Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER):
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

National Resource for International Business Education

UH CIBER initiatives will enhance U.S. capacity for international understanding by linking UH experts with businesses, policy makers, academics, students, and professionals across the U.S. Our activities will address the political and cultural context in which international business functions and will foster the development of sustainable businesses and improved financial infrastructures.

Pacific Asian Management Institute

We will expand the PAMI Summer program through additional on-campus as well as online curriculum offerings to provide international business courses to business and non-business students at UH and from institutions across the U.S. who want to learn more about the Asia Pacific region.

Asia Pacific Risk Institute

APRI has been created to bring together the UH's resources in disaster management, meteorological and environmental prediction and remediation, and political risk analysis to support new methodological research to improve forecasting techniques, and to develop improved policies and response mechanisms for policy makers and businesses.

Sustainable Economic Opportunities in Asia

The UH CIBER will partner with centers of excellence in sustainable tourism, architecture and urban planning, oceanography and environmental management across the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to link the scientific expertise and resources of UH with international business and area studies to create new international curricula, research and outreach activities as well as business opportunities.

Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship

PACE will develop new joint initiatives with engineering, biomedicine and computer science to leverage international connections within the business and scientific communities, to promote the commercialization of new technologies and enhance entrepreneurial opportunities for the U.S. in Asia.

Asia Pacific Financial Markets Research Center

FIMA links the resources of the UH finance faculty with industry leaders in banking, capital markets and government regulatory agencies to improve understanding and stimulate reforms that support free trade. FIMA will continue its focus on the financial markets of Asia through research and training activities, such as the publication of the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, sponsorship of the Annual PACAP/FIMA Finance Conference, and dissemination of the PACAP Databases.