2008 on the role of transnational
corporations (TNCs) in infrastructure development.
Infrastructure - especially electricity, telecommunications, transport, and
water - is important for all economies. It provides goods and services crucial
for competitiveness. Affordable electricity and drinking water are also
important for raising living standards. Many low-income countries need huge
investments to improve infrastructure but lack the domestic resources to fund
them. Investments from TNCs, along with other forms of TNC involvement, are one
way of addressing the shortfall.
Multinationals at Bay? Why the Liberalization of Host Countries Towards
Foreign Investors is Still Alive
This United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Economic
Affairs report examines the increase in the global number of regulatory changes
from 2004 to 2005, which are less favorable to foreign direct investments.
New Sources of FDI: The BRICs—Outward FDI from Brazil, Russia, India and
China
Journal of World Investment & Trade
While these countries are on the verge of becoming important outward
investors, many of their firms still need to acquire the necessary know-how and
their governments need to put in place an appropriate enabling framework.
The Universe of the Largest Transnational Corporations
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 2007
This publication is part of a new series of current studies on FDI and
development published by UNCTAD. The series aims to contribute to a better
understanding of how transnational corporations (TNCs) and their activities
impact on development. This report quantifies and analyzes the past and current
trends on the degree of internationalization of the largest TNCs as well as TNCs
from developing economies. It aims at stimulating discussion and further
research on the subjects addressed.
Country/Regional Information
Chinese Multinationals Make
Steady Progress
Release of the Fudan-VCC 2007 ranking of Chinese multinational enterprises
The first-ever survey of the foreign assets held by large Chinese multinational
enterprises (MNEs), conducted by the School of Management at Fudan University
and the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (VCC),
released today, indicates that Chinese multinationals are making steady progress
on the world stage.
Brazil’s Multinationals Take Off
Release of the FDC-CPII 2007 ranking of Brazilian multinational enterprises
On December 3, 2007, Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) and the CPII released the 2007
ranking of Brazilian multinational enterprises. The release highlights the rapid
multi-nationalization of Brazilian MNEs in recent years. Brazil’s Top 20
multinationals have over US$56 billion assets abroad and have over 77,000
employees outside of Brazil.
Russian Multinationals Bullish on Foreign Markets
Release of the SKOLKOVO-CPII 2007 ranking of Russian multinational
enterprises
SKOLKOVO Moscow School of Management and the CPII released the 2007 ranking
of Russian multinational enterprises on December 11, 2007. Led by Lukoil and
Gazprom, Russia’s Top 25 MNEs control US$59bn in assets abroad. Foreign assets,
sales and employment each have more than doubled since 2004.
Slovenian Multinationals: Small but Growing Rapidly
Release of the CIR-CPII 2008 ranking of Slovenian multinational enterprises
The ranking of the Top 25 Slovenian MNEs, by the Centre of International
Relations (CIR) and the Columbia Program on International Investment (CPII), was
released on March 18, 2008. The ranking reveals dynamic outward foreign direct
investment activity by Slovenian firms, which now control nearly US$4bn in
assets abroad. The foreign assets and employment of these MNEs each more than
doubled since 2004, while foreign sales increased by 60%. The retail chain
Mercator led the ranking, with nearly US$1bn in foreign assets.
Israeli Multinationals Rise in Foreign Markets
Release of the first ranking of Israeli multinational enterprises
The Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, Israel Manufacturers Association
and the Vale Columbia Center released the 2007 ranking of Israeli multinational
enterprises on July 9, 2008. Led by Amdocs and Teva, Israel's Top 15 MNEs
control US$7.5bn in assets abroad and over $21 billion in foreign sales. Foreign
sales and employment each have increased by 40 percent from 2004-2006. As a
result of the dynamic expansion of Israeli multinationals, foreign direct
investment (FDI) outflows from Israel rose from very low levels in the early
1990s to $14 billion in 2006, making Israel one of the top 20 countries in terms
of outward FDI flows.
U.K. Economic Outlook in 2008
PricewaterhouseCoopers
This article reviews recent trends in household disposable income growth and
spending on discretionary and on nondiscretionary items; considers how the
squeeze on spending power from higher prices is felt across different income
groups; and discusses the expected path of price pressures and the impact on
household real income and spending growth over the next two years in the United
Kingdom.
2008 America’s Role in Asia: Asian and American Views
This report provides recommendations for U.S. policy from both sides of the
Pacific.
Miscellaneous
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2008
United Nations
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which range from halving
extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal
primary education, all by the target date of 2015, form a blueprint agreed to by
all the world's countries and all the world's leading development institutions.
The international community pledged unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of
the world's poorest. The site also contains the 2007 report on progress toward
achievement of the MDGs at the midpoint 2000-2015.
Publications of the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade
Administration.
Grants
For Faculty
The U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program sends
800 scholars and professionals each year to over 140 countries, where they
lecture or conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional
fields. Every year, CIES publishes a catalog in April listing awards, for which
the application deadline is August 1.
The Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program
provides opportunities for mostly one-for-one exchanges between U.S. and foreign
elementary, secondary and postsecondary teachers. The deadline is October 15,
2008.
Educational Partnerships Program seeks to establish linkages
between U.S. universities and institutions overseas through the exchange of
faculty and staff. Begun as a pilot project in Africa in 1982, the program
became worldwide in 1983. These linkages focus on the social sciences,
humanities, business administration and the arts. Since the program's inception,
over 350 institutional grants have been awarded. U.S. educational institutions
and organizations submit proposals to the Department of State by the deadlines
announced in Requests for Grant Proposals (RFGPs), which are published
periodically in the Federal Register and which are available on the Bureau's
RFGP website. Proposal
guidelines and application materials appear in the RFGPs and associated
documents.
University of Maryland Office of International Programs International Travel
Grants
Travel grants are available for full-time, tenured, tenure-track, and
permanent faculty to carry out research overseas during Fall 2008. Proposals
must show the ways in which the applicant and the University of Maryland will
benefit from the completion of the project. Awards are made for economy-class
travel and assume that other sources of support, particularly from the home
department and/or college, are also being applied to the project. Maximum grant:
Round trip economy airfare. Deadline: November 15. For further
information and application forms, contact Lucie
Covey at 301-405-8535.
For Students
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program,
sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs, offers scholarships for students with financial need who have been
traditionally under-represented in education abroad.
Deadline: October 7, 2008
Boren
Scholarships & Fellowships supports U.S.
undergraduate and graduate students to study less commonly taught languages in
world regions critical to U.S. interests. Up to $20,000 for undergraduates and
$30,000 for graduate students depending on cost and length of program.
Deadlines: January 29, 2009 (graduate students), February 11, 2009
(undergraduates)
Freeman Awards for Study in ASIA (Freeman-ASIA)
provides funding for American undergraduates to study abroad in East and
Southeast Asia. Deadline: October 15, 2008 (for Spring semester)
The
Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides
funding for one academic year of study or research abroad, to be conducted after
graduation from an accredited university. Included in the Fulbright U.S. Student
Program are English Teaching Assistantships which provide opportunities for U.S.
students to assistant teach English language and conversation alongside host
country English teachers in select countries in Asia, Eastern and Western Europe
and Latin America.
Deadline: October 20, 2008
IAF PhD Fellowship Program The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), a United States government agency that funds the self-help initiatives of the organized poor in Latin America and the Caribbean, is accepting applications for its 2009–2010 Fellowship cycle. IAF Fellowships support dissertation research in Latin America and the Caribbean undertaken by students who have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy in a university in the United States. Fellows must be U.S. citizens or citizens of the independent Latin American or Caribbean countries. Proficiency in the language(s) appropriate to the research proposal is required.
Awards are based on development and scholarly criteria. Proposals should offer a practical orientation to field-based information. Among topics currently of interest to the IAF are the following:
Organizations promoting grassroots development among poor and disadvantaged people;
the financial sustainability and independence of development organizations;
trends affecting historically excluded groups;
transnational development;
the role of corporate responsibility in grassroots development;
the impact of globalization on grassroots development;
the impact of grassroots development activities on the quality of life of the poor.
The Fellowship includes:
round-trip international travel to the research site,
a research allowance of $3,000,
a monthly stipend of $1,500 for up to 12 months,
health insurance, and
expenses related to required attendance at a mid-year conference.
For more information on this exceptional grant opportunity, including additional requirements for eligibility, and for application instructions, visit
www.iie.org/iaf. For information on the Inter-American Foundation, visit
www.iaf.gov. All inquiries should be directed to
iaffellowships@iie.org. Deadline: January 16, 2009
Internship Programs for College Students The IIE
European (Budapest) and Latin American (Mexico City) (iielatinamerica.org)
offices host internship programs for college students or recent graduates who
wish to gain cultural and professional experience while interning with an
international non-profit organization.
The Language Flagship Fellowships is designed
to help individuals achieve superior-level proficiency in certain critical
languages. The Language Flagship Fellowship is an award for up to two years for
post-BA students to support their intensive language study at Flagship
institutions in the U.S. and overseas. Deadline: January 16, 2009
IIEPassport provides a searchable database of study
abroad programs, and a wealth of tools for students and advisers – newsletters,
city and country portals, destination of the month brochures, calendars, maps,
and timely tips. Study Abroad Funding sources are searchable on the following
search engine: www.StudyAbroadFunding.org.
Woodrow Wilson Center Brazil Institute: Spring 2009 Internship Announcement
The Brazil Institute of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars seeks interns with an interest in, coursework related to, and/or experience working on Brazilian issues, with strong internet and multimedia skills. These internships are designed to provide the individuals selected with the opportunity for practical experience in an environment that successfully mixes academic study with public policy. Interns will work directly with the Institute's various multimedia projects, including its BRAZIL PORTAL blog (www.wilsoncenter.org/brazilportal) and podcast series. Successful applicants should have strong research and/or administrative skills, be detail-oriented, be able to work independently and collectively as part of group, and be currently enrolled or recently completed an undergraduate degree program, a recent graduate (within the last year), and/or have been accepted to enter an advanced degree program. Strong writing skills, language ability in Portuguese, experience with HTML or blogs, and translation experience are preferred. The Brazil Institute will be hiring one undergraduate intern and one graduate intern for the Spring 2009 semester. The undergraduate internship is unpaid and graduate students are paid commiserate with experience. To apply, send your resume, a cover letter describing how you could contribute to our team, what you are looking to gain from the internship, and a 3-5 page writing sample to Alan Wright at
alan.wright@wilsoncenter.org. Clearly state what dates and times you are available to work.
Deadline: December 29, 2008
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