Center for International Business Education and Research
Duke University's
Fuqua School of Business
Box 90210
Durham, NC 27708-0120 USA
Tel +1.919.660.7654
Fax +1.919.660.7769
Email: ciber@fuqua.duke.edu
Fedex only address:
100 Fuqua Drive
Durham, NC 27708-0104
Mission:
Our mission is to help advance international business research, international business education, and increase the global competitiveness of the business community.
Goals:
- Lead cutting edge research on international business issues
- Develop programs and methods to promote global education and awareness
- Engage in outreach activities with the business and education communities to promote global competitiveness
- Serve as a model and national resource for business schools, businesses, and the community nationally
Outcomes:
- Open source community for sharing knowledge and best practices
- Opportunities for faculty and doctoral development in IB
- Research about new emerging offshoring trends that enabled corporate transformational strategies
- Framework for companies to benchmark offshoring practices
- New validated cross-cultural communications assessment instrument and research methodologies available for public use
- Case studies from research projects
- Partnerships with leading universities, businesses, and NGOs
- Development of new courses in international business and language topics
- Incorporating languages as part of Fuqua curriculum
- Interdisciplinary and collaborative programs that explore international issues
- Executive training programs for the business community
- Resources for historically black colleges and universities to use in the internationalization of their curriculum
- National resource for K-12 programs
- Promotion of American competitiveness through research, programs, and outreach activities
- Dissemination of research findings to the public