Korean-American Business Center

The Korean-American Business Center (KABC) is a departmental center, organized within the Center for Research in Information Systems (CRIS) and housed in the Computer Information Systems (CIS) Department in GSU’s Robinson College of Business. It is a boundary-spanning organization between the CIS Department and the Korean business community in the United States and Korea. In addition to providing opportunities to the business communities in Korea and Georgia, KABC provides leadership, assistance and opportunity for Korean and American groups seeking knowledge about United States and Korean business practices.

KABC offers the following opportunities to the business community in Korea and Georgia:

Student internships or co-op
Intensive executive education/training courses (short-term and long-term), tailored to companies’ and organizations’ needs
Student field study projects
Sponsored “action research” projects
A clearing house for faculty research and consulting
Distinguished Executive Speaker Series
Distinguished Scholar Speaker Series
Korea Study Tour
Exchange programs with Korean institutions

Other activities for KABC members

Quarterly meetings to network and plan KABC activities
Company and institution presentations to student groups
Classroom presentations by experts on subject matters

The CIS Department, host of KABC, boasts world-class faculty and students.

Ranked first in the world in published research in the top IS journals
(Communications of the AIS)
Ranked top 10 in the United States in IT innovation (ComputerWorld)
Ranked first in the Southeast and top 10 in the United States (U.S. News & World Report)

Three levels of support are available for KABC

Gold Sponsorship @ $20,000
Silver Sponsorship @ $10,000
Bronze Sponsorship @ $5,000

Learn more about the activities and benefits of the levels of support. »

Contact:

For further information, please refer inquiries to:

Dr. J.P. Shim Executive Director of KABC Professor of CIS Robinson College of Business Georgia State University 404-413-7376	Dr. Ephraim R. McLean Regents' Professor and G.E. Smith Eminent Scholar's Chair Chair, CIS Department Director, Center for Research in IS Robinson College of Business Georgia State University 404-413-7448

J.P. Shim
Executive Director of KABC
Professor of CIS
Robinson College of Business