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Fox School international business program alum,Mr. Paul Gaspari, assists companies in the regionfind business opportunities overseas as an Inter-national Trade Specialist for the U.S. Dept. ofCommerce’s Commercial Service Office. “Often-times you hear that the government is only con-cerned about sending American jobs andindustries abroad. The Commercial Service pro-motes and creates American jobs by helping smalland medium-sized companies sell their goods

overseas,” described Paul. He spoke as part of theInternational Business Student Association’sGlobal Lecture Series at the Fox School.

Mr. Gaspari works out of the Philadelphia U.S.Export Assistance Center in Center City. Inaddition to their Philadelphia location, the U.S.Commercial Service has over 100 other domes-tic offices and locations in 83 different embassies

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FOX SCHOOL ALUM MR. PAUL GASPARI HELPING TO CREATE JOBS IN THE REGION THROUGH EXPORTS

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Paul Gaspari at work at the U.S. Export Assistance Center

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THE FOX SCHOOLRANKED TOP IN THE NATION

U.S. News & World Report:International BusinessUndergraduate ProgramsTop 20 in the Nation

International Business Graduate ProgramsTop 20 in the Nation

Financial Times:

MBA Program#1 Value in the U.S.

#2 in Career Progression in the U.S.

#2 in International Mobility in the U.S.

#3 in International Experience

Top 50 MBA Programs in the U.S.

Top 75 MBA Programs in the World

Executive MBATop 50 in the WorldTop 20 in the NationTop 10 in Financial Salaries

of Graduates

Having two national resource centers in one cityprovides limitless opportunities for implement-ing international business education programsacross the educational spectrum from northernNew Jersey to Harrisburg. Funded by grantsfrom the Federal Department of Education andhoused in schools of business, Centers for Inter-national Business Education and Research(CIBER) prepare global-ready graduates bymerging foreign language and international busi-ness topics into curricula for their own programs.At the same time, they provide expertise andtraining for the Pennsylvania education com-munity at large (including K-12 schools, com-munity colleges, and other four-year institutions).

Additional programs provided by the Temple andPenn CIBERs for area teachers and faculty include:

Penn CIBER’s 3rd Annual Summer Institutefor Teaching a Second Language for BusinessCommunication, June 20-24, 2005. This work-shop is designed to help second-language edu-

cators add a business dimension to their curricula; participants may receive PennsylvaniaAct 48 credit.

Wharton-GSE Alliance Program: Dual Cer-tificate in Teaching Languages for BusinessCommunications, launching summer 2005.Graduates will earn a certificate in HumanResources Management from the Wharton Pro-grams for Working Professionals (WPWP), anda certificate in Teaching a Second Language forBusiness Communication from the GraduateSchool of Education (GSE).

Temple CIBER Community College FacultyDevelopment Program, October 2005. FoxSchool business faculty will deliver workshopsand sessions on internationalizing the commu-nity college curriculum and campus.

Temple World Languages Day, November 16,2005. Over 300 K-12 school teachers and stu-dents will come to Temple’s campus to explore

careers in foreign languages and experience “miniclasses” taught by Temple language students.

Wharton Global Business Forum, November2005. Covering Africa, Asia, Europe, India, andLatin America, the Wharton Global BusinessForum is the umbrella organization for the fiveannual regional conferences. This unique stu-dent-led event addresses the globalization of theseregions' economies while remaining focused ondomestic trends and concerns. ■

For more information please visit the Web sites at: www.fox.temple.edu/ciber, orhttp://lauder.wharton.upenn.edu/ciber/

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ENPC NEW PARTNERSHIP


TEMPLE CIBER AND PENN-LAUDER CIBER COLLABORATETO MARKET PROGRAMS IN THE REGION

ALLIANCE BETWEEN TEMPLE UNIVERSITY’S FOX SCHOOL AND ENPC SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENTTemple University’s Fox School of Business andEcole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees (ENPC)School of International Management are proudto announce a new strategic alliance. ENPCwill become the headquarters for the annualParis semester of The Fox School’s longstand-ing International MBA (IMBA) Program,beginning in Fall 2005. This collaboration willmeet the growing demands of professionalsworldwide who seek to develop global businessacumen for their international career interests.In a new “dual degree” model between The FoxSchool and ENPC, graduates will earn theMBA credential from both Temple Universityand ENPC School of International Manage-ment, earning lifelong benefits and privileges ofalumnis status at both institutions.

Founded in 1987, the ENPC School of Inter-national Management is affiliated with therenowned Grands Écolé system of higher edu-cation, the premiere set of institutions inFrance. In Fall 2004, the Financial TimesEuropean business school ranking listed

ENPC among the Top 5 in Europe for thequality of its teaching faculty. The ENPCMBA is consistently considered among thetop five MBA programs in France.

Given the competitive global business employ-ment market, this new partnership affordsIMBA graduates a unique opportunity toleverage a prestigious locally recognized degreein both Europe and the United States and tobuild a global business acumen with lifelongbusiness skills.

This new dual degree program will take advan-tage of two institutions that already have a sharedvision and mission for their respective programs.For example, a cornerstone of the Fox IMBA isits award-winning Global Entrepreneurship inTechnology (GET) consulting practicum, inwhich student teams consult for global entre-preneurial companies in high-growth industries.ENPC already offers a similar program, calledthe Technology Innovation Management andEntrepreneurship (TIME) program.

With 34,000 students and over 200,00 alum-ni around the world, Temple University isrenowned for its dynamism and diversity. Oneof only 200 universities nationwide classifiedas a Carnegie Foundation Research ExtensiveUniversity, Temple is strongly committed toacademic excellence, and provides a presti-gious home to The Fox School of Businessand Management. The Fox School is thelargest, most comprehensive business school inthe Greater Philadelphia region and among thelargest in the world, with more than 5,500 stu-dents, 154 full-time faculty and 45,000 alum-ni. Accredited by AACSB International (TheAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools ofBusiness), The Fox School’s programs areranked internationally and nationally by lead-ing business publications, including FinancialTimes, Forbes, U.S. News & World Reportand Entrepreneur magazine. ■

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Journal Editor, Masaaki "Mike" Kotabe,announces Professor Mike Geppert as the inau-gural Book Review Editor for the Journal of Inter-national Management (JIM) for the 2005-2006term. Dr. Geppert is Professor of InternationalManagement Studies and Director of the MAProgram in International Management at theUniversity of London.

The decision to introduce the Book Review sec-tion is in direct response to increased inquiriesfrom publishers as well as authors about bookreviews over the last few years. “Such inquiriesreflect the increased recognition that JIM hasbeen receiving from both authors and readers ofthe published articles,” describes Professor Kotabe.“I’d like to express my deep appreciation to themembers of the Editorial Board and occasionalreviewers for providing their precious time andexpertise in the entire manuscript review process.”

JIM is designed to serve an audience of academicresearchers, educators, and business profession-als, by publishing both theoretical and empiricalresearch relating to international managementand strategy issues. Research books are as impor-tant venues in disseminating knowledge as jour-nal articles. As such, book reviews complement ourcollective effort at providing state-of-the-art knowl-edge to the readership in a timely fashion.

“I’m pleased to share Professor Geppert’s enthu-siasm for adding Book Reviews to JIM’s portfo-lio of services to our community,” said ProfessorKotabe. “I’m confident his expertise in compil-ing book reviews will be useful for your profes-sional work. Your participation is alsoencouraged. I welcome your suggestions and rec-ommendations for review.”

Please send book review recommendations to theJIM Office by e-mail to [email protected]. ■

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY JAPAN— DESIGNATED 1ST FOREIGN UNIVERSITY

THE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENTWELCOMES PROFESSOR MIKE GEPPERT AS BOOK REVIEW EDITOR

Temple University Japan (TUJ) is pleased toannounce its official recognition by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology (MEXT). On February 14,2005, TUJ became the first postsecondary edu-cational institution in Japan with overseas rootsto receive MEXT’s designation as a Foreign Uni-versity, Japan Campus. TUJ has had a long-standing commitment to international educationsince its establishment in Tokyo in 1982 as abranch campus of Temple University in Philadel-phia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

TUJ has developed into a nationally recognizedinstitution offering an extensive range of English-language educational programs. In addition to itscore undergraduate program, TUJ offers graduateprograms in law, business, and education; an Eng-lish-language preparation program; continuing edu-cation courses and corporate education classes.

The student population at TUJ stands at approx-imately 2,100 students who come from morethan 30 countries around the world, includingJapan, the United States, East and Southeast Asia,

Russia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin Americaand Europe.

Challenges TUJ faced before this designationhave been the inability to sponsor student visas tostudy on a short-term or long-term basis, students’inability to receive commuting pass discounts orto receive an exemption from paying into theNational Pension Plan and a disadvantageous taxstatus. TUJ hopes this recognition by MEXTrepresents a major step toward resolving theselong-standing issues. The new status also makesit possible for TUJ credits to be recognized byJapanese universities and allows TUJ graduates toapply to the graduate schools of Japanese publicuniversities. TUJ is also now able to vigorouslypromote its campus as a study abroad location forother universities abroad.

In response to the Ministry’s announcement thatTUJ had been granted Foreign University, JapanCampus status, Ambassador Howard H. Baker,Jr. commented: “This recognition speaks high-ly of Temple University as an institution ofhigher education and of American education in

general. I’m delighted that the Ministry's deci-sion will give more Japanese students thechance to benefit from a high-quality, U.S.-style international education. Following theexample that Temple has set, I hope otherAmerican schools will seriously consider theoption of opening branch campuses in Japan.”

The dean of TUJ, Kirk R. Patterson, added that“in creating this new university recognition category, MEXT has demonstrated its strongcommitment to innovation and reform in high-er education. With this recognition and the con-firmation of our academic quality that itrepresents, TUJ will be better able to meet theneeds of its growing student body. At the sametime, we are well aware that as the first ForeignUniversity, we have a special responsibility towork even harder to contribute to the furtherdevelopment of the Japanese educational system."

For more information on TUJ programs visit thewebsite at www.tuj.ac.jp. ■

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY JAPAN DESIGNATED AS THEFIRST FOREIGN UNIVERSITY, JAPAN CAMPUS BY JAPAN’S MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

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First developed as the Temple Language FacultyFocus Group to develop linkages among facultymembers interested in languages and linguistics,this program quickly solidified into a Virtual Lan-guage and Linguistics Center that serves as a sin-gle point of information and communication.

Spearheaded by professor Aneta Pavlenko, Col-lege of Education, this virtual center aims toincrease the visibility of languages and linguisticson campus, to raise awareness of the outstandingwork of Temple faculty in these fields, and tooffer an on-going series of research seminars andnational and international guest lectures. Thefocus group is comprised of 20-25 faculty whomeet twice a semester to plan programs, identifyareas of potential development for internationalbusiness education and identify opportunities forincreasing the visibility of language and linguis-tics education on campus.

On-going activities include the Temple Faculty

Research Highlights Series which showcases thework of Temple's faculty and advanced graduatestudents, the Distinguished Guest Speaker Series,which invites prominent researchers from otheruniversities to speak to Temple audiences as wellas the larger Philadelphia community of languagefaculty.

Soon to be designed are Language Faculty Devel-opment Programs. “We have a strong base in lan-guage and linguistics research here at Temple,”describes Professor Pavlenko. “My hope is that theCenter can build on this base and offer strongleadership in business language pedagogy, criticalpedagogy, and the use of technology, film andmedia in language teaching for our peer facultyand K-12 teachers in the region.”

“Building ties between schools on campus is cru-cial for the Temple CIBER program,” says Melyn-da Benlemlih, director of Center for InternationalBusiness Education and Research and the Insti-

tute of Global management Studies. “The missionof the CIBER is to develop graduates who areready to perform in the global marketplace by hav-ing both language and area studies knowledge andbusiness acumen. I often say that the CIBER isonly as strong as its language and area studiescapacities on campus. We have a vested interestin supporting and developing language learningfor business at all levels of education, from K-12through university.”

To this end, the Temple CIBER will provide com-petitive funding this spring for research on cam-pus that includes a focus on international business.The CIBER Faculty Fellows Program providesgrants that will lead to working papers on topicsintegrating language, linguistics or area studieswith international business.

For more information on the Temple VirtualLanguage and Linguistics Center please visitwww.fox.temple.edu/tlc. ■

TEMPLE LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS CENTER

TEMPLE CIBER SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEMPLE VIRTUAL LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS CENTER

around the world. As an International Trade Spe-cialist, Paul works with these overseas embassies toconduct market research and develop tradingopportunities for his clients.

“Exporting these days is actually a lot easier thanyou would think,” Paul says. “It’s my job to helpadvise companies through the small bureaucraticsteps and give them the tools they need to makean overseas sale.” The Commercial Service canwork with other Department of Commercebranches to make sure that needed export licens-es are acquired and regulations for exporting aremet. The Department of Commerce is a hugeorganization with many different agencies eachwith their own jurisdictions over different prod-ucts entering and exiting the country. Paul pointsout that, “It can be intimidating for a person newto overseas exporting to figure out how their prod-uct should be classified under the guidelines ofCommerce. A company may have a product thatshould fall under the BIS (Bureau of Industryand Security) and end up working with the State

Department for a shipping license because theirdevice could have a military end use.”

As an International Trade Specialist, Paul’s indus-try focus has been on companies in the Aero-space, Defense, Construction, and Engineeringindustries. Things can get very complicated inregards to export licensing in these fields especiallywhen it comes to shipping to the Middle East.“I’m working with one company that sends outtractors with a device that shoots out fertilizer,”Paul mentions. “The company is trying to sendit to Middle Eastern countries to assist in landdevelopment. There are various kinds of regu-lations associated with this machine, includingexport regulations for the tractor, for the chem-icals in the fertilizer. The regulations have to bestringent because, in this example, the shoot-ing device could potentially be used as aweapon in biological warfare.”

While a student at the Fox school, Paulmajored in International Business and Mar-keting with a minor in Japanese. He studiedabroad at Temple University Rome as well asat Temple University Japan. Through the assis-tance of Fox School Professor Masaaki Kotabe,Paul obtained a summer internship with 7-11

Japan. “I took advantage of every interna-tional opportunity that Temple offered,” Paulrecalls. “Through living and working abroad,I developed a unique insight into particularcountries which assists me greatly in my job.”

Paul became acquainted with the CommercialService through his International Business classwith instructor Nicole DeSilvis, InternationalTrade Consultant at Temple’s Small BusinessDevelopment Center (SBDC). DeSilvis is theInternational Trade Consultant at TempleSBDC and teaches the International Businesscapstone course. Paul notes, “It’s interestingthat in my international business classes here atThe Fox School, I could do some basic marketresearch into a company and just suggest inmy papers that a company should do a jointventure. Now that’s what I do every day!”

“I’m very proud of the work I am doing.” saysPaul. “There is a certain level of satisfaction you receive when helping these companies. Theyaren’t huge corporations. Some of them operateout of their own homes! They are grateful for anyhelp that the U.S. government can provide for them.” ■

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TEMPLE CIBER ADVISORY BOARD Arlene Ashton

Deputy SecretaryDepartment of Community and

Economic DevelopmentOffice of International BusinessCommonwealth of Pennsylvania

Bill AveryChairman of the BoardFormer Chairman & CEOCrown, Cork & Seal

Richard BendisCEOInnovation Philadelphia

Avi EdenGeneral CounselVishay Technologies Manufacturing

Rosario EspinalChairperson, Latin American Studies Program Temple University

Tom FungDirector of Operations,

Away From Home DivisionCampbell Soup Company

Melissa GrimmDirectorPort of Philadelphia and Camden

Dr. Galen GodbeyAssociate to the President for GlobalizationDeSales University

Lee HamiltonDean, School of BusinessMontgomery County Community College

Simon HerriottBusiness Manager - Recreational Water Treatment

DuPont Company

Jonathan HolmquistChairperson, Spanish and Portuguese

DepartmentTemple University

Joe HouldinDirectorDelaware Valley Industrial Resource Center

Mohamed LatibVice President, Program and Strategic

DevelopmentDe Sales University

Joe PfenderCEOCargo Express

Ben PickerPartnerStradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP

M. Moshe PoratDean, Fox School of Business and

ManagementTemple University

RoseAnn RosenthalPresident & CEOBen Franklin Technology Partners

Ben StavisProfessor, Political ScienceTemple University

Homa TavengarPresidentGlobal Export Development

Kathy UnoDirector, Asian Studies ProgramTemple University

On February 1, 2005, Congress designatedthe year 2005 as the Year of Foreign LanguageStudy. Spearheaded by Senator ChristopherDodd (D-CT), this resolution articulates theneed for increased commitment to foreign lan-guage learning. According to the 2000 decen-nial census of the population, 9.3 percent ofAmericans speak both their native languageand another language fluently. According tothe European Commission Directorate Gen-eral for Education and Culture, 52.7 percentof Europeans speak both their native languageand another language fluently.

Benefits of foreign language study are sup-ported by the Elementary and Secondary Edu-cation Act of 1965 which names foreignlanguage study as part of a core curriculumthat includes English, mathematics, science,civics, economics, arts, history and geographyalong with the Joint Center for InternationalLanguage which states that foreign languagestudy increases a student's cognitive and crit-ical thinking abilities.

The Higher Education Act of 1965 labels for-eign language study as vital to secure the futureeconomic welfare of the United States in a

growing international economy and recom-mends encouraging businesses and foreign lan-guage study programs to work in a mutuallyproductive relationship.

According to the Centers for InternationalBusiness Education and Research (CIBER)program, foreign language study provides theability both to gain a comprehensive under-standing of and to interact with the cultures ofUnited States trading partners, and thus estab-lishes a solid foundation for successful eco-nomic relationships. Report 107-592 of thePermanent Select Committee on Intelligenceof the House of Representatives concludes thatAmerican multinational corporations andnongovernmental organizations do not havethe people with the foreign language abilitiesand cultural exposure that are needed.

The 2001 Hart-Rudman Report on NationalSecurity in the 21st Century names foreignlanguage study and requisite knowledge inlanguages as vital for the Federal Governmentto meet 21st century security challenges prop-erly and effectively. The American intelli-gence community stresses that individuals withproper foreign language expertise are greatly

needed to work on important national securi-ty and foreign policy issues, especially in lightof the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

A study conducted by the National ForeignLanguage Center concludes that inadequateresources existed for the development, publi-cation, distribution and teaching of criticalforeign languages because of low studentenrollment in the United States and a short-fall of experts in foreign languages has seriouslyhampered information gathering and analysiswithin the American intelligence communityas demonstrated by the 2000 Cox Commis-sion noting shortfalls in Chinese proficiency,and the National Intelligence Council citingdeficiencies in Central Eurasian, East Asian,and Middle Eastern languages.

Temple University CIBER and its partnersacross campus are excited that this proclama-tion supports current initiatives and providesan opportunity to highlight strengths in for-eign language learning throughout the regionto meet the needs stated in the resolution. Formore information on Temple’s language pro-grams, please visit www.fox.temple.edu/tlc. ■

2005 DESIGNATED YEAR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY:NATIONAL CIBER PROGRAM RECOGNIZED IN RESOLUTION

YEAR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY

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INSIGHT INTO US–INDIA RELATIONS


CIBER BOARD MEMBER SHARES INSIGHTS ON US-INDIA RELATIONSHIPS

Temple CIBER Executive Director, ProfessorArvind Phatak recently sat down with newboard member, Mr. M.N. Rao, SiemensShared Services Pvt. Ltd., to discuss India’scurrent role in the global economy. Speakingfrom his Bangalore office, Mr. Rao shares hisinsights on the future of U.S.-India businessrelations and the dynamic Indian market.

Mr. Rao, much has been made inthe U.S. media of U.S. outsourc-

ing, or offshoring of services to Indian com-panies. How would you describe the bene-fits to the US and the global economy ofthis practice?

Outsourcing has been going on fora very long time in the manufactur-

ing world. Outsourcing of software develop-ment and IT applications has also beengoing on for several years. The merits ofBusiness Process Outsourcing are funda-mentally not very different in my view.However, there seems to be a higher degreeof alarm around BPO because the suspicionis that it may eventually impact more peo-ple, and because, unlike software outsourc-ing companies, BPO firms provide manykinds of services on a real time basis.Essentially outsourcing will make westerncompanies more efficient and profitable andcreate higher investable surpluses. Such sur-pluses in the future may have a differentinvestment/value creation focus. Often, thisalso means redeploying their shrinkingworkforces into more productive work.

What do you see as implications ofBPO outsourcing on US - India trade?

Beyond savings, outsourcing couldhelp partially solve many vexing

new issues. This is particularly true of

healthcare. Rich countries (where workingpopulations are actually shrinking) have tomeet increasing demand for care fromageing populations. Outsourcing IT,business and indeed even some clinicalprocesses, is today possible. The surplusesneeded to tide over this demographicchallenge may actually come from savingsgenerated from work sent to India.

There has been some speculationabout the formation of a free trade

zone between India and China. Do you seethis happening in the not too distantfuture? Do you see India becoming a mem-ber of ASEAN?

A free trade or a regional tradeagreement will be obviously benefi-

cial to both nations, facilitating not onlyeconomic growth through enhanced com-petitiveness, but also helping combat moreinsular nationalist tendencies.

There are also a few lingering suspiciousabout each other that tend to currently hin-der a more dynamic engagement, but theborder disputes are being addressed nowand politics permitting, China and Indiahave very interesting economic prospectsworking together. Even though the twocountries are aggressively seeking oil, capitaland markets, they actually seem to be goodat different sorts of activities, often in acomplementary sort of way. One sees anincreased buoyancy in bilateral investmentsand joint ventures have a very compellinglogic right now.

What are the most crucial challengesfacing your industry today?

Certainly protectionism in the Westis a continual challenge. The

popular opinion in the western world is stillnot in favor of outsourcing. While peoplenegatively impacted cannot be expected toappreciate the larger economic benefits,there are also misplaced worries concerningthe scale and manner in which outsourcingand offshoring impacts the west(particularly the US), and not enoughappreciation of its merits.Another challenge is the perceived need forassurance. There was a misguided rush of

entrepreneurship in this area, particularly inIndia, but there is also consolidation goingon now. Given a growing requirement forcompliance it is now clear that only largeand serious players may have what it takesto provide assurance with respect to eventfree process migrations, and adherence tocomplex service requirements and reportingneeds, besides operating within the strin-gent legislative frameworks that guideindustries such as banking or healthcare.India is enacting the necessary legislationsand driving compliance. Popular opinion inthe west remains a little out of step withthis situation.

In the human resource area, we strugglewith wage inflation and employee attritionrates. The vast under performing liberaleducation system in India has not kept upwith the talent needs in the industry. Itshould foster the skills needed for thisindustry and dramatically increase the sup-ply of appropriately trained talent.

Speaking of educating the work-force, what should we teach in our

undergraduate and graduate business curric-ula in order to produce globally competentmanagers?

Often overlooked in U.S. businessschools is a study of world history.

Incorporating selected readings on worldhistory will provide invaluable context forstudents interested in international business.Certainly, my view is that learning a foreignlanguage will help students succeed in theircareers as well.

Traveling and undertaking projects overseascan also be immensely useful. Each year, theuniversity can also organize an 'India Week'or a 'China Week' and so on, and throughworkshops, projects, cuisine and art, bring aspecific region into sharper focus.

There can be many non-traditional sourcesfrom which help is usually available, typicallyusing NGOs, quasi-government bodies,diplomatic missions and so on could addinteresting new dimensions to a student'sunderstanding of the cultural/social/historicaland political framework of global business. ■

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSRESEARCH FORUM

IB RESEARCH FORUM

In attendence at the 6thAnnual IB Research Forum(L-R) Jim Portwood, TempleUniversity, Session ChairRob Grosse, Thunderbird,Presenter Christine Nielson,University of Baltimore, Presenter Alan Rugman,Indiana University Presenter Rob Spich, UCLA,Presenter Sali Li, Universityof Utah, Presenter

Over 45 faculty and PhD students attended the6th Annual I.B. Research Forum, Global Securi-ty Risks and International Competitiveness,chaired by Professor Masaaki “Mike” Kotabe andco-sponsored by the other 29 Centers for Inter-national Business Education and Research(CIBERs) at universities across the nation. TheU.S. Department of Education, which funds theCIBER program, encourages the CIBER to beresponsive to national needs regarding this topicwhich is of great significance to the U.S. at thistime. Forum co-chair and Temple CIBER Exec-utive Director, Professor Arvind V. Phatak, iden-tified this annual research forum as a way toshowcase research in this area and was instru-mental in facilitating collaboration and sponsor-ship from all schools in the CIBER network.

The focus of the forum was to discuss currentresearch addressing issues of how security threats,terrorism-induced or otherwise, have entereddirectly and fully into the business strategy equa-tion. How will new costs of protection affectmultinational firms? How does the increase inboarder controls affect U.S. imports, immigrationof skilled foreign nationals, and other aspects ofU.S. international business?

Scholars addressed these and other issues relatedto maintaining competitiveness in an era of new

security threats and regulations and their impli-cations on international business strategy andtheory development. “Through research presen-tations and lively discussions that followed, forumparticipants came away not only with what kindsof global security topics to examine but, moreimportantly, with how to conceptualize thoseissues,” said Professor Kotabe. Fundamental issuessuch as defining terms like “terrorism”, “businesssecurity” and “risk” were also discussed.

Participants also addressed the need for case stud-ies to use as educational tools for business man-agement classes focusing on these topics. “Manyfaculty at the forum have mentioned their inter-est in incorporating these issues in the classroom.If case studies were formally written, there wouldbe demand by educational institutions.” observedJulie Fesenmaier, Director of the CochranResearch Center at The Fox School of Business.

PhD in International Business candidate, Ms.Sonia Ketkar, took away many points from lis-tening to the presentations. “I think the forumraised many important questions as to how thisresearch should proceed. For example, how doexisting international business theories hold whenexamining global security issues? Also, does deal-ing with these issues by firms come under theumbrella of risk-management or does it mean

going beyond mere contingency management tomore specific measures,” said Sonia.

Funded by Title VI grants from the Departmentof Education, the Center for International Busi-ness Education and Research (CIBER) programincreases the competitiveness of U.S. businessesin the global marketplace through fundingresearch projects like this Forum, by broadeningstudent international business and foreign lan-guage learning, and by providing outreach serv-ices to the business community.

The CIBERs have responded to this current needin international business, developing this researchstream and similar projects. Program leaders believethat continued initiatives in this area will producevaluable contributions to national policy dialogueand practical business strategy on a global basis anddisseminate knowledge on the international andmanagement aspects of these issues.

Best papers will be published in a Special Issue ofthe Journal of International Management (JIM).

For more information on the forum and JIM,please visit www.fox.temple.edu/ibrf2005. ■

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STUDY ABROAD IN IRELAND: BUILDING NEWRELATIONSHIPS FOR THE FOX SCHOOL

STUDY ABROAD IN IRELAND

Students on Study Abroad atQuinn School of Business

Fox students now have the opportunity to learnabout Irish business and culture through a seriesof courses, excursions, and field trips across Ire-land accompanied by Irish students, or ‘cara’,the Gaelic word for friend. Ireland’s rich andcomplex history has left a remarkably artisticlegacy while modern Ireland continues to be theglobal center of artistic and cultural excellence.Due to high education levels, the natural use ofEnglish, and the EU, Ireland now has the fastestgrowing economy in Europe and is one of theworld's high tech centers.

The Fox School of Business & Management andTemple IGMS/CIBER have recently developeda partnership with The Quinn School of Busi-ness, University College Dublin, to include studyabroad opportunities and summer internships forbusiness majors.

University College Dublin (UCD) was foundedin 1851 as the Catholic University of Ireland.Today, it is Ireland's largest university with 22,000students and 2,500 academic staff. More than2,000 international students from 80 differentcountries are currently studying at UCD and arewelcomed for the valuable international dimen-sion that they add to campus life. UCD is adynamic, modern university. It is committed tobecoming one of the top thirty research univer-sities in the European Union, where cutting-edgeresearch and scholarship will create a stimulatingintellectual environment, the ideal surroundingsfor learning and discovery. The Quinn School ofBusiness, UCD, is the only business school in Ire-land to hold both the AACSB and EQUISaccreditation – the quality mark for top rankingbusiness schools in the U.S. and Europe.

The Quinn School of Business has one of themost advanced information technology infra-structures in Europe. Laptop computers are arequired and integral part of the learning process.As part of their new learning environment, thevast majority of classes are taught in groups ofapproximately thirty to fifty students. This smallgroup teaching environment enhances the learn-ing experience by facilitating closer interactionbetween lecturers and students and encouragesclass debate and personal development. Since itsinception, UCD has established a long and dis-tinguished tradition of service to scholarship andto the community; succeeding generations ofgraduates have played a central role in the shap-ing of modern Ireland and in the conduct ofinternational affairs.

Kristin Farra, a Business Honors student andHuman Resource Managment major who spenta recent semester at Quinn commented, “I foundmy classes to be challenging, informative, andvaluable to my business experience at Temple. Ithink that learning from a perspective other thanAmerican will be advantageous to every businessstudent as the business world becomes moreinternational every year. I feel that I have gainedvaluable knowledge and experience that will helpthroughout my entire professional career.”

One of the essential elements of the study abroadexperience at Quinn is for the international stu-dents to fully understand and appreciate the rich-ness of Irish society and culture. Ms. Farra adds,“I want to stress the importance of support andencouragement while being abroad and awayfrom everything familiar. The Junior Year Abroadteam provides that along with caring and enthu-

siastic people who through trips and Irish culturalexperiences greatly enriched my stay in Ireland.”

The Quinn School of Business Summer Intern-ship Program provides students with a challeng-ing international business experience in themodern European city of Dublin. The eightweek program consists of a one week intensivecourse in Irish history, politics, and culture anda six week internship placement at a leadingIrish/International company of choice in one offive different areas: financial institutions, inter-national business and management, HR,MIS/IT, or marketing.

The campus is located in Belfield, three milessouth of Dublin’s city center. Dublin, the capitalcity of the Republic of Ireland, is a cosmopolitanand youthful city, bustling with energy and excite-ment. Roughly half of the Irish Republic's pop-ulation of 3.6 million people resides in Dublinand its suburbs. You can practically hear the roaras this old city on the western shore of the IrishSea transforms itself into Western Europe's fastest-growing urban tourist destination, a center ofnew construction and restoration. Even thoughit has shown recent signs of slowing down, “theCeltic Tiger” has turned Dublin into a boom-town. The city is a cultural center with fine muse-ums, art galleries and theatres. Dublin is alsohome to a great literary tradition, its native sonsinclude Shaw, Yeats, Wilde, Joyce and Beckett(James Joyce is a UCD graduate).

Contact: Kim Cahill, Associate Director,IGMS/CIBER, 349 Speakman Hall, 215-204-3778, [email protected] or visit our website athttp://sbm.temple.edu/ciber/abroad.htm ■

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Temple University is taking one more step tofurther its presence in one of the fastest grow-ing economies in the world. India’s economicgrowth is second in the world after China andwill continue to maintain this momentum inthe future. The US Government recentlyreported that by 2015, the three majoreconomies in the world will be the UnitedStates, China and India.

The Welingkar Institute of ManagementDevelopment and Research has been a partnerof The Fox School since 2002 where studentscomplete the first sequence of the tri-continentInternational MBA Program. Beginning inthe Fall of 2005, Temple University willexpand this relationship to provide a uniquecollaborative undergraduate degree programaimed at bringing 25 Indian students to Tem-ple’s main campus every year.

Temple University has agreed to offer twoyears of core courses at Welingkar’s Mumbaicampus, taught by Welingkar faculty. This

agreement allows students to then come toTemple’s main campus where they completethe requirements for the Bachelors of BusinessAdministration degree at The Fox School dur-ing their junior and senior years. Specializedprograms including Entrepreneurship andInternational Business may require additionaltime. This program will further international-ize an already ethnically and culturally diversestudent population at Temple University.

“This 2+2 undergraduate program willenhance Temple’s reputation in India whileserving as a catalyst to build the Temple brandin that country. The demand in India is highfor American education and as such, we couldleverage the Temple brand to develop othercollaborative educational ventures in India aswell,” says Arvind V. Phatak, Professor of Man-agement and International Business, and Exec-utive Director of the IGMS/CIBER. Allapplicants for this program must meet Tem-ple’s admissions requirements before entering

their first year at Welingkar. Faculty fromeach institution will collaborate on issues ofcurriculum and student development.

“Once this program is underway, we hope toprovide additional opportunities for FoxSchool students to study abroad at Welingkar.With pre-approved curriculum and core trans-fer of credit, our students would be able tospend a semester or academic year in Indiawhile making progress toward their businessdegree,” says Kim Cahill, IGMS/CIBER Asso-ciate Director. “This exciting opportunity willallow students to personally experience theexpansion of Indian commerce in the center ofIndia's financial hub at one of the most mod-ern campuses in the country.” The WelingkarInstitute utilizes its outstanding connections inthe academic and corporate worlds to create astimulating mix of challenging business lec-tures, company visits, and workshops tailoredto individual student interests and needs.

TEMPLE’S PRESENCE IN INDIA EXPANDS: GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE

Welcome to Welingkar Main Campus,Mumbai, India

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

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BROOKS TWINS TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE

(l-r) Dr. Donna L. Brooks andLynn M. Brooks, BrooksConsulting

BROOKS TWINS

“People should be led by your enthusiasm,” saidDr. Donna Brooks explaining what she sees asone of the key tenets of entrepreneurship.

Donna and her twin sister, Lynn, both expertsin international sales and marketing, spoke toarea entrepreneurs, government trade repre-sentatives and Fox School faculty and studentson February 16 as part of Temple CIBER’sDeveloping Women Entrepreneurs for theGlobal Marketplace Project.

Their talk, “Developing a Leadership Style forToday’s Global Organization,” instructed stu-dents and entrepreneurs on how to be successful,grow their businesses and attract global clients.

The Developing Women Entrepreneurs (DWE)Project aims to connect women entrepreneurswith resources such as national women’s businessorganizations, government trade organizationsand research on women in international businessand entrepreneurship. Past speakers have includ-ed Joanna Savvides, president of the World TradeCenter of Greater Philadelphia and SuzanneSears, President of Global Do-It-Yourself (a divi-sion of Kimberly Clark). Presentation topics haveincluded cross-cultural communications, mar-keting your products overseas and developing aninternational business strategy.

“Over the past three years of the DevelopingWomen Entrepreneurs Project, we have estab-

lished a network of experienced women in inter-national business from diverse areas of businessand industry,” said Melynda Benlemlih, Direc-tor of Temple’s Center for International BusinessEducation and Research (CIBER), which spon-sored the event. “We hope to have three to fourevents in this year’s speaker series, which willprovide more opportunity for attendees to buildrelationships.”

As part of their talk, the Brooks twins explainedjust how important relationships are for success-ful entrepreneurship. “To be a successful entre-preneur, you need to see the big picture, meetpeople and create meaningful relationships,” saidDonna Brooks.

Lynn Brooks went on to explore some of the chal-lenges specific to global entrepreneurship. “Thereis a shrinking talent pool of people with a glob-al perspective,” she said. “The next generationof entrepreneur should be innovative and able tothink differently; they should be responsive andflexible. Most importantly, they should under-stand culture and the importance of incorporat-ing a global perspective into their business.”

Other advice the Brooks sisters brought to FoxSchool students and recent alumni was to beaware of what values and contributions they canbring to an organization. They suggested thatgraduates should be nimble and able to “turn ona dime.”

They also described how their research shows thatlarger multinational organizations often initiateentrepreneurial ventures and need employeeswith entrepreneurial skills to change with today’sfast-paced market demands.

Tina Haydu, BBA, a 1981 graduate of The FoxSchool (international business), commentedthat “students need to have a more open mind-set about the importance of language in schoolsand they need the ability to have a taste of whatis out there and how they can become moreinvolved in the liberal arts. This can open upmany wonderful opportunities for both stu-dents and graduates.”

Dr. Donna L. Brooks and Lynn M. Brooks arethe authors of Seven Secrets of Successful Womenand Ten Secrets of Successful Men That WomenWant to Know. They are currently working ontheir third book, entitled Ten Secrets of SuccessfulLeaders, in which they outline and detail tenessential characteristics that leaders should pos-sess. The sisters both have extensive education-al training in numerous languages and have lived,worked, and traveled abroad.

More information about the Developing WomenEntrepreneurs project is available athttp://sbm.temple.edu/dwe2005. ■

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ADMINISTRATIONM. Moshe Porat, PhD, CPCU

Dean, Fox School of Business and ManagementJoseph E. Boettner Professor of Risk Management and Insurance

Rajan Chandran, PhDVice Dean, Fox School of Business and ManagementProfessor of Marketing and International Business

Arvind V. Phatak, PhDExecutive Director, IGMS and Temple CIBERLaura H. Carnell Professor of General and Strategic Management and International BusinessChair, Faculty CouncilConsulting Editor, Journal of InternationalManagement

Masaaki “Mike” Kotabe, PhD Washburn Chair of International Business and MarketingEditor, Journal of International Management

Melynda Benlemlih, MA Director, IGMS and Temple CIBER

Kim Cahill, MSAssociate Director, IGMS and Temple CIBERManaging Editor, Journal of InternationalManagement

William McDonald, BADirector, International MBA Program

Amanda Hilferty, BA Assistant Director, International MBA Program

PROGRAM DIRECTORSC. Anthony Di Benedetto, PhD

IB Rome Summer Programs

William Swinton, EMBAExecutive MBA in Tokyo

William McDonald, BAInternational MBA

Arvind V. Phatak, PhDInternational Business Program

James D. Portwood, PhDCenter for European Studies

IGMS FACULTY COUNCILC. Anthony Di Benedetto, PhD

Professor of Marketing and International Business

Michael Bognanno, PhDAssociate Professor of Economics

Keith Brouthers, PhDAssociate Professor of General and Strategic Management

J. Jay Choi, PhDLaura H. Carnell Professor of Finance and International Business

Mark Cohen, PhDProfessor of Polictical Science

Nicole De SilvisInstructor of International BusinessInternational Trade Consultant for the Small Business Development Center

Robert D. Hamilton, III, PhDChair and Professor of General and Strategic Management

Masaaki “Mike” Kotabe, PhD Washburn Chair of International Business and MarketingEditor, Journal of International Management

Richard A. Lancioni, PhDChair and Professor of Marketing

Ram Mudambi, PhDAssociate Professor of General and StrategicManagement and International Business

Arvind Parkhe, PhDProfessor of General and StrategicManagement and International Business

Arvind V. Phatak, PhDLaura H. Carnell Professor of General and Strategic Management and International Business

James D. Portwood, PhDProfessor of Human Resource Administration and International Business

David Reeb, PhDAssociate Professor of Finance

Heibatollah Sami, PhDProfessor of Accounting and InternationalBusiness

Indrajit “Jay” Sinha, PhDAssistant Professor of MarketingWashburn Research Fellow

Michael Valenza, PhDAssistant Professor of Legal Studies

ABOUT IGMS AND TEMPLE CIBER

INSTITUTE OFGLOBALMANAGEMENTSTUDIES—fostering innovation and developing

alliances to advance international businessresearch, education and outreach

The Institute of Global Management Studies is an interdisciplinary initiative thatsupports the business, professional, govern-mental and academic community in theGreater Philadelphia region and throughoutthe world by:

• Helping businesses and organizationsfind practical solutions to business problems.

• Supporting, producing and publishingquality research of value to regional andinternational businesses.

• Promoting degree and non-degree pro-grams in international business.

• Infusing Temple University faculty devel-opment and educational programs withan international perspective so that ourbusiness graduates are fully prepared tooperate in an increasingly global marketplace.

TEMPLE CIBER—increasing U.S. global competitiveness

through education and research

The Temple CIBER is dedicated to further-ing academic and business success by:

• Supporting international business development in the region throughpartnerships with government and non-government organizations.

• Incorporating international businesscurricula into The Fox School’s globalbusiness programs.

• Providing overseas educational experi-ences and foreign language and culturestudy for students.

• Developing collaborative programswithin Temple and across otherregional academic institutions, organ-izations and businesses.

• Expanding the depth and reach of The Fox School’s international businessprograms and research.

• Organizing and hosting conferences,seminars and workshops on globalbusiness and economic issues.

INSTITUTE OF GLOBALMANAGEMENT STUDIES

AND TEMPLE CIBER

349 Speakman Hall (006-00) 1810 North 13th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19122-6083

Tel: 215.204.8132Fax: 215.204.1662

[email protected] www.fox.temple.edu/igmswww.fox.temple.edu/ciber


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The Fox School of Business, at Temple University, is the largest, mostcomprehensive business school in the Greater Philadelphia region andamong the largest in the world, with more than 5,500 students, 150full-time faculty and 45,000 alumni. Recently, The Fox School’s MBAprogram was ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for “Value for Money” byFinancial Times and as one of the top 50 MBA programs in the nationand top 75 MBA programs in the world. Accredited by AACSBInternational (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools ofBusiness), The Fox School’s programs are also ranked international-ly and nationally by other leading business publications, includingForbes, U.S. News & World Report and Entrepreneur magazine.

Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management isresponding vigorously to the forces shaping the New Economy –globalization, information technology and entrepreneurship

The largest, most comprehensive business school in the GreaterPhiladelphia region and one of the largest in the world, The FoxSchool provides degree programs at campuses in Philadelphia, Rome,Paris, Tokyo, Mumbai; an EMBA program in Tokyo; an innovativeInternational MBA (IMBA) program with study in three economicsregions; centers for international study and research; and executivetraining programs throughout Europe and Asia.

Our highly respected international business faculty provides expert-ise in accounting, economics, finance, healthcare management, humanresources, marketing, management operations, risk management andinsurance, and strategic management. Fox faculty actively research andpublish in international business publications and conduct executiveprograms for major corporations worldwide.

Global PerspectivesPublished by The Fox School of Business and Management’sIGMS, Temple CIBER, and Office of Public Relations.

Managing Editor: Heather Collins, Office of Public Relations

Editor: Melynda Benlemlih, IGMS and Temple CIBER

TEMPLE WORLD LANGUAGES DAY Temple World Languages Day is an annual pro-gram developed in 2000 to encourage continuedlanguage learning of high school students as theyconsider academic and professional careers. Eachfall semester over 300 area high school teachersand foreign language students converge on Tem-ple’s main campus to experience “a day in the life”of a university language student.

Geared toward junior and senior high schoollanguage students and teachers, sessions covertopics such as Developing Language Skillsthrough Study Abroad, Leveraging Career Devel-opment with Foreign Language, and InnovativeUses of Technology in the Language Classroom.

All program topics are developed from a stu-dent-centered approach. Temple undergraduatestudents serve as hosts and present wherever pos-sible, giving high school students an “inside look”at university programs, faculty, and activities.Participants have an opportunity to observe mini-language classes taught by Temple students.

This year’s event on November 16, 2005, is espe-cially important. Congress recently designated2005 as the Year of Foreign Language Study (seerelated article). Designed and hosted by TempleUniversity's Foreign Language Departments,Office of International Programs and Center forInternational Business Education and Research

(CIBER), the intent of the program is to reinforcethe values and opportunities that come with lan-guage learning at the university level and to pro-mote understanding through communicationamong peoples and cultures. Moreover, with thesupport of this congressional resolution, effortswill be made to capture and articulate not onlythe national need of foreign language study butcareer opportunities in new areas.

Visit Temple’s Virtual Language and LinguisticsCenter for information on Temple’s World Lan-guages Day and other programs for area K-12language teachers, www.fox.temple.edu/tlc ■

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