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Special Programs Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Studies Center Asia-Pacific Financial Markets Research Center Center for Global Japanese Investment and Finance Center for International Business Education and Research Family Business Center of Hawaii Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship and E-Business Pacific Asian Management Institute Pacific Business Center Program Pacific Research Institute for Information Systems and Management Internships and Career Development Financial Economics and Institutions Information Technology Management Management and Industrial Relations
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College of Business AdministrationSpecial Professional ProgramsAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Studies CenterThe APEC Studies Center was formed in July 1994 as a joint venture of UH Manoa and the East-West Center and is one of the founding members of the United States APEC Study Center Consortium. APEC has become the primary vehicle for developing a sense of economic community in the Asia Pacific region. The 18 countries that currently comprise APEC constitute about half of the world’s total annual output in terms of GNP and represent more than 40 percent of the world’s total merchandise trade. E-mail:cmorriso@hawaii.edu Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (FIMA) Research CenterThe FIMA Research Center is spearheading academic and policy research on financial markets in the Asia-Pacific region. It serves the securities and banking industries, academia, and government sector through five major programs. The K. J. Luke Special Conference Program on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets is designed to narrow the gap between academic research and capital market policy formulation by integrating the academic and practitioner viewpoints on various policy issues relevant to financial market regulation and operation of stock/futures exchanges in the region. K. J. Luke Financial Executive Program is intended for market regulators and financial executives to develop a better understanding of the financial markets in the region as well as in the developed economies in light of state-of-the-art finance theories. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal publishes the highest quality theoretical and empirical research on financial markets of the region. PACAP Databases Program creates, maintains, and distributes capital market databases of 10 countries in the region including: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. The Program is jointly undertaken by the UH FIMA Research Center and the University of Rhode Island PACAP Research Center. The FIMA Research Center assumes a leadership role as the front office by acting as a liaison with participating financial institutions from the region. The PACAP Research Center, in turn, provides the back office function of maintaining, updating, and distributing the databases. E-mail: rheesg@hawaii.edu Center for Global Japanese Investment and FinanceThe Center for Global Japanese Investment and Finance was founded in November 1997. Its mission is to research and study the Japanese financial market: its global investment policies and strategies and ways in which the U.S., Hawai‘i, and Japan can receive mutual economic benefits through balanced investments in Hawai‘i. Many scholarships are available through the Center. E-mail: misawa@cba.hawaii.edu The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)The UH CIBER goal is to promote international business research and development activities at the UH. As one of 30 such centers at major universities across the U.S., the UH CIBER serves as a national resource for improved international business techniques and strategies as well as a regional resource providing training and research designed to meet the needs of companies doing business with the Asia-Pacific. Working with language and area studies faculty at the UH, CIBER has promoted the creation of interdisciplinary business and language courses. Other curriculum projects supported include the innovative Field Study in Asia course, and the annual PAMI Summer Program. The UH CIBER funds faculty research projects and provides travel support for faculty to present papers at international conferences. Outreach and executive education initiatives include working with various community organizations to sponsor workshops and other training activities. E-mail: ciber@cba.hawaii.edu Office of Executive EducationThe Office of Executive Education is responsible for the CBA’s Executive Masters programs and designs and coordinates executive-level management development programs, seminars and workshops designed to meet the specific needs of organizations in the public and private sector. Participants for these programs come from local, regional and international organizations. The primary thrust of the Office of Executive Education is custom designed programs. It also offers the Hawai‘i Management Program, a 96 contact hour program designed for Hawai‘i-based mid level executives and managers who wants to maintain a competitive advantage and gain the necessary skills to enhance their careers. E-mail: kim.fujiuchi@hawaii.edu Family Business Center of Hawai‘iThe Family Business Center of Hawai‘i is a partnership between Hawai‘i’s family business community and the UH’s College of Business Administration. The mission of the Family Business Center is “equipping, educating, and celebrating families in business.” The center provides opportunities for the families to address many of the challenges they face by providing educational seminars and a forum for the exchange of information between families so that they can survive and thrive into and through the 21st century. E-mail: kim.fujiuchi@hawaii.edu Hawai‘i Real Estate Center (HREC)The Hawai‘i Real Estate Center was established in 1961 to provide a focus for property rights research in the state of Hawai‘i. It is a policy oriented center and has provided research studies on land use and international investment issues affecting the state. In recent years, the HREC has expanded its research mission to address intellectual property rights issues and e-commerce issues as cyberspace interacts with real space. The center is funded by research grants and consulting contracts from private and government sources. It maintains an archive of Hawai‘i specific information. E-mail: nordway@cba.hawaii.edu Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship and E-Business (PACE)The goal of PACE is to foster the entrepreneurial spirit among students, faculty and the community. The Center supports the inclusion of entrepreneurship-related courses in the UH curriculum and offers a summer certificate in international entrepreneurship. In addition, PACE also supports the student Entrepreneurship Club and numerous outreach programs, including statewide business plan competitions at the high school and college levels, the Kauffman Entrepreneurial Internship Program, a distinguished lecture series, the Hawaii Entrepreneurs Bootcamp, and programs for Native Hawaiian entrepreneurs. E-mail: PACE@cba.hawaii.edu Pacific Asian Management Institute (PAMI)PAMI was established in 1977 as an institute of international management education and research bridging East and West. Students, teachers, managers, and government officials from more than 170 companies and 200 institutions in 22 countries have attended cross-cultural, international management courses and training programs developed by PAMI. PAMI also coordinates research on international business issues. The Pacific Asian Management Institute coordinates a summer program in international business during the UH Outreach College Summer Sessions. The PAMI curriculum features international business courses in management, marketing, finance, business economics, entrepreneurship and human resource management. The Pacific Asian Lecture Series (PALS), open to the public, is part of the PAMI summer program. PAMI is the secretariat for the Pacific Asian Consortium on International Business Education and Research (PACIBER), with 28 member universities in the U.S., Canada, Asia, and Oceania. E-mail: pami@hawaii.edu
Pacific-Basin Finance JournalThe Pacific-Basin Finance Journal is an academic journal published five times a year by Elsevier Science publishers B.V. (North-Holland) in collaboration with the UH College of Business Administration. The journal provides a specialized forum for the publication of the highest quality theoretical and empirical research on capital markets of the Asia-Pacific region and represents a significant milestone in the FIMA Research Center’s program and objectives as it effectively reaches a broader audience in terms of current developments in Asian and Pacific capital markets. Its primary emphasis will be placed on the following areas:
E-mail:rheesg@hawaii.edu Pacific Business Center ProgramThe Pacific Business Center Program, sponsored by the UH and the Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, provides businesses, government agencies, and community groups, a variety of business consultant services at moderate cost. PBCP offers university students opportunities to work with its staff to assist its clients solve a wide variety of business problems. Such work includes market research, feasibility studies, product development, strategic and financial planning, loan packaging, and management consultation. PBCP serves clients in Hawai‘i, the Territories of American Samoa and Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republics of Palau and of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. E-mail: pbcp@hawaii.edu Pacific Research Institute for Information Systems and Management (PRIISM)PRIISM is a center for research and educational activities. Drawing on a variety of academic disciplines, PRIISM focuses on information systems and technologies and management of organizations. Its primary objective is to promote research on the development, implementation, and use of information and communication technologies in organizations. E-mail: priism@busadm.cba.hawaii.edu Internships and Career DevelopmentA full-time internship director helps to provide opportunities for students to gain real world experience while at the same time earning academic credits. Through the internship program, students are able to practice interviewing and communication skills and obtain hands-on work experience related to one’s major. Goals of the internship program are to strengthen students’ employment opportunities in the marketplace after graduation and to provide greater insight into a student’s selection of a career path and organizations suited to the student. CBA also provides a career development center that helps to connect students to prospective recruiters and job opportunities. E-mail: intern@cba.hawaii.edu International StudyIn addition to the study abroad programs offered through the UH Manoa Study Abroad Center (see the “Student Life” section for more information), the following CBA sponsored programs are available. Industry in Asia: Field StudyEach summer, up to 25 business students have the opportunity to participate in a 5-week, 6 credit course (BUS 477/677) which includes three weeks in Asia. In Asia, the students visit companies, factories, economic agencies and government offices to learn more about organizational structure, government policies and international competition and their effect on these units. Classes are held on campus the week before and after the field study. Some CBA scholarships are available on a competitive basis to help defray the costs. CBA Exchange Agreements with Foreign UniversitiesUH CBA students can apply to study abroad in connection with several official exchange agreements between the UH CBA and foreign universities. These universities are: Aarhus School of Business in Denmark; Chulalongkorn University in Thailand; Copenhagen Business School in Denmark; Hitotsubashi University in Japan; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Keio University (Keio Business School) in Japan; WHU Koblenz-Otto Besheim Graduate School of Management in Germany; Korea University CBA; Reims School of Management in France (summer only); National Sun Yat Sen University in Taiwan; National University of Singapore; Seoul National University in Korea; Thammasat University in Thailand; Waseda University in Japan; and Yonsei University in Korea. In most cases, courses are offered in English for international students, language training is available, and the schools plan instructional excursions for visiting students. Tuition is waived for the students at the host university. Some scholarship assistance is available on a competitive basis to help defray travel costs. The student arranges his/her own travel and housing. For more information, contact the Office of Student Academic Services in BusAD B101 or at (808) 956-8215. |
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