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Mission
The mission of the centre is to leverage our
leading-edge competencies to provide superior
solution to global issues of growth, transition, competitiveness and
ethics at the industry and organizational level by research consultancy
and training.
Aims
- Knowledge transfer on key issues in international business
research.
- Fostering the development of theoretical and conceptual
frameworks in key areas in international business research.
- Developing expertise and sharing knowledge and skills in
cutting edge approaches to effectively using quantitative and
qualitative data to test and develop theories.
- Developing a strong base of doctoral students studying
International Business topics.
Reputation
Established in 1996 the Centre for International
Business (CIB) strives to promote the study of the past development
and future evolution of business in an international and comparative
context. (CIB) has an international reputation for research and
consultancy in global business ranging from:
- Transition problems (especially Russia)
- Global business strategy
- Modelling of organizational behaviour
- Inter cultural issues International business theory and
strategy
- Islamic finance and ethical banking
The theoretical foundations of our work are complexity and
game theory. Applications include mergers, alliances, the evolution of
industries, (especially the financial and energy sectors), and OPEC.
Ethical, ontological and cross-cultural interactions including Islamic
principles are high on the agenda.
The Centre is especially engaged with the promotion of Islamic
Finance, the principles of which have become increasingly relevant in a
global economy that has been blighted by excessive leverage and debt.
Current Research Interests
The work of the Core members of the Centre covers the
following areas.
- The importance of international business and social
networks for the competitiveness of firms in global business
- Transition and emerging economies, especially Russia
- Complexity and Simulation
- Evolution of Firms and Industries
- The global economy as a complex adaptive system in a
management context
- Spirituality, Zakat, Islamic banking and social capital.
- The development of a complexity/evolutionary based model of
corporate strategy, alliances and partnerships
- Sustainability and the compatibility of different systems in
the global business environment.
- The role of creativity and imagination.
- The study of the impact of different belief systems in the
global economy particularly on Islamic finance and the compatibility to
western financial institutions.
Research
- Investigation of complex adaptive systems and game
theory in a management context
- Complexity science and evolutionary applications to business
- Alliances, economic development, especially transition economies
- learning; networks and semiotics.
- Management and spirituality, Sufism, Islamic Banking and
Finance.
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