Program Overview
This course will include four class meetings on the Montclair State University campus plus travel to Austria and Slovakia over May 23-31. The program will include corporate visits in Graz, Austria and Bratislava, Slovakia, guided tours in Graz, Bratislava and Vienna, and participation in the Center for International Business conference in Bratislava May 27 -30. Site visits will include international firms such as financial services and automotive manufacturers, among others. Participants will arrange their own airfare and meet in Vienna on May 23, returning from Vienna on May 31.

Faculty
Dr. Chandana Chakraborty is Professor of Economics and Chairperson for the department of International Business in the School of Business at Montclair State University.  She received her Ph.D. in Managerial Economics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and has taught at several other universities in the U.S. and at Delhi University in New Delhi, India. She has been a visiting faculty at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, India, and at Macquarie University, Division of Economic and Business Studies, in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Chakraborty’s research interests focus on productivity growth, technical change, international competition, foreign direct investment, economics of telecommunications, economic growth and development, and applied econometrics. She has published in Economics letters, Applied Economics, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Socio-economics, World Development, and International Journal of Management and Network Economics, and co-authored (with Romesh Diwan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) High-Technology and International Competition, published in 1991 by Praeger Publishers.

Guest lecturers will be provided by faculty at the University of Graz and Comenius University.

Academics
All students register with MSU for the following Summer Sessions 2009 course:
INBS 550-72 International Business Study Abroad.
Prerequisites: INBS 501 and departmental approval. This course is designed to prepare students to succeed in the global business environment by providing direct contact with foreign firms and governmental agencies through an international travel experience. Students will have a focused encounter with managers and markets outside the U.S., enabling practice of inter-cultural and inter-personal skills in foreign settings and the consideration of alternative business norms. Examination of personnel practices, financial/accounting, retail, promotional, and marketing situations will enlarge perceptions of global business realities. Students will assimilate their travel encounters abroad through selected readings, cases, video tapes, and group discussions. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6.0 credits.

Accommodations and Meals
Participants will stay in centrally located hotels in double occupancy rooms with private bath. Breakfasts are included throughout.

NEW Program Cost: $1,400 + airfare + tuition
The program cost includes

• 2 and 3 star hotels with continental breakfast in Vienna, Graz and Bratislava
• Rail Pass for Austria and Slovakia
• Transfers
• All lectures, workshops, and tours
• Conference Registration Fee

Program costs are based on 10 participants and current exchange rates and are subject to change. Participants will meet in Vienna on May 23 and depart from Vienna on May 31, and may wish to coordinate transatlantic airfare through the Global Education Center travel agency.

Application Procedure and Payment Schedule
Once accepted into the program, the payment schedule for program costs is as follows:
Non-Refundable Deposit:                    $100
Final Payment by April 1, 2009           $1,300
Make checks payable to “Montclair State University”.

For further information:
Contact the Global Education Center at 973-655-4185 or email simonW@mail.montclair.edu.
Or Contact Prof. Chakraborty at chakrabortyC@mail.montclair.edu.
Visit us on the web at www.montclair.edu/globaled