Social Issues Film Series event scheduled for April 8, 2009

UCLA CIBER, in conjunction with the UCLA Latin American Institute, will showcase Part II of its Social Issues in International Business Film Series focused on economic crisis. The second documentary, entitled "Argentina: Turning Around" by Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin, revisits Argentina to find out how, years later, Argentians were coping with the aftermath of their economic crisis. The event will take place on April 8, 2009 at 5:00pm at UCLA Anderson in room D-313.

Global Business Forum Takes Place in Hong Kong

UCLA CIBER, along with many other CIBER centers at US universities, sponsored the 2009 Global Business Forum organized by the University of Illinois and Hong Kong University. Approximately 130 senior executives, government officials, and alumni for sponsoring universities attended the conference held at the Hong Kong convention center. Entitled "Strategic Positioning in a New World Economic Order: Asia-Pacific and Global Competitiveness," the event took place on February 12, 2009.

MBA/MPP Student Conducts Case Study Research in Africa with HIV/AIDS organizations

Studying international management isn't always about figuring out best practices for a Fortune 500. With financial support from UCLA CIBER and the Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, MBA/MPP candidate, Erin Eriksson, traveled to Malawi and Kenya to assist in collecting data for case studies related to managing operations for profit and non-profit organizations. Much of her work looked at helping HIV/AIDS organizations improve their services through better management practices. Erin says, "I am grateful to CIBER for affording me the opportunity to build my knowledge and experience. As an MBA/MPP student focusing on international health, working abroad to gain experience with healthcare organizations in Africa was critical to my understanding of challenges and potential solutions."

MBAs Study Educational Project for Orphans Around the World

For their AMR project, Luis Salas, Andrew Chun, Erica Colon, Alejandro Gonzalez, and Lan Ta (all MBAs 2009) traveled to Kenya, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Mexico, to conduct an international roll-out strategy for an entrepreneurial educational project for orphans.

Funded by UCLA CIBER, their research focused on the ideal conditions of an orphanage and key success factors in order to implement an entrepreneurship educational program in orphanages in the developing world.