MBA Field Study Team Returns from China

As part of their Applied Management Research (AMR) project, Chris Bishop, Jamie Song, and Xi Wang, both MBA 2009's, traveled to Hu County, a rural county 20 miles southwest of Xi’an in central China, to do field research and analysis for their client, a microfinance institution. While there, they interviewed government officials, customers and competitors to understand the market and performed a survey to business owners and other potential customers to identify their lending needs and awareness of their client. Through their findings, they plan to make recommendations that will help their client attract more investors, increase their customer base and improve their profitability.

Agenda launched for Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference

As a member of the Title VI programs for building a US international education infrastructure, UCLA CIBER will be taking part in the Jubilee anniversary Title VI conference March 18-21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The conference organizers have recently added the conference agenda. Please visit at http://titlevi50th.msu.edu/agenda/.

Travel Study in Peru Info Session (1/28/09)

UCLA CIBER and the UCLA Center for World Languages will host an information session tomorrow on the CIBER Business and Culture for Spanish program in Lima, Peru. The program will take place June 22-July 17, 2009. The info session will be held in Rolfe Hall, room 1301 at 12pm. Past participants will talk about their learning and life experiences in Peru and traveling in South America. Lunch will be provided!

UCLA CIBER cosponsors Global Branding conference at Columbia

In collaboration with the CIBERs at Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, UCLA CIBER will cosponsor "Branding in India and China: The Reality and Future," which will be held at Casa Italiana, on the Columbia University campus, this Friday, January 30th.