The John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University provides comprehensive business development services to assist companies, organizations and individuals with their global business. Working in close collaboration with Bryant University professors and students, the State of Rhode Island, other trade associations and business professionals, the Chafee Center is a valuable, cost-effective resource to companies and individuals for any of their international and domestic trade issues. Linking the local, national and international business community with international trade professionals and the resources of a top notch university, the Chafee Center offers in-depth individualized research studies, corporate and individual training, one-on-one strategic consulting and global trade assistance programs to help companies successfully grow and manage their business.

Services include:

• International consulting and market research
• Global business training
• Customized international business development projects
• Organized foreign trade missions and trade show events
• Annual World Trade Day
• Connections to international business organizations and programs
• Grant programs, including STEP (State Trade Export Promotion)
• Participation in Bryant University Practica, student experiential learning opportunities that assist businesses with real-world issues

The Chafee Center is proud to have assisted companies of all sizes and industries, including some of Rhode Island’s largest corporations as well as start-up enterprises and foreign entities interested in entering the U.S. market.  Through these programs, the Chafee Center annually assists over 300 companies with international business needs and provides training to over 600 individuals.