Colorado CIBER provides support to faculty doing international business research in projects related to the mission of the CIBER. Recent projects include:

• An international business faculty member’s research on international outsourcing in information technology.
• An international business faculty member’s research on global e-Commerce.
• An international business faculty member’s research on global networking of R&D.
• An international business faculty member’s research on the differences in economic performance between companies and countries having higher ethical standards;
• An international business faculty member’s research on firm characteristics and MNC’s intra networks knowledge sharing.
• A business faculty member teamed with a political science faculty member’s research on China’s bond market.
• A marketing faculty member’s research on customer perceptions of service dimensions from American versus Asian perspectives.
• A management faculty member’s research of international performance management.
• A management faculty member’s research on work-life programs and the bottom line in Southeast Asia.
• A management faculty member’s research on teaching business in China: culture based challenges.
• A business economics faculty member’s research on autocratic rulers and whether they are inside traders.
• A health management faculty member’s research on Western Nations’ development of hospitals in China.
• A public affairs faculty member’s research on changes in implementation of fiscal responsibility laws in Brazil.
• A public affairs faculty member’s research on US versus Korean telephone industry business practices.
• A political science faculty member’s research on the impact of institutionalized corruption and new public management across countries.
• An anthropology faculty member’s research on the economic impact of conservation and how it impacts people in undeveloped versus developed countries.
• An anthropology faculty member’s research on international institutions governing structures and their economies.
• A history faculty member’s research on the Russian pharmaceutical industry.
• A cross-disciplinary faculty team’s research on globalization.
• CIT International Outsourcing Study
• No Need to Shy Away From IT Careers by Manuel Serapio

The disturbances led by opponents to “globalization” at the meetings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle in 1999 (and in meetings of almost all international institutions that relate to trade) have focused on the bad side of globalization. In the spring of 2001 the CIBER decided that an attempt should be made to establish a true dialogue on problems and issues related to globalization. A group of interested faculty members from different disciplines agreed to review and discuss the issues raised by opponents of globalization. An objective was to identify real problems and actions that might be taken to address these issues. Even on such a contentious topic, views can be exchanged among people who respect each other and discussions can ensue on problems that usually have no simple solutions. The theme “Dialogue on Globalization” is the basis for a variety of current Colorado CIBER initiatives.

Dialogue on Globalization

Globalization - Annotated Bibliography

A globalization faculty team reviewed a large amount of information which was then annotated into a bibliography on globalization. This includes reports by staffs of the international bodies that affect globalization and by groups who oppose or support it. The more significant reports and articles are summarized with references to web pages where the information can be found.

Annotated Bibliography on Globalization

In order to access the links in the Annotated Bibliography, Adobe Reader is required. A free copy of this software is available from Adobe at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.