CIBES

Annual Report

For Academic Year

1997-1998

 

 

¨       As Executive Director of CIBES, Dr. Massoud Farahbakhsh, organized and presented two workshops:

 

o        How to do Business with South Korea, held on 1 April 1998.  Co-sponsored by Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), North Shore Chamber of Commerce, Massachusetts Export Center, North Shore Community College, and Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network-Northeast Region.

 

o        How to do Business with Japan, held on 29 April 1998.  Co-sponsored by Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), North Shore Chamber of Commerce, Massachusetts Export Center, North Shore Community College, and Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network-Northeast Region.

 

¨       As a result of the exchange agreement with the Montpellier Graduate School of Commerce in France (Sup de Co-Montpellier), Dr. Jeffrey Berman was invited to present a paper entitled “Competency as a Management Practice in Europe and North America” at an International Colloquium celebrating Sup de Co’s centenary.

 

¨       CIBES is in the process of expanding the existing exchange agreement with the Montpellier Graduate School of Commerce to a double diploma agreement.

 

¨       Dr. Massoud Farahbakhsh also oversaw the development of a feasibility study of operating a Foreign Trade Zone by three MBA students at the Enterprise Center, Central Campus.

 

¨       CIBES co-sponsored Business Institute in Summer of 1998 which was entitled “Latin Trade: An Emerging Global Market”.  Dr. Farahbakhsh acted as the opening speaker on 29 June 98. His presentation was entitled “Globalization in Latin America: A New Approach to Economic Development”.

 

¨       CIBES co-sponsored the following faculty symposia in the Fall of 1997:

 

o        Global Business Competitive Challenges for Japan in the 21^st Century on 29 September.

o        Asian Trade & Investment in Latin America on 27 October.

o        The Bamboo Network - Global Chinese Business Connections on 10 November.

o        AACSB Video Conference: Designing Teaching Portfolio on 1 December.

¨       CIBES sponsored a research project entitled "Studying Abroad: Who's Interested?" by Patricia Uzzell and Jason Hoyt, senior students in Dr. Ed Desmarais' BUS 563, Principles & Methods of Business Research class.