Special American Business Internship Training Program

SABIT, originally the Soviet-American Business Internship Training Program,
is a cooperative program that brings business executives and scientists
from the former Soviet Union for three-to six-month internships with
American companies. The program teaches these managers adn scientists how
to operate in a market economy at the same time that American businesses
development market contacts once their interns return home. Soviet
business managers are referred by the Commerce Department's International
Trade Administration to sponsoring U.S. companies, which make the final
selection of their interns. The program matches U.S. corporate sponsors
with Soviet business executives from the same industries. The Independent
States provide transportation; the companies provide living expenses and
training in management techniques (production, distribution, marketing,
accounting, wholesaling, and publishing).