EVENTS
Distinguished Professor of Tsinghua University, Dr. Baiyin Yang, to Address Purdue Faculty and Students on "Confucianism, Socialism, and Capitalism: A Comparison of Cultural ideologies and Implied Managerial Philosophies and Practices in the P.R. China. Dr. Yang serves as Chair of the Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University. His talk will discuss the ways in which contemporary organizational behavior and management practices in the Peoples Republic of China tend to refelct the ideologies of these three cultural forces.
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Latin America Expert Speaks to Krannert Masters Students.
Dr. Terry McCoy, a specialist on the political economy of contemporary Latin America, will speak on current developments in the region and share his assessment of long term prospects. Dr. McCoy is Director of the Latin American Business Environment Program and Professor Emeritus of the University of Florida and authors the annual Latin America Business Environment Report available online. Click below to view the report. More about event.
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Canadian Consul General to Speak at Krannert. In partnership with the Purdue Department of Political Science, Purdue CIBER will host Dr. Roy B. Norton, Consul General of Canada as part of the CIBER Global Management Forum Speaker Series. Mr. Norton will speak about the current Canada-U.S. business and trade relationship as well as the significance of the Canada-Indiana relationship. Subjects discussed will include bi-national issues such as trade policy, border security, energy, and infrastructure. The program will take place on Tuesday, February 21 from 2:00 – 4:00pm in Rawls 3082. Light refreshments will be served.
Leading Expert on Cuba to Speak to Krannert Students. As part of the CIBER Global Management Forum Speaker Series, Dr. Paolo Spadoni, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Augusta State University will lecture students and business leaders on the current situation and direction of the Cuban economy. Dr. Spadoni has conducted extensive research on the Cuban economy and the economic impact of U.S. sanctions against Cuba. He has published widely in scholarly and academic venues and is the author of Failed Sanctions: Why the U.S. Embargo against Cuba Could Never Work. Most recently, he contributed a chapter on Cuba’s economic policies to the Oxford Handbook of Latin American Political Economy and an article on Canada-Cuba business relations in the Thunderbird International Business Review (forthcoming). He is currently working on a book on the Cuban economy. The program will take place Wednesday, March 28, from 5:00-6:00pm in Rawls 2070. - 18th Annual Empirical Investigations in International Trade (EIIT) takes place with CIBER support. Hosted and orgranized by Krannert Professor of Economics David Hummels, the EIIT research conference was held November 4-6, 2011 at Purdue University Krannert School of Management. This major conference presented 12 research papers to an audience of 34 researchers and doctoral students from major universities in the U.S. and abroad. Read more....
- The Sixth CIBER Doctoral Consortium Workshop on International Operations Management was held September 22-24, 2011 in West Lafayette. The workshop was chaired by Purdue Professor Ananth Iyer and co-sponsored by the CIBERs of Duke University, and the Universities of California at Los Angeles, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas at Austin, and the University of Washington. This year's conference experienced record attendance with 39 doctoral students from 25 universities including two overseas institutions. The program focused on international issues related to the field of Operations Management with the expectation that such issues eventually will be incorporated in the teaching and research portfolios of doctoral participants. For more information and to download presentations or papers, please visit the conference website.
Mr. Ramiro Garces, V.P. Human Resources, Latin America Region, Kimberly-Clark addresses Krannert Masters Students on "Building the Greatest Asset of a Global Company: Hiring and retaining world-class talent" as part of the Global Management Forum Speaker Series.
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IN THE NEWS
Professor Malik and Associate Dean Hundley
Krannert forms new relationship with leading Chinese university. Krannert has signed a “Letter of Intent” for strategic cooperation with the Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE), Dalian, China. The initial focus of the relationship will be undergraduate student exchange programs, with eventual expansion into areas of joint faculty research, publications, and conferences. The initiative was headed by Purdue CIBER Director and Associate Dean of Krannert Global Programs and Initiatives, Professor Greg Hundley, with DUFE represented by Tariq Malik, Professor in Business and Management and Director of the International Center for Organization and Innovation Studies.
CIBER Hosts Chinese Visiting Scholar. Dr. Xiaomei LI will reside as visiting scholar within the Krannert School of Management forapproximately one year starting February 2011. Dr. LI is the Assistant Dean of Foreign Affairs and Lecturer of Micro-behavioral Management in Cross-cultural Environments at the Tianjin University School of Management and Economics (TJU), Tianjin, China. The focus of her stay will be the development of current research as well as the exploration of possible institutional collaboration between Krannert and the TJU School of Management.
STUDENTS
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2011 GBP GROUP PHOTO (ALL UNIVERSITIES)
CIBER Supports Eight Krannert Masters Students to Participate in 2012 Global Business Project. Eight Krannert Masters students have been matched to Global Business Projects in Brazil, China,Thailand, and India. Learn more.
- Krannert Students compete in the 2011 Annual CIBER Business Language Case Competition held at Brighan Young University, Provo, Utah. Tyler Williams (Management), Ashley Sharp (Accounting), and David Borthwick (Economics) ably represented Krannert in the Spanish Language Competition.
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CIBER awards Global Business Achievement Certificates to 23 Krannert masters students. The CIBER Certificate in Global Business Achievement recognizes graduating masters students who have made a commitment to the global understanding of business beyond their regular coursework. To qualify for this award, students must have completed four credit hours of specialized international coursework and two credit hours of global experiential learning in the form of study abroad or international internships.
- CIBER Global Management Forum Sponsors Krannert Masters Workshop on Facilitative Leadership and Cross-cultural Communication. Presented by nationally recognized expert, Mark Brown, Director of the Management Communication Center at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, the workshop topics included techniques of facilitative leadership, harnessing creativity from team cultural diversity and conflict, and feedback on students' individual conflict and cross-cultural communication styles.
- Krannert undergrads compete in CIBER Case Challenge. Purdue CIBER sponsored four Krannert students to participate in this international business case competition held at the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The participating students were Shulai Duan (ECON 2010), Taylor Jenkins (MGMT & ACCT 2012), Bhargav Kotadia (ECON 2012), and James Xu (MGMT (2012). Learn more.
- CIBER supports MBA team to compete in the 2011 John Molson International Case Competition in Montreal, Quebec . Six Krannert students competed against teams from top business schools worldwide.