Jose finds fulfillment in the challenge of applying kaizen (continuous improvement) to his life. View Jose Antonio’s story. View other portraits of Uncommon Thinkers.
Author: FIU Business
Portraits of Uncommon Thinkers: Cybele Chamas
A practitioner of yoga since the age of 16 while living in Brazil, Cybele has transformed her passion into a thriving yoga studio in Miami. View Cybele’s story. View other portraits of Uncommon Thinkers.
Master of Science in Finance program adds up to success for married couple.
Two students in the Master of Science in Finance program in the College of Business Administration have a lot in common: a love of numbers, a sense of pride in their academic accomplishments and a love for each other. Hear what Anthony Villaverde and Cynthia Mostajo Villaverde (BBA ’07) have to say about the challenges […]
FIU’s Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center to host first Americas Venture Capital Conference
Investors, entrepreneurs and experts to convene in Miami for “Latin America: The New Mainstream” MIAMI (Sept. 24, 2010) – Leading venture capitalists, international business experts and entrepreneurs will convene in Miami this November for the first venture capital conference of its kind to focus on Latin American enterprises. The 2010 Americas Venture Capital Conference, presented […]
Entrepreneur combines passion and pragmatism.
For Mariano de Socarraz (BBA ’89), founder and CEO of CorePlus, LLC, a specialty pathology lab, business success requires finding something you can be passionate about without losing the discipline of developing a business plan, talking to mentors and having a vision of where you are headed. It has worked for him. In fact, he […]
FIU’s College of Business takes Lead in Healthcare Management and Information Programs
The College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) has developed an ambitious agenda to provide healthcare management programs that meet the needs of students and healthcare executives interested in a broad spectrum of managerial expertise. From general management and leadership to information and management systems, to healthcare compliance, to risk management…the College will […]
BP oil spill update: Smooth sailing for ‘top kill,’ MMS director ousted
Even after the leaking well is permanently sealed, the Deepwater Horizon drama won’t be anywhere near over. Just in Thursday’s BP oil spill update, the MMS director is out, the spill is resized, and hearings proliferate on Capitol Hill. So far, so good is the word as America waits for the results of the so-called […]
Hurry up and slow down
As secretary of Yale University in the 1990s, Sheila Wellington often negotiated with city officials in New Haven, Conn., home to the prestigious school. One item they tangled over was the fate of a couple of campus streets. Yale wanted to close the streets to traffic; the city did not. Every time Wellington raised the […]
FIU appoints Ruth Ann McEwen Director of the School of Accounting
MIAMI – Joyce Elam, executive dean of the College of Business Administration at Florida International University announced today the appointment of Ruth Ann McEwen to the position of Director of the School of Accounting, effective July 1, 2010. “Dr. McEwen is highly regarded in her field and brings a wealth of experience to the School […]
Faculty Notes
Decision Sciences and Information Systems Knowledge Management: Systems and Processes, by Irma Becerra-Fernandez (PhD ’94), professor, and director and fellow, Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center, and Rajiv Sabherwalmy has been published by M.E. Sharpe, Inc. Finance and Real Estate Helen Simon, instructor, and director, Capital Markets Lab and Beverly Z. Welber, assistant director, communications, Department of […]