Clausen Center for International Business and Policy

International Business Development Program


The International Business Development (IBD) program is the global management consulting program operated by the Clausen Center. Extremely popular with both MBA students and organizations and companies around the world, IBD has been assigning teams of MBA consultants to projects for 18 years.


We have undertaken projects in more than 60 countries to date.



Companies and organizations interested in engaging a team of IBD consultants can find out more on our Client pages .


Prospective and enrolled Berkeley MBA students can find out what is involved by viewing the student pages.




Rodrigo Hetz MBA'06 with some of the boys from Ipoderac - a Mexican orphanage that operates a goat cheese business.


IBD Student Dispatches

"Cracking into the Kola Nut Business : Mission to Cameroon"

"India: Marketing family planning in a land of one billion people "

"Borneo: Brokering a better deal for rattan farmers"

"Orphans in Mexico: expanding the boys' goat cheese and soap business"

IBD 2002 assignment in Kuppam, India can be heard on "The World," a co-production of the BBC World Service and Public Radio International. Download the MP3 file to listen to Jason Margolis reporting on the project and the program.