About abdegloelg™

Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University (IBC), globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities. Partially funded by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI B grant, globalEDGE™ is your source for global business knowledge. The site offers:

• Global Resources - more than 5,000 online resources
• Countries - a wealth of information on all countries
• US States - a wealth of information on all US states
• Industries - in-depth analysis of selected industries
• International Business Blog - insights on business around the world
• Academy - extensive research and teaching resources
• Diagnostic Tools - decision-support tools for managers
• globalEDGE Network - connect with 41,930 registered users

globalEDGE™ offers a wide range of information and knowledge. Partnership opportunities are available for businesses and other organizations interested in international business. View the history of globalEDGE.

globalEDGE™ Statistics

¹ - Based on a search for 'International Business' as of December 29, 2008
² - Based on average statistics for the past 12 months

Success Stories

Having been in the trade realm for years I have come to appreciate globalEDGE. Thank you for maintaining such a great site.
Roberta A. Brooke - Director, MBA Program, Eastern Washington University

globalEDGE is one of the easiest sources to use. I love that they include the source with each section...to underscore the importance of the primary source. Very important. We use this page with intercultural communication classes, international business, economics and finance...
Linda Bartnik - Murray State University Libraries

globalEDGE provides a wealth of up-to-date information, training, and resources in a well-organized format for the benefit of the international business community at large including new and seasoned companies involved in foreign trade, and American corporations/organizations operating abroad. It is especially useful to American professionals abroad in the corporate and non-profit sectors.
Leila Heron - American Citizens Abroad (ACA) Country Contact, Republic of Panama and Venezuela

globalEDGE provides us with rich and innovative knowledge on international markets as we target worldwide customers with leading-quality footwear.
Tim O'Donovan - Chairman, Wolverine World Wide

globalEDGE is a highly accessible and first-rate resource that helps keep our membership informed about relevant global business issues facing Michigan's manufacturers.
John MacIlroy - CEO & President, Michigan Manufacturers Association

globalEDGE is the nec plus ultra of international business portals: an essential tool for students, executives and researchers. It is a magnificent source and resource, continuously updated; its diagnostic tools are true interactive learning opportunities for all users. We use it integratively and fully at Georgia Tech.
Dr. John R. McIntyre - Professor of International Management and Executive Director of Georgia Tech CIBER

I am really impressed with how globalEDGE manages today's information overload to provide practical international business information for us in the automobile industry.
Sten Sjoberg - President & CEO, Gestamp U.S. HardTech, Inc.

globalEDGE is a very valuable partner for the U.S. Commercial Service in our mission to assist U.S. companies to be competitive in global markets.
Doug Barry - Director of Marketing & Communications, U.S. Commercial Service

globalEDGE provides a wealth of information on corporations, industries, and countries that assist us as we conduct research for our international customer satisfaction indices.
Claes Fornell - Chairman, CFI Group Worldwide

Michigan State was one of five universities awarded the 2006 Senator Paul Simon Award for campus internationalization and profiled in a major report published by NAFSA: Association of International Educators. The report, titled "Internationalizing the Campus 2006: Profiles of Success at Colleges and Universities," highlighted selected units at Michigan State and singled out both globalEDGE and IBC for recognition. The Eli Broad College of Business received mention not only for the renewal of the CIBER grant and top-rated globalEDGE website, but also for the depth and breadth of the study abroad programming. In 2004-2005, 521 undergraduate and graduate students at the Broad School studied abroad" the most of any college at the University.

globalEDGE became a very powerful tool when I worked on the project of analyzing low cost country opportunities at Whirlpool this summer. It is a portal of an unbelievably large amount of information and data regarding international business. Additionally, the methodology used to analyze the emerging markets is very thought-provoking. globalEDGE was very helpful to my project and I think I will use it more frequently in the future.
Laura

"All of you are doing an outstanding job with the CIBER at MSU. Unarguably, MSU's CIBER is the best in the nation- a view that I emphatically express. Kudos for globalEDGE which is now the premiere website for information related to International Business."
Zahir A. Quraeshi - Professor of Marketing and International Business, Western Michigan University

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