History

The Center for International Business was established in 1997 as the first of Tuck's research centers. The center's initial activities included initiating the Tuck Global Consultancy, an innovative second-year MBA course in which students conduct consulting projects outside the US; developing a research database and comparative index of trade access in emerging economies; creating executive education programs and academic partnerships with business schools in Japan and Vietnam; and organizing conferences in the US, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

In 2007, Andrew Bernard, Jack Byrne Professor of International Economics, suceeded center founder Joseph Massey as director. Professor Bernard brings to the center expertise on firm and industry responses to globalization. Among other topics, his recent work has examined the responses of U.S. and German firms to competition from low-cost countries such as China. Also in 2007, Matthew Slaughter, Professor of International Economics, returned to Tuck after serving as a member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors and joined the center as senior associate director. Professor Slaughter's research focuses on the effects of international trade on multinational firms and labor markets.

From its inception to the present, the center has been the beneficiary of generous funding from Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., and the family of Akira Uehara T'66 and Shoji Uehara, Taisho's president and chairman, respectively. The center has also received substantial support from the Freeman Foundation for its Asia programs, including a partnership with the Hanoi School of Business and field study projects in Vietnam. The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth has also provided important continuing support for the center's programs. The Tuck School and the Center for International Business deeply appreciate the support received from these and other donors.