TARGET is an annual membership program designed by the Global Business Center to help Northeast Ohio companies enhance the size and skill base of their international resources so that they may enter new global markets more quickly and more knowledgably.

TARGET membership provides a low-cost, interactive method to extend a company’s international resources to achieve an objective of global expansion. Member companies identify a management-level individual (and one back-up individual) with responsibilities for the company’s international activities.

Program Features

• Limited membership; 10-12 non-competing companies ensures maximum attention and sharing opportunities
• Members are paired with a mentor from a globally-experienced company to benefit from their international experiences and guidance; member and mentor meet quarterly, outside of the structured meetings, to discuss objectives and the progress toward achieving them
• An annual agenda customized to meet members’ expressed goals
• Monthly, 2-hour meetings featuring speakers from CSU, the business community, and the public sector who present pertinent topics for updating knowledge and peer-to-peer discussion
• CSU facilitation of speakers, member discussion, documentation and coordination of other features to assure smooth and effective meetings and follow-up
• Site-visits to area companies who have approached problems in innovative ways
• Access to other Global Business Center programs like GLOBAL| REACH workshops and special seminars such as Noon@Nance
• A faculty-led consulting/research project for each member company
• Networking opportunities with other companies and service suppliers working in an increasingly integrated global market

Mentor Companies

Mentors are the critical success factor that differentiate and enhance Cleveland State University’s TARGET program. Our 2009 Mentors bring global experience from the following companies:

• Bird-Technologies
• ERICO Corporation
• First Knight Ltd.
• The Hoover Company
• INDUS International, Inc.
• Swagelok Corporation

Program Fees

The fee of $1295 includes a one-year membership for 2 individuals to receive all informational tools. Parking, meals and program
administration costs are also included.

TARGET 2009

Manufacturing companies with sales from $10 million to $50 million that are expanding into foreign markets, will have an opportunity to work throughout the year with experienced mentors, CSU faculty experts, and others from the public and private sectors, who offer current perspectives on operating in global markets. The knowledge, tools, and practices learned in the meetings over the next year will enable companies to execute their global strategies more quickly and effectively.

 

Registration

We will be updating our website with TARGET 2010 information in the coming months.

 

For more Information

To learn more, contact the Global Business Center at gbc@csuohio.edu or (216) 687-4750.