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Ashcroft International Business School.....

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Professor of International Enterprise Strategy

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Director of the Entrepreneurship in Residence Network

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Core Staff BA program

Soros Open Foundation

British Academy

East of England Development Agency (EEDA)

UK Trade and Invest (UKTI)

Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF 2), i10

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris

Enterprises

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Specialising in the area of skills and knowledge development for international SMEs, The Centre for International Business Research and Development (CIB) draws upon the expertise of a core team of researchers within the Ashcroft International Business School.

We provide consulting services in the following area

Detailed needs analysis and skills audit
Skills and knowledge development
Higher level management training in the areas of strategy, market analysis, intercultural management, financial management and general management

Economic Forecasting
Contract research work
Advice and consulting for government support agencies
Short-term project advice
Project management

Our research work is global in scope, reflecting the contemporary nature of business activity. Whilst the 'enterprise' or company is the focus of our work, we are also interested in the mechanisms driving business development and innovation and in the acquisition and transfer of skills and knowledge underpinning those mechanisms.

What do the companies say about the Centre?

"The methodology that CIB is able to apply has so far proved invaluable to Siderise."
Philip Mohan, Sales Director, Siderise Special Products Ltd.

"We have benefited in working with the Centre's consultants who have a broad depth of commercial knowledge."
Roger England, Managing Director, Exxcom Ltd.

"We like the CIB approach which involves a sharp focus on our circumstances and needs."
David Sproule, Market Development Manager, Jaltek Systems Ltd.

The Vision for the Centre for International Business

To build upon current relationships with regional, national and international governmental and non-governmental funding organisations and to translate this network into bidding opportunities for future research and consultancy work.
To develop our relationships with enterprises within the Eastern region to create opportunities for the two-way transfer of skills and knowledge for the benefit of the enterprises themselves and the students and staff at AIBS.
To create opportunities to feed research and consulting activities of the Centre into the teaching programmes of the School.
To make a major contribution to the next Research Assessment Exercise through the publication of research papers in highly rated refereed journals.
To present research papers at the key national and international conferences within the relevant areas of activity thereby raising the profile and reputation of the Ashcroft International Business School within the international research community.


MSc Corporate Entrepreneurship for January 2010

Details of the programme will be published later

Internationalisation Process, SMEs and Transnational Economics: A Four-County Perspective
How entrepreneurs at the head of small and medium sized, domestically owned private enterprises are coping with the problem of internationalising their business operations within the changing business environment of central and eastern Europe...

Management Consulting and International Business Support for SMEs: Needs and Obstacles.
This paper explores the challenges involved in the development of coordinated management consulting services for small and medium-sized international companies in the East of England...

Competing Effectively in International Markets
A study of need and support for small and medium sized enterprises in the Eastern region in the internationalisation of their business operations...

Strategies for Internationalisation within SMEs: The Key Role of the Strategic Leader and the Internationalisation Web
This paper explores the challenges involved in the development of coordinated management consulting services for small and medium-sized international companies in the East of England...