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Internationalization of Community Colleges Global Mindset Index-2022

Publication Date: Monday, August 22, 2022

During the 2020–2021 academic year, the International Business Center (IBC)/MSU-CIBER conducted a survey of Community Colleges from around the nation to assess the extent to which Community Colleges have created a global mindset through curricular and non-curricular activities in their institutions. This research study benchmarks the unique nature of Community Colleges in providing international education to the U.S. population. Two groups of stakeholders from Community Colleges were sent online surveys: senior administrators and faculty. Each group was asked to respond to a different survey designed to address questions relating to international business education as a foundation for creating a global mindset among students at the Community College level. This edition of the Global Mindset Index (GMI) is based on the Academy of International Business (AIB) Curriculum Survey and the American Council on Education (ACE) Survey. Specifically, the pillars of the AIB and ACE surveys have been mapped to the five pillars of GMI. These pillars include Strategic Commitment, Program Offerings, Organizational Infrastructure Funding, and Investment in Faculty. The GMI survey also introduces a new metric – Global Knowledge – to understand how Community Colleges prioritize their students’ global mindset. This survey was conducted by the International Business Center/MSU-CIBER at Michigan State University and funded by the U.S. Department of Education with a Title VI CIBE Grant.

2020-21 Annual Report

Publication Date: Friday, February 11, 2022

2020/2021 IBC Annual Report


2019 Nationwide Benchmarking Report on International Business Education at Community Colleges

Publication Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2019

The 2019 Nationwide Benchmarking Report on International Business Education at Community Colleges uses an IBEX (International Business Education Index) score to provide benchmarks for community colleges. The IBEX score consists of five “pillars” that are important to strategically implement international business education programs and activities at community colleges. Comparisons to previous years are also available. For the first time, the benchmarking report also provides a look at international entrepreneurship education at community colleges across the nation. The study was conducted in cooperation with our partner organizations, Community Colleges for International Development (CCID) and the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE).


Reporting on Internationalization at Community Colleges: The Faculty Development Program for Michigan Community Colleges

Publication Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2017

The fifth in a series of reports looking at issues of internationalization and international business education. This paper focuses on international business and education partnerships in Singapore and Indonesia.


Reporting on Internationalization at Community Colleges: At the Intersection of Entrepreneurship and Globalization

Publication Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2016

This fourth in a series of reports looking at issues of internationalization and international business education in community colleges, this paper focuses on entrepreneurship education.


Reporting on Internationalization at Community Colleges: In Case of Snow - The Business of Rural Community College Internationalization

Publication Date: Thursday, May 5, 2016

This third in a series of reports looking at issues of internationalization and international business education in community colleges, this paper looks at internationalization in rural colleges, with a specific focus on Snow College in Utah.


Reporting on Internationalization at Community Colleges: Follow the Sun - Internationalizing the Community College Business Curriculum

Publication Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2016

This second in a series of reports looking at issues of internationalization and international business education in community colleges, this paper focuses on the use of virtual teams to internationalize business education.


Reporting on Internationalization at Community Colleges: The President's Role in Driving Internationalization

Publication Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016

This first in a series of reports looking at issues of internationalization and international business education in community colleges, this paper focuses on how presidents drive internationalization on community college campuses.


2016 Nationwide Benchmarking Report on International Business Education at Community Colleges

Publication Date: Monday, January 11, 2016

The 2016 Nationwide Benchmarking Report on International Business Education at Community Colleges uses an IBEX (International Business Education Index) score to provide benchmarks for community colleges. The IBEX score consists of five “pillars” that are important to strategically implement international business education programs and activities at community colleges. Comparisons to previous years are also available. For the first time, the benchmarking report also provides a look at international entrepreneurship education at community colleges across the nation. The study was conducted in cooperation with our partner organizations, Community Colleges for International Development (CCID) and the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE).


We may have cinched TPP, but is US trade a lost cause?

Publication Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Originally published by The Conversation.


Brand Protection 2020: Perspctives on the Issues Shaping the Global Risk and Response to Product Counterfeiting

Publication Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015

The A-CAPP Center is pleased to announce its most recent report on Brand Protection. Released at Interpol's International Intellectual Property Crime Conference and in partnership with Underwriters Laboratories, this report discusses critical aspects of the counterfeiting problem that need to be considered over the next five years.


Does the global stock market sell-off signal the BRIC age is already over?

Publication Date: Friday, August 28, 2015

Originally published by The Conversation.


US shouldn’t fret over cheaper yuan: China’s growing middle class will keep buying ‘Made in America’

Publication Date: Thursday, August 13, 2015

Originally published by The Conversation.


2015 Nationwide Benchmarking Report on International Business Education at Community Colleges

Publication Date: Monday, December 15, 2014

The 2015 Nationwide Benchmarking Report on International Business Education at Community Colleges uses an IBEX (International Business Education Index) score to provide benchmarks for community colleges. The IBEX score consists of five “pillars” that are important to strategically implement international business education programs and activities at community colleges. Comparisons to previous years are also available. For the first time, the benchmarking report also provides and IEX (International Education Index) score, which measures the degree to which Community Colleges emphasize internationalization of education in their curricula and educational activities. The study was conducted in cooperation with our partner organization, Community Colleges for International Development (CCID).


Global Supply Chain Management: Leveraging Processes, Measurements, and Tools for Strategic Corporate Advantage

Publication Date: Friday, November 8, 2013

About 90 percent of global demand is not fully met by local supply, and global supply chains will soon account for 25 percent of multinational firms' performance--meanwhile, supply chains need to become 43 percent more global in the next decade just to maintain a firm's competitive edge. Written by three of today's leading experts on the subject--each from Michigan State University, the uncontested world leader of supply chain management--Global Supply Chain Management gives you the know-how and tools to dramatically boost supply chain efficiency by making it a core element of your overall corporate strategy.


A Primer on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM)

Publication Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013

A Primer on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), by Hair, Hult, Ringle, and Sarstedt, provides a concise yet very practical guide to understanding and using PLS structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). PLS-SEM is evolving as a statistical modeling technique and its use has increased exponentially in recent years within a variety of disciplines, due to the recognition that PLS-SEM’s distinctive methodological features make it a viable alternative to the more popular covariance-based SEM approach. This text—the only comprehensive book available to explain the fundamental aspects of the method—includes extensive examples on SmartPLS software, and is accompanied by multiple data sets that are available for download from the accompanying website (www.pls-sem.com).


2012 Benchmarking Study on International Business Education at Community Colleges

Publication Date: Thursday, November 1, 2012

The latest 2012 data are compared with data from 2008, 2009, and 2010 for community colleges. The IBEX (International Business Education Index) score provides benchmarks for community colleges. It consists of five “pillars” that are important to strategically implement international business education programs and activities at community colleges. They are: Strategic Commitment, Program Offerings, Organizational Infrastructure, Funding, and Investment in Faculty. The study was conducted by Michigan State University and Lansing Community College with funding from Title VIB grants from the U.S. Department of Education.

The overall IBEX score increased to its highest ever in 2012 to 0.71 (with a possible score ranging from 0 to 1). The previous IBEX scores were significantly lower at 0.27 (2008), 0.27 (2009), and 0.25 (2010). Thus, the 2012 score of 0.71 is both a remarkable increase and an encouraging sign that international business education at the nation’s community colleges is valued and important in an effort to increase the international competitiveness of the country.

The full report can be freely downloaded at http://global.broad.msu.edu/ibc/publications/research/.


Tamper-Evident Packaging in Brand Protection

Publication Date: Sunday, April 1, 2012

Tamper-evident (TE) and tamper-resistant (TR) packaging provide an opportunity for incremental actions which can provide a means to combat counterfeit products, product diversion, shoplifting, cargo theft, return and warranty fraud, and unauthorized refills. This backgrounder provides information on TE and TR packaging including their regulatory definitions, the current and likely future extent of their use, and their applications for brand protection.


Chinese Anti-Counterfeit Efforts in China

Publication Date: Sunday, April 1, 2012

This A-CAPPP Backgrounder was released in April 2012.


Total Global Strategy by Yip and Hult

Publication Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011

The Director of the International Business Center at Michigan State University – Tomas Hult – just published the new version of the Total Global Strategy book with George Yip. TGS has been the market leader both in multinational corporations’ board rooms and in executive MBA programs for years. From General Motors using the TGS framework to restructure their Asia operations to Michigan State University using it in its world-leading executive training programs in supply chain management to being rated as a top 30 business book previously, Total Global Strategy is the authority on practical and sophisticated global strategy development and implementation. TGS can be bought on Amazon (http://tinyurl.com/TGS2012) and at all major booksellers.

Total Global Strategy tackles industry globalization potential and a firm’s alignment between its global strategy and the industry’s globalization potential. TGS then focuses on five critical global strategy levers (global market participation, global products/services, locating global activities and supply chains, global marketing, and making competitive moves globally). TGS also helps build the global organization worldwide or with a regional focus, offers concrete measures of all aspects of the firm’s industry, strategy, and organization – and concludes with a very hands-on and practical how-to chapter on conducting a global strategy analysis. The 2012 version of TGS includes critical updates and revisions throughout, with a major emphasis now being on the notion of outwardly focused as opposed to inwardly focused global strategy. This means that global strategy today is a mechanism to engage the global marketplace, align the firm with partners and other collaborators, and center attention on global customers (as opposed to a focus on only building the infrastructure of the global firm as a way to be more effective and efficient when an industry is ripe for globalization).


2010 Benchmarking Study on International Business Education at Community Colleges

Publication Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010

In this series of benchmarking studies, institutional-level data from 2008 (n=428), 2009 (n=336), and 2010 (n=309) - from a sampling frame consisting of the roughly 1,200 community colleges in the U.S.- provide answers to a multitude of questions regarding international business education (about two faculty and/or administrators participated per institution each year). An IBEX (International Business Education Index) score provides benchmarks for community colleges. It consists of five "pillars" that are important to strategically implement international business education programs and activities at community colleges. They are: Strategic Commitment, Program Offerings, Organizational Infrastructure, Funding, and Investment in Faculty. The study was conducted by Michigan State University and Lansing Community College with funding from Title VIB grants from the U.S. Department of Education.

International Internships Directory

Publication Date: Friday, May 1, 2009

The International Internships Directory is a reference guide for students, faculty, staff, and administrators to help match students with international internship opportunities offered by two- and four-year colleges and universities, governmental agencies, non-profit groups, private organizations, and corporations.

Advances in International Marketing: Michigan State University Contributions to International Business and Innovation

Publication Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009

For the past two decades, the Advances in International Marketing series has made unique contributions to the field of international marketing through original and high-quality essays that address various international marketing topics. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are included. While some contributors focus on managerial issues in international marketing, others take a public policy or a comparative perspective. Similarly, while some authors may confine their analyses to well-established concepts or methodologies in international marketing, others have the opportunity to incorporate new and innovative perspectives.

Benchmark Study on International Business Education at Community Colleges

Publication Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008

In this Benchmark Study, data from 428 of the 1,195 community colleges in the U.S. provide answers to a multitude of questions regarding international business education (858 faculty and administrators participated in the study). A newly created IBEX score (International Business Education Index) provides benchmarks for community colleges. It consists of five "pillars" that are critically important to strategically implement international business education programs and activities. The pillars are: Strategic Commitment, Program Offerings, Organizational Infrastructure, Funding, and Investment in Faculty. The study was conducted by Michigan State University and Lansing Community College with funding from a Title VIB grant by the U.S. Department of Education.

Critical Incidents and Intercultural Communication in Business

Publication Date: Friday, September 22, 2006

Although intercultural communication should be central to business language education because it serves as the context within which all aspects of international business take place, it is not a significant component of most business language programs. A need exists for cultural learning components for business language courses that are based on a solid foundation in intercultural communication. CLEAR''s Introductory Business CD-ROM-German includes videotaped interviews with American business professionals (in English) who have had significant interactions with the target culture. These interviews provide case studies based on intercultural communication theory. Following the "critical incident" framework of Richard Brislin and colleagues, students navigate the cultural waters of business environments through activities inviting critical reflection and alternative explanations of behaviors. MSU CIBER and CLEAR propose to create business culture learning materials for Korean, Chinese and Russian using an earlier template.


Facilitating Connections to International Business: A Guide for Foreign Language Educators

Publication Date: Thursday, September 1, 2005

This volume is directly related to the experiences of Patricia Ryan Paulsell while giving local, regional, and national workshops and presentations implementing business language programs. In addition, Cate Brubaker, who has received a ph.d in German, shares her views on intercultural communication during her work on CLEAR/CIBER.

Study Abroad Programs in Business Schools: Issues and Recommendations by Leading Educators

Publication Date: Tuesday, January 1, 2002

Study abroad is an effective way to accomplish internationalization of faculty and students; however, there are many challenges relating to study abroad that need to be resolved. The underlying rationale for study abroad is evolving, as are the anticipated outcomes for students studying abroad. Moreover, there is no single source of information about study abroad and best practices relating to study abroad. As a response to these challenges, more than sixty faculty and administrators from business and other disciplines gathered in East Lansing to share their perspectives and experiences and brainstorm about solutions to issues surrounding study abroad.

2004 Frontiers Booklet (released 8/2006)

Extending the Supply Chain

Internationalizing the Business Education: A Field Guide
Second Edition

Doing Business in Emerging Markets: Entry and Negotiation Strategies by S Tamer Cavusgil : Michigan State University, Pervez N Ghauri : University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Milind R Agarwall : Logistics Corporation of India, Mumbai
ISBN 0761913742 & 0761913750

Internationalizing Doctoral Education in Business - Book of Essays, 1997

Internationalizing Doctoral Education in Business - Summary Report, 1995

Internationalizing Business Education - Book of Essays, 1993

Internationalizing Business Education - Summary Report, 1992