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Impact of the Institute for International Business

Our mission is to transform lives, organizations, and communities by creating and nurturing partnerships that build business and entrepreneurial knowledge in emerging and developing markets.
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Founded in 2010, the Institute for International Business (IIB) is the Kelley School’s focal point for international outreach. 

Advancement and Development Through Entrepreneurship Programs and Training

A three-year Global Development Alliance in Myanmar with $1 million of USAID support, ADEPT builds MBA faculty capacity and curricula at the Yangon University of Economics (YEco) and, with Hewlett Packard and Gap Inc., creates training centers for developing entrepreneurship, business, and life skills.

800

student entrepreneurship program participants

90

pedagogical and entrepreneurship seminar participants

1,000

women's life skills training participants

13

HP Life Training Centers established

Building Entrepreneurship Excellence and Developing Economic Enterprises

BEEADEE is a three-year, $1.5 million project funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative. Its Bethlehem Business Incubator program (BBI) aims to foster sustainable growth by enhancing the West Bank’s entrepreneurial environment, especially in women and youth ages 15 to 29.

75%

youth/women at all BEEADEE public events

Bethlehem Business Incubator

1,645

training event attendees

13

startup companies incubated

Collaboration with Bethlehem University

70

faculty participants at training workshop

10

entrepreneurship courses created

Center for International Business Education and Research

Part of IU’s legacy of international engagement since 1992, CIBER transforms international awareness to engagement and global competence through education, collaborative and mentorship relationships, and experiential learning. Business is Global (BIG), CIBER’s flagship program, is a two-week intensive experience for high-school students from the United States interested in exploring business, language, and culture.

CIBER is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

#1

funded CIBER of 16 national centers in the U.S.

2,655

students received overseas experience since 2014

Business Is Global

349

participants

65

program alumni
matriculated at IU

Global Business Institute

Through GBI, college students from participating countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Near Asia experience entrepreneurship and business in an American context. Through a one-month curriculum that includes panels and company visits, students gain an understanding of American business practices and pedagogy and discover a wide variety of entrepreneurial venture opportunities. GBI partners with the Coca-Cola Company and the U.S. Department of State.

600

participants since 2012

8

countries represented from Middle East/North Africa

164

participants have started businesses, creating more than 770 jobs

162

GBI alumni received scholarships for further study

68%

of program alumni engaged in entrepreneurial activities

95%

employment within 3 months of graduation

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