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