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Succeeding in Emerging and Developing Markets:

Understanding How Institutions Impact Firms and Managers

Faculty Development Workshop

June 11-14, 2013 at the George Washington University, Washington, DC

Offered by: The George Washington University Center for International Business Education & Research (GW-CIBER)

The Workshop

Join us for a workshop designed to equip international business educators with an in-depth understanding of how institutions shape the strategies of firms and managers in developing and emerging countries. In these markets, international institutions play a prominent role, and local institutions are often informal, in transition, or non-existent. Explore how weak institutions create particular challenges, such as corruption, political risk, regulatory obstacles, social divisions, and civil strife – and the ways firms and managers can cope with these issues. Examine how non-governmental organizations (NGOs), social entrepreneurs, diaspora communities, and multilateral organizations strive to strengthen institutions in these markets and how these new institutional forms affect firms and managers. Past topics have included: what are institutions and why are the important for development; interactive case discussions: "Mobile Oil in Indonesia," "The Untouchable Watercarrier," and "BRAC and Arrong Brands"; using the World Bank's "Doing Business In" indicators in the classroom; financial capital challenges in developing countries; coping with corrupt business environments.

Teaching & Research Resource Materials

Articles; Cases; Syllabi; In-class exercises; Videos; Internet exercises; PowerPoint Slides

The Speakers

Past workshops have included representatives from: USAID; IFC; Transparency International; Ashoka; Emerging and developing countries governments; Businesses with experience in emerging markets and developing countries; Universities and research institutes specializing in a number of functional areas and disciplines.

The Workshop Leaders

Liesl Riddle is an Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Associate Professor of International Business at the George Washington University School of Business. She holds a BA and MA in Middle Eastern Studies, an MBA in Marketing/International Business, and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Texas in Austin. She has won numerous teaching awards, including the GW School of Business' Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Riddle's regions of expertise include the Middle East and North and West Africa. Dr. Riddle is a member of the United Nations' advisory panel regarding diaspora investment and entrepreneurship policies. She has served as a consultant for several organizations, embassies, and private-sector clients.

Yohannes Assefa is an experienced financial sector lawyer with high level legal and business management experience spanning 18 years in the United States and Africa. He spent 10 of the past 18 years exclusively practicing law both in the United States and Africa in the areas of Securities Law, Public and Project Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, Commercial Litigation, and Private International Law. Mr. Assefa also has extensive experience working with the Governments of Ethiopia and the United States as well as with international non-governmental organizations, both as counsel and business adviser on trade liberalization, investment, and related matters.

The Details

Housing is provided by the GW-CIBER and is offered from June 7 to June 12 at one of GW's scholar residences. Breakfast, lunch, and some dinners are also provided. Register early to ensure your spot is reserved! For full pricing information and to register please visit: http://business.gwu.edu/CIBER/FDIB11.

Co-sponsors:  The CIBERs at: Indiana University; University of Illinois; University of Maryland; University of Minnesota; University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Contact us: GW-CIBER; Duquès Hall, Suite 450, 2201 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052; Phone: 202-994-3098; Email: ciber@gwu.edu