Inter-institutional Partnership Research Articles

Technical planning, control and validation. Quality and effectiveness in public procurement action

This paper recounts the experience of the scientific collaboration agreement of the research group from DiAP, Sapienza University, Rome, with the municipality of Rome’s CSIMU (Coordination of Infrastructure Development and Urban Maintenance) Department to provide technical support in the phase of drawing up the DIP (Technical Project Brief) and of verifying and validating the PFTE (Technical and Economic Feasibility Design) within the Institutional Development Contract programme titled “CIS – Roma Scuole Verdi”. For its articulation of involved parties, complexity of the operative and regulatory framework, and size of interventions, CIS is considered a best practice of inter-institutional partnership and of capitalisation of technical know-how and skills aimed at achieving quality objectives in processes implementing strategic works.

Da catástrofe das emergências humanitárias à melancolização

This article is a theoretical study arising from the umbrella research project, Psychoanalytic Investigation of Clinical Phenomena in Depression in the Context of COVID-19, by the Laboratory for the Investigation of Contemporary Psychopathologies (UFF. Volta Redonda Campus), in an inter-institutional partnership with the Graduate Program in Psychology at UFRJ. The aim of the research is to demarcate and define the effects of the contemporary mutation of the social bond on subjectivity, based on the recognition that humanitarian/sanitary emergencies are catastrophic for subjective functioning. In this paper, we will present the Freudian démarche that led us to recognize melancholization as the main impact of humanitarian/sanitary emergencies on subjective functioning. The paper recalls the use of the term catastrophe and its epistemological status within the framework of psychoanalysis. This term is fundamental to our research hypothesis: humanitarian/sanitary emergencies are a catastrophe because they produce the civilizational ruin of guarantees for the affected population and the suspension of the functioning of subjective defences and sublimatory strategies for dealing with the condition of helplessness. By considering humanitarian/sanitary emergencies as a catastrophe, the paper highlights, in the line of argument developed by Sigmund Freud, the emergence of the affect of despondency or melancholization as pathos in dark times of humanitarian/sanitary emergencies.

Regulatory acts for the cultural patrimony preservation of Porto Murtinho, MS, in the context of university network of the Latin american Integration Route (UniRila) and the Bioceanic Corridor

This work is part of the activities that were agreed within the scope of the University Network of the Latin American Route (UniRila), and was developed specifically as a proposal for Dossier II. This research is also linked to the development of the Master Plan of Porto Murtinho-MS, specifically the axis of Cultural Historical Heritage, the result of an inter-institutional partnership. In this context, the aim is to analyze current normative acts for the preservation of historical and cultural heritage in the three administrative spheres, using the qualitative approach methodology with bibliographic and documentary research. One of the great challenges of the Bioceanic Route Integration will be the efficient updating of policies for the preservation of the historical and cultural heritage, in order to maintain the cultural integrity of the local population. Thus, it is understood the need to stimulate local development, through cultural and social capital, aiming at a participatory democracy. Heritage education is part of this context as an instrument for disseminating information and knowledge, and when supported by public and private agents and social actors, they are certainly decisive in the struggle arising from issues related to cultural vulnerability.

Global health classroom: mixed methods evaluation of an interinstitutional model for reciprocal global health learning among Samoan and New Zealand medical students

BackgroundGlobal health education partnerships should be collaborative and reciprocal to ensure mutual benefit. Utilisation of digital technologies can overcome geographic boundaries and facilitate collaborative global health learning.Global Health Classroom (GHCR) is a collaborative global health learning model involving medical students from different countries learning about each other’s health systems, cultures, and determinants of health via videoconference. Principles of reciprocity and interinstitutional partnership informed the development of the GHCR. This study explores learning outcomes and experiences in the GHCR between students from New Zealand and Samoa.MethodsThis study used a mixed methods approach employing post-GHCR questionnaires and semi-structured face-to-face interviews to explore self-reported learning and experiences among medical students in the GHCR. The GHCR collaboration studied was between the medical schools at the University of Otago, New Zealand and the National University of Samoa, Samoa.ResultsQuestionnaire response rate was 85% (74/87). Nineteen interviews were conducted among New Zealand and Samoan students. Students reported acquiring the intended learning outcomes relating to patient care, health systems, culture, and determinants of health with regards to their partner country. Interview data was indicative of attitudinal changes in relation to cultural humility and curiosity. Some reported a vision for progress regarding their own health system. Students in the GHCR reported that learning with their international peers in the virtual classroom made learning about global health more real and tangible. The benefits to students from both countries indicated reciprocity.ConclusionsThis study demonstrates GHCR to be a promising model for collaborative and reciprocal global health learning using a student-led format and employing digital technology to create a virtual classroom. The self-reported learning outcomes align favourably with those recommended in the literature. In view of our positive findings, we present GHCR as an adaptable model for equitable, collaborative global health learning between students in internationally partnered institutions.

CULTURA DA INOVAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DE COMPETÊNCIAS ENTRE OS AGENTES LOCAIS DE INOVAÇÃO EM BOA VISTA (RR)

The culture of innovation has become a strategic concept of differentiation and for increase of competitiveness which is why it is the object of this essay through an empirical analysis undertaken by the Local Innovation Agents Program (ALI), an interinstitutional partnership between the Brazilian Service of Support to Micro and Small Enterprises (SEBRAE) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) developed with a group of 89 small companies in 2020.

Fimicolous myxomycetes: overview of their global distribution and scientific production

Myxomycetes (Amoebozoa) can be found on a wide range of substrates and among these, the dung of several animal species, primarily herbivorous, in which case they are considered fimicolous. Dung can be a favourable substrate for myxomycete due its relatively high content of water, nutrients and microorganisms. Despite efforts to study fimicolous myxomycetes, there are still informational gaps on the geographical distribution and microhabitat details. Also, scientometric information on these organisms is scarce. This work was aimed to compile the occurrence of fimicolous myxomycetes, from published literature, for the period between 1900 and 2017, resulting in an update on their biogeographical and ecological information. Scientific production involving fimicolous myxomycetes is also discussed. Ninety-eight articles were retrieved, from which authors recorded a total of 544 occurrences classified in 126 myxomycetes species. These records were geographically associated with 51 countries, located primarily on the northern hemisphere. Most occurrences were reported on herbivore dung, mainly from cattle, horse, deer, rabbit/hare, sheep and camel. Arcyria cinerea, Didymium difforme, D. iridis, D. squamulosum, Fuligo cinerea, Kelleromyxa fimicola, Licea tenera, Perichaena chrysosperma, P. corticalis, P. depressa, Physarum apiculosporum, Ph. compressum, and Ph. didermoides were the most frequent species, with at least 10 records each. Despite an increase in scientific production on fimicolous myxomycetes during the studied period, the number of researchers dedicated to this group is low and the inter-institutional collaboration could be improved. It was observed that most authors have produced only one publication, claimed not to be specialists on the group and that tropical fimicolous myxomycetes have clearly been understudied. It is suggested that thematic networks and methodological standardization in molecular studies could increase and improve research on fimicolous myxomycetes. We highlight the importance of the inter-institutional partnership between researchers interested in the study of fimicolous myxomycetes, once access to these technologies is limited for many researchers, especially those in underdeveloped countries, such as Latin American, the formation of collaborative networks may facilitate the application of molecular approaches.

O TRABALHO COM A PRODUÇÃO DE SENTIDOS NA FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES DE LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA: ESCOLHAS ENUNCIATIVAS PARA A DIDATIZAÇÃO

Neste artigo, socializamos ações de trabalho advindas de uma parceria interinstitucional (UESB-UFSJ) no LaGaTT, Laboratório de Garimpo Textual e(m) Trabalho do professor de línguas, que tem como público-alvo professores em formação inicial/licenciandos, professores em exercício e professores em formação continuada. O objetivo do presente texto é apresentar um conjunto de questões que perpassam o trabalho de didatização do professor de português de exemplares de gêneros textuais/discursivos. O que se inicia com a defesa de textos como unidade de ensino, seguida da escolha de um determinado texto/exemplar, a que chamamos garimpo textual, para didatização de objetos de ensino diversos. Assumindo que o trabalho didático do professor é sempre orientado por saberes de referência a que os sujeitos estão/são expostos na formação profissional, apresentamos algumas ações didáticas voltadas para o ensino de língua(gens) como uma forma dinâmica de compreender a didatização dos gêneros textuais/discursivos a partir do contato com a Semântica da Enunciação no Laboratório. Os resultados apontam para a importância de se compreender o plano enunciativo como um caminho produtivo de trabalho com os gêneros garimpados que circulam no LaGaTT. O que validamos como uma iniciativa significativa em proposta de didatização de aspectos, reivindicando, no trabalho que envolvem os gêneros, o olhar voltado para os enunciados, a enunciação e a produção de sentidos.

Scientific Productivity and Cancer-Related Mortality: A Case Study of a Positive Association in Colombia

PURPOSECancer morbidity represents an increasing public health issue; this worldwide phenomenon also is true for emerging upper-middle-income countries, such as Colombia. The main purpose of this study was to uncover the relationship between scientific productivity and cancer-related mortality in our setting.METHODSWe conducted a temporal-trend ecologic study by means of bibliometric analysis from records of publications from SCOPUS database with Colombian institutional affiliations between 2000 and 2015. Productivity and overall mortality were estimated and compared using econometric modeling to identify potential correlations. Additional exploratory analyses per six most frequent cancer sites were performed.RESULTSOf 2,645 publication records retrieved, 1,464 (55.3%) met selection criteria to be classified as Colombian scientific production (interobserver agreement, 92.96%; κ = 0.859; 95% CI, 0.800 to 0.918). Overall, 79.6% of the records corresponded to original or in-press articles; furthermore, almost half (49.7%) embodied descriptive study designs. Selected records reported a median of five authors and three different affiliations per publication; 66% had been cited at least once up to September 2017. The most-studied cancer-specific locations were cervix (16.1%), breast (11.5%), and stomach (9.8%), but nonspecific locations had the largest combined participation (23.4%). An increasing trend in scientific productivity was correlated to decreasing trend in overall cancer mortality, which was reported as an inverse proportional relationship in the linear regression modeling (r = −0.958; P < .001). Graphic analyses per cancer-specific sites revealed heterogeneous behaviors of this relationship.CONCLUSIONColombian cancer-specific scientific productivity demonstrated a steady growth as opposed to a decreasing mortality trend in the recent years. The research output is predominantly descriptive with relatively low interinstitutional partnership and low impact in the international scientific community.

HEALTH MEETING BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL: EXPERIENCE REPORT

Introduction: From May 2016 to May 2018, was developed in the city of Arapiraca/Alagoas, the Education Program at Work for Health GraduaSUS, through the interinstitutional partnership between the Federal University of Alagoas Arapiraca campus and the Municipal Health Secretariat of Arapiraca/Alagoas. The extension project encourages active interaction between their involved (preceptors, students, users and tutors) in such a way that community links were built beyond the physical space of the classroom, and the Basic Health Unit, broadening the learning scenarios and health care, based in interpersonal relationships, where mutual learning was valued. Exercising this reasoning, was organized a Fair of Professions in high school one of the territories of operation of the project. Because the typical curiosity that permeates the adolescent phase, we discussed about health care in dynamic context, conducting the assimilation of this knowledge with guidance on the professional choice. Objectives: Promoting health education; create opportunities to teens, decision-making processes more aware about possible professional choice. Methods: This is a case studies, where the courses members (Nursing, Physical Education, Biological Sciences and Social Service) organized exhibition tents at the gym of the school, in order to exchange experiences, bringing the daily experience of students applications practices of University know ledge, in addition to the possibilities of professional performance of different of different areas. The Nursing group with use of posters built the history of nursing, until the clarification regarding the care carried out in each phase of life (childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age), and the practical demonstrations: measurement of vital signs, first aid, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Results: Teenagers expressed more doubts than expected, probably because they are in the school environment. The use of active learning methodology and use of accessible language to by the group at the time of the exchange of experience, made it possible to establish an understandable communication with the public. Finally, we highlight the positive return, as representative group of Nursing, because the speeches of the students who interacted in the tent showed the recognition they place on the social role of the profession. Conclusion: The service school interaction made it possible to argue with the adolescents the professional identity of the nurse and to attract the curious glances about the responsibilities of the nurse’s care to the population, since they did not have the dimension of being a nurse. And the interpersonal contact of nursing students and adolescents generated a more candid communication, providing the demand for future actions, such as addressing the use of condoms and sexual risk factors, thus demonstrating the bond and confidence achieved, and therefore the validity of the reported experience of teaching-service-community integration.

Abstract A83: Development of a New Inter-Institutional Partnership to Assess Health Literacy Disparities in the Context of Kidney Cancer and Smoking

Abstract Background: Kidney cancer mortality rates are significantly higher among individuals diagnosed with later-stage disease, but there are currently no efficacious methods for kidney cancer screening. As a result, primary prevention via reduction of modifiable risk factors such as smoking, as well prompt diagnosis following early symptoms of the disease, are key to reducing kidney cancer mortality. Recent research conducted at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIUSOM) has found that rural residents of Southern and Central Illinois have some of the highest kidney cancer incidence and mortality rates in the nation. However, this disparity is not fully explained by the limited number of urologists practicing within this region. Higher rates of smoking, higher thresholds for medical help-seeking behavior, and/or lower levels of health literacy may contribute to the increased incidence and mortality rates within this population, but urban-rural differences in these factors have not be examined within the region. Partnership Development: To address these critical research gaps, SIUSOM investigators with expertise in urology and clinical trial implementation developed a pilot research project with Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) investigators specializing in health behavior and health disparities research. The pilot project was submitted as part of an NCI-funded P20 center exploring the feasibility of building a collaborative partnership between Simmons Cancer Institute at SIUSOM and WUSTL's Siteman Cancer Center. Research Objectives: The goals of the pilot project are to assess potential geographic differences (urban vs. rural) in: 1) health literacy and cancer literacy; 2) knowledge of smoking as a kidney cancer risk factor; and 3) degree of bother caused by general urologic symptoms. During the development and implementation of the pilot project, the research team is also monitoring the progress and barriers in building new collaborative partnerships that span two institutions located approximately 100 miles apart. Research Methods: The pilot project is currently enrolling a total of 300 individuals attending primary care or urology clinic appointments in Springfield, IL (n=60); Carbondale, IL (n=120); and St. Louis, MO (n=120). Because the pilot project is designed to assess regional variation in relevant risk factors rather than the relationship between risk factors and kidney cancer development, all clinic patients must be at least 40 years old and must not have a personal history of kidney cancer. Individuals who consent to participate in the study complete a self-administered survey via Android tablet while waiting for their clinic appointment. Interim Findings: During the pilot project development and implementation phases, we have leveraged existing institutional resources, such as the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) system, to streamline our data collection and management across multiple locations. However, we have encountered some challenges in establishing uniform practices for clinic-based recruitment and enrollment, given the unique clinic organization and patient flow issues in each geographic location. Recruitment and enrollment are currently underway, and preliminary quantitative results will be available by mid-September. Citation Format: Erin Linnenbringer, Shaheen Alanee, Katina Richardson, Nirek Sharma, Aimee James, Danuta Dynda, Kevin McVary. Development of a New Inter-Institutional Partnership to Assess Health Literacy Disparities in the Context of Kidney Cancer and Smoking. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Ninth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2016 Sep 25-28; Fort Lauderdale, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2017;26(2 Suppl):Abstract nr A83.

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY: THE POLITICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SUSTAINABLE EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION

1.IntroductionEuropean Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)'s core countries adopted the single currency with their national collective-bargaining entities, which assigned agenda-setting and veto capacities to wage-setters in their export spheres. Labor market politics (Mihaila and Mateescu, 2017) in the EMU's southern countries, because of their more combative and disunited character, have not been beneficial with regard to wage moderation and low inflation. With higher inflation rates, southern countries swiftly lost effectiveness in their real exchange rates, generating the constant and unsustainable increase of current account deficits compared with the North and the demand for global financing to cover their deficits. (Johnston, 2016)2.Financial and Monetary Stability throughout the Euro ZoneThe monetary necessitates regulation and substantial cohesion among the members as illustrated by the strategies for banking union and union that call for significant political integration by consolidating the entities for democratic harmony and responsibility. The economic advance of the euro zone requires identifying a superior economic stability among the members (Popescu, 2016), wherein creditor economies employ the space applicable to them to maintain economic growth. Adjustment should be more balanced throughout the euro zone. Governments' choices on design, allocation, and resourcing (Pera, 2017a) of the entities set up the background for interinstitutional partnership. Adequate action with respect to the entities was hostage to the resolutions of the member economies that favored them. (Henning, 2017)3.Did Europe's Monetary Union Advantage Its Low-inflation Performers?The growing discrepancies between EMU's northern and southern countries that assisted in accelerating crisis exposure (Nica et al., 2016) within the latter may be grasped by how EMU brought about an asymmetrical arena between economies with wage-setting entities (Nica, 2017) adjusted to low inflation and ones lacking them. Within domestic labor markets, the supply of low national inflation via controlled wage growth is conditional on power dynamics between discordant sectoral concerns. The sheltered sphere's ineffectiveness in supplying wage moderation impacts inflation (Popescu and Bitoiu, 2017) and, via the real exchange rate, global price competitiveness. Inflation-averse central banks multiplied the economic penalties related to substantial wage agreements in sheltered spheres. The transfer of inflated wages onto prices should be neutralized by central banks through monetary tightening with the aim of curbing inflation developments. (Johnston, 2016) (Figures 1-4)4.How Monetary Union Altered Inflation Dynamics in Its Member-statesThe Greek fiscal position, the outcome of a patronage-based political system that cut down tax revenue and increased public spending, generated the euro crisis. …

Paving the (Hard) Way for Regional Partnerships: Evidence from Portugal

ABSTRACTA fundamental dilemma which troubles advocates of interinstitutional partnerships in regional development pertains to the extent to which partnerships enhance the effectiveness of governance processes and outcomes. This dilemma is particularly relevant in contexts that lack strong cohesive regional development alliances, such as the Portuguese case. This article aims to shed light on the debate regarding the role of partnerships in regional development, drawing on a unique collaborative interinstitutional partnership. It explores the responses to complexity across the different stakeholders, as well as its effects at the formulation and implementation stages of the strategic plans devised to apply for EU funding. Findings suggest that interinstitutional partnerships induce significantly different allocative choices at the agenda-setting. However, the established partnership was unable to cope with the several obstacles that emerged during the implementation, suggesting several vulnerabilities of partnerships, which are explored. Findings suggest the need to reinforce governance mechanisms during the implementation stage.

Activators of processes of change: a proposal oriented to the transformation of educational practices and the training of health professionals.

This paper investigates an educational proposal articulated through a policy of the Ministry of Health, which aims to promote changes in the training of health professionals. An inter-institutional partnership promoted the training of specialists as Activators of Processes of Change. This study analyzes the characteristics of a post-graduate semi-distance-learning course, examining the transformation potential of health praxis. It involves the analysis of documents and interviews published in official reports of the course addressing competency profile construction, the political-pedagogical project and management and evaluation of the proposal. The analysis of data and information used the principles of the meaning interpretation method as a reference. The educational praxis of the tutors was transformed, since students became professionals in change activation. 698 activators were qualified, with a loss of 12.9%. The characteristics of the proposal enhanced participants' involvement in the construction of new capacities, highlighting the broadening of analysis and intervention in reality. Eliciting the potential of individuals and the group, and the spaces for reflection proved to be the main achievement in the construction of educational projects, in the context of the Unified Health System.

An inter-institutional collaboration: transforming education through interprofessional simulations

An inter-institutional partnership of four post-secondary institutions and a health provider formed a learning community with the goal of developing, implementing and evaluating interprofessional learning experiences in simulation-based environments. The organization, education and educational research activities of the learning community align with the institutional and instructional reforms recommended by the Lancet Commission on Health Professional Education for the 21st century. This article provides an overview of the inter-institutional collaboration, including the interprofessional simulation learning experiences, instructor development activities and preliminary results from the evaluation.

Understanding the linkages between informal and formal care for people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

In response to the human resource challenges facing African health systems, there is increasing involvement of informal care providers in HIV care. Through social and institutional interactions that occur in the delivery of HIV care, linkages between formal and informal systems of care often emerge. Based on a review of studies documenting the relationships between formal and informal HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa, we suggest that linkages can be conceptualised as either ‘actor-oriented’ or ‘systems-oriented’. Studies adopting an actor-oriented focus examine hierarchical working relationships and communication practices among health systems actors, while studies focusing on systems-oriented linkages document the presence, absence or impact of formal inter-institutional partnership agreements. For linkages to be effective, the institutional frameworks within which linkages are formalised, as well as the ground-level interactions of those engaged in care, ought to be considered. However, to date, both actor- and system-oriented linkages appear to be poorly utilised by policy makers to improve HIV care. We suggest that linkages between formal and informal systems of care be considered across health systems, including governance, human resources, health information and service delivery in order to improve access to HIV services, enable knowledge transfer and strengthen health systems.

Higher education in a global society

Globalization, a key reality in the twenty-firsy century, has already influenced higher education profoundly. Globalization is considered as the reality shaped by an increasingly integrated world economy, new information and communications technology (ICT), the emergence of an international knowledge network, the role of the English language, and other forces beyond the control of academic institutions. Internationalization of higher education is the variety of policies and programs that universities and governments implement in responses to globalization. These responses typically include sending students to study abroad, setting up a branch campus overseas, or engaging in some type of inter-institutional partnership. Higher Education in a Global Society is splendid volume of essays that examines emerging issues for advancing higher education across borders. It discusses the compelling challenges and opportunities facing higher education in cultivating world citizens. The several common themes that are further explored throughout this book are ‘‘(1) Students need to have an international experience to be effective citizens while facing the global society, which colleges and university have multiple means to provide. (2) Challenges facing the world call for international research collaborations, which need to be entered into with due diligence by institutions and then be led by the academics. (3) U.S. institutions, who set the standard of higher education in the world, present genuine opportunities to better fulfill their missions and to do so on a global scale. (4) It is necessary and imperative for higher education to clearly articulate to domestic constituencies the benefit for students and society at large of investments in global initiatives.’’ This book is successful in exploring these themes, and it provides new and actionable information to enhance decision making and informs strategic planning. Moreover, it offers a contemporary examination of the business of higher education and areas of potential new research. This book falls naturally into four parts. In Part I, addressing the leadership imperative on campus, the chapter author discusses ‘‘(1) the concept of globalization as it applies to higher education, the positive and negative implications for higher education and whether

An Interinstitutional Academic Collaborative Partnership to End Health Disparities

Much has been published in the health care literature describing partnerships between academic institutions and community or health care agencies that are designed to improve health outcomes in medically underserved populations. However, little has been published regarding partnerships between minority- and majority-serving academic institutions with this same aim. Key principles of collaborative partnerships are used in a descriptive analysis of the development, functions, and benefits of such an interinstitutional academic partnership that was formed to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities in rural South Carolina. Lessons learned from the partnership parallel other human relationships where mutual respect and trust, open and clear communication, and shared decision and problem solving are important for building and sustaining partnerships.

The Data Collection/Data Distribution Center: Building a Sustainable African-American Church-Based Research Network

This article describes the Carolina-Shaw Partnership for the Elimination of Health Disparities efforts to engage a diverse group of Black churches in a sustainable network. We sought to develop a diverse network of 25 churches to work with the Carolina-Shaw Partnership to develop sustainable health disparities research, education, and intervention initiatives. Churches were selected based on location, pastoral buy-in, and capacity to engage. A purposive sampling technique was applied. (1) Collecting information on the location and characteristics of churches helps to identify and recruit churches that possess the desired qualities and characteristics. (2) The process used to identify, recruit, and select churches is time intensive. (3) The time, energy, and effort required managing an inter-institutional partnership and engage churches in health disparities research and interventions lends itself to sustainability. The development of a sustainable network of churches could lead to successful health disparities initiatives.

Global Partnerships in Business Communication

Many U.S. universities are developing interinstitutional partnerships in global business communication. Benefits include preparing students for the workplace by immersing them in intercultural projects and increasing the complexity of their understanding of the global economy. Challenges can range from technological constraints and scarce resources to geopolitical factors and varying disciplinary norms. However, global partnerships make faculty and students more aware of and engaged in the global business environment as they learn to communicate more effectively across cultures, critique current business practices, and produce new ways of being in global relation to each other. An interinstitutional partnership between a U.S. university and Universidad de la Habana in Cuba forms the centerpiece of discussion. Outcomes of this partnership include coauthoring articles in both countries and languages, the creation of a business communication course for graduate students in Cuba, and the development of classroom activities in which selected U.S. and Cuban undergraduate students exchange business documents.