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The formal aspects of International Business Education at the Johnson School are our extensive course offerings, taught by faculty with international experience and expertise. We also embed international learning into courses in every subject area through cases and lectures.

In addition to the offerings at the Johnson School, students are encouraged to take advantage of the vast resources of Cornell University.

International Business Courses
The roster of courses focused directly on international business topics numbers more than 20. The list of courses below reflects the breadth and depth of offerings.

International Content in Other Courses
In addition to courses entirely devoted to international business topics, we also include international cases and content in many other courses.

For example, we embed international cases in our Analytical Thinking Thread, which is part of all students' introduction to the school. In the Strategy and Marketing core courses, several international cases provide insight into specific international markets and issues. Fellow students from around the world make presentations about marketing and production in their home countries during the Marketing core and the Semester in Manufacturing immersion. More than 90 percent of the professors at the Johnson School are involved in international research, teaching, and consulting. Even when the international perspective is not an explicit part of a specific course, the professors are aware of and open to international issues.

Support for International Study and Conferences
In addition to formal coursework here and abroad, the Program for International Business Education also provides some support for students to participate in international conferences held both in the U.S. and overseas, and to conduct research abroad. The Program for International Business Education is working on a project for the United States Department of Education to develop teaching materials in the field of international business, government, and civil society interaction. This program provides several opportunities for student involvement.

Academic International Exchange Program
For students with limited international experience, a semester studying broad can provide another means to expand their global perspective. The Academic International Exchange Program is open to Johnson School students who have completed one year of study at the Johnson School and to second-year students from partner institutions wishing to study at the Johnson School. The program is one semester in length (either fall or spring), except for the year-long dual-degree programs offered with Katholique Universiteit Leuven and Universite Catholique de Louvain in Belgium.

The Johnson School is a member of the Partnership in International Management, PIM, a network of top international universities and business schools. PIM is a renown brand name, associated worldwide with academic excellence. Most of our exchange partners are members of this worldwide network.
Partnership in International Management, PIM

Johnson School students considering study abroad will find logistical information at Information for Students Studying Abroad.

Students from exchange partner schools will find logistical information at Information for International Exchange Students.

Current exchange partner institutions are:

Dual Degrees
Dual-MBA Degrees - In the year-long programs between the Johnson School and Katholique Universiteit Leuven and Universite Catholique de Louvain, Johnson School students and exchange students from these Belgian institutions may earn dual MBA degrees if all requirements defined by the host institution are met. For KUL and UCL students at Cornell, this entails successfully completing thirty hours of approved coursework and two semesters of residency at the Johnson School. All other academic requirements for the MBA hold for exchange students.

After a year at KUL and UCL, Johnson School's MBA candidates must return to Cornell for one semester of residency. Johnson School students will earn 15 credits for the year-long experience at the Belgian partner institution and receive an MBA from both the Johnson School and the Belgian school.


MBA/MA Dual Degrees - Cornell University provides multiple opportunities for students to earn dual degrees. MBA candidates may pursue a dual MBA/MA degree in area studies programs at Cornell University. Except for the MBA/MA in Asian Studies (see below), arrangements for these are made on a case-by-case basis as students request such opportunities.

Of particular interest for graduate business students is the MBA/MA in Asian Studies. This program affords an opportunity for students interested in Asian business to combine the study of language and Asian area studies with the MBA. The program generally takes three- to three-and-a-half years to complete, with a three-semester (rather than four-semester) residency requirement. Successful completion of a one-year FALCON intensive language program may count as one of the two semesters of residency in the Graduate School required for the M.A. in Asian Studies. Fifteen "elective" Asian Studies credits can be applied against the sixty-credit total required by the Johnson School. Students should apply to both the Johnson Graduate School of Management and the Cornell Graduate School; if denied admission to one of these programs, students may enroll in the other.

Cornell University Courses and Resources

Cornell International Studies and Language Courses
Cornell offersmore than 4000 courses of study in nearly 100 academic departments. MBA candidates may take up to a quarter of their coursework elsewhere in the university.

Among the opportunities of special interest for students of international business are those found in these schools and areas of study:

Students also have access to Cornell's Language Resource Center. More than 50 languages are taught here - from Akkadian and Arabic through Vietnamese and Welsh. Supporting these, the Language Resource Center has an extensive media library of audio and video files.

Among Cornell's language programs is FALCON (Full-year Asian Language CONcentration), which provides intensive programs in Chinese and Japanese.

Cornell Libraries
The Cornell University Library System, comprised of 20 libraries, is one of the ten largest research libraries in North America and is a leader in incorporating electronic and wireless technologies into library functions. The Cornell library system includes holdings in many cultures and languages. In addition to substantial holdings on all areas of the world, the Cornell library system has unusually strong collections of works on Asia, Iceland, the Middle East and Islamic Studies, andSlavic and East European Studies.

Johnson School Faculty - International Business

Our faculty provide both a depth of theoretical and research expertise and applied knowledge.

Wendy L. Adair, Ph.D., Kellogg, Northwestern University - Research interests: negotiation and conflict management in the global marketplace

Iwan J. Azis, Ph.D., Cornell University - Research interests: macro-micro linkages, economic forecasting, and financial economics. Experience: World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations, the UN University, USAID, the ADB Institute-Tokyo, the Research Triangle Institute

Warren B. Bailey, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles - Research interests: international finance, international securities markets, contingent-claims valuation, and monetary economics; special interest in Pacific Rim and emerging capital markets

Melvin Goldman, Ph.D., Princeton University - Teaching: international entrepreneurship

James J. Hanks, Ll.D., Harvard Law School - Experience: partner in Venable LLP; advised buyers or sellers in more than 250 mergers or acquisitions, many valued at more than $1 billion, including many cross-border transactions; advises foreign governments on revision of their corporate and securities laws

Stuart L. Hart, Ph.D., University of Michigan - Research interests: sustainable global enterprise, environmentalism, bottom-of-the-pyramid business

Elena Iankova, Ph.D., Cornell University - Research interests: post-Communist Eastern Europe: business, government and civil society relations; political risk management strategies of multinational corporations in these transition economies; socially responsible business practices

Jan H. Katz, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Suter-Staley Director of Global Business Education - Research interests: special issues of organizational expansion beyond their national boundaries, including multinational team management, marketing strategy adjustment; development of business, government, and civil society relationships across the world

Alan K. McAdams, Ph.D., Stanford University - Research interests: global strategies for knowledge management, environmental management, and management consulting; Experience: senior staff economist with the President's Council of Economic Advisers

Matthew S. Rothman, Ph.D., University of Chicago - Experience: senior quantitative analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein in New York City; Goldman Sachs Asset Management global quantitative equities group, responsible for developing and enhancing quantitative equity return models; Morgan Stanley, LaSalle Partners

Paul V. Tebo, Ph.D., Lehigh University. Experience: DuPont Corporate Vice President, Safety, Health and Environment - integrated safety, health and environmental excellence as a core business strategy; positioned and represented DuPont externally; research, engineering, planning, information technology, led two billion-dollar global business units.

Complete list of Johnson School faculty.