Posts Tagged with “international business”

Bryant partnerships in Spain create study-abroad/internship program for IB students

August 29th, 2012

On Aug. 28, Bryant University signed an agreement with the University of Salamanca, the Salamanca Chamber of Commerce, and the study-abroad organization API establishing a specialized study-abroad program for Bryant students enrolled in International Business. This program adds value to the traditional study-abroad program with its inclusion of a business course taught in Spain, an intensive study of business Spanish, and an internship set up and monitored by the Salamanca Chamber of Commerce.

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Fighting flight of jobs overseas

July 7th, 2012

Raymond W. Fogarty, director of the Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University, tells the Providence Business News that American jobs once shipped overseas are now returning to Rhode Island because local companies are now able to better compete with their foreign counterparts with improved, cheaper products.

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International business program makes Bloomberg’s list

May 29th, 2012

The University's international business program was ranked 27th in the nation by Bloomberg Businessweek, jumping from its position at 41st last year in the publication's annual list of specialty business programs, the Providence Business News reports.

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With Bryant’s help, R.I. companies turn overseas to grow their bottom line

May 27th, 2012

Increasingly, Rhode Island companies are turning to overseas markets to help them survive a sluggish U.S. economy. For guidance as they enter this market, companies are turning to resources available through Bryant University and the Chafee Center for International Business. The Providence Journal focuses on two such companies: Hope Global and Gripnail.

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University’s international business program rises to 27th in Bloomberg Businessweek ranking; entrepreneurship jumps by 26 points

May 25th, 2012

In this video, Dr. Madan Annavarjula, director of Bryant's IB program, and Giovani Feroce, CEO of Alex and Ani, discuss the IB program's business practicum.

SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Bryant University's international business program is now ranked 27th in the nation by Bloomberg Businessweek, which released rankings of 14 specialty business programs earlier this month.

International business (IB) is among the University's fastest-growing undergraduate academic programs, with enrollment more than doubling between 2006 (with 150 students) and 2012 (with 322 students). Last year, the IB program ranked 41st.

Another Bryant program — entrepreneurship, currently offered as a minor and a concentration — is rising quickly in the Bloomberg Businessweek rankings. Debuting last year at 97th, the program shot up 26 points to a ranking of 71st this year. Beginning in January 2013, Bryant will offer a concentration in social entrepreneurship as well.

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Bryant program connecting business students to jobs

April 30th, 2012

The Providence Business News takes a look at Bryant's International Business majors and the senior-year practicum, which many IB students credit for their ability to hit the ground running for the employers who hire them upon graduation.

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Bryant ranks 14th in undergraduate participation in study abroad programs, national survey reports

March 11th, 2012

Bryant's Sophomore International Experience is among the reasons for the University's top ranking. Learn about one recent SIE trip to Panama and Costa Rica in this video.

SMITHFIELD, R.I.  - Bryant University ranks among the top 15 colleges and universities for undergraduate participation in study abroad programs, coming in 14th in its Carnegie classification (Master's colleges and universities).

The rankings were released in the Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange, published annually by the Institute of International Education in partnership with the U.S. Department of State. Rankings are based on the percentage of graduating seniors who participated in a for-credit study abroad program at some point in their undergraduate careers. For academic year 2009-2010 (the most recent data available), 369 of Bryant's graduating 805 seniors - or 45.8 percent - had taken part in a study abroad program.

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Jeweler invests in Bryant’s global vision

December 29th, 2011

Alex and Ani, Inc., named one of Inc. Magazine's 500 fastest growing companies for 2011, has donated $1 million to Bryant University. The gift — $100,000 a year for 10 years - will support the University's nationally recognized International Business (IB) program.

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The great wall of trust: A look at the importance of guanxi in international business

December 19th, 2011

Chinese culture puts great emphasis on personal relationships, a phenomenon called guanxi. In business relationships with Chinese executives, overseas executives may be at a disadvantage for lack of guanxi.

In a research paper published in the December 2011 Journal of International Business Studies, Crystal Jiang, assistant professor of management, and colleagues Roy Chua of the Harvard Business School, Masaaki Kotabe of the Fox School of Business, and Janet Murray of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, investigate how important this concept is to the Chinese and how foreign executives might overcome the challenge.

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In R.I., conflicting views of Obama’s trade pacts

October 11th, 2011

The local effects of free trade are not nearly as black and white as the foes of free trade perceive them, partly because the debate is clouded by emotion, Ray Fogarty, director of the Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant, tells the Providence Journal.

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