Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Karlene C. Cousins, associate professor, moderated the panel at the Distinguished Lunch and Learn Series for students in the Master of Science in Management Information Systems (MSMIS) program. The topic was “Legal Issues Facing the Technology Entrepreneur.” Law School faculty and local intellectual property attorneys participated. More than […]
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Executive in Residence connects with Executive MBA students.
For 20 Executive MBA (EMBA) students in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), the chance to interact with global leaders is just one of the benefits of their program. But it’s a very important one. And when that global leader is Gustavo A. Cisneros, chairman, Cisneros Group of Companies—one of the […]
Faculty Notes: September 2011
Department of Management and International Business Jerry Haar, associate dean for international affairs and projects, professor and research fellow, was quoted in article titled “Angola and Brazil Are Buying Portuguese Companies” in Bloomberg Businessweek on September 15, 2011. David Wernick, senior lecturer, successfully defended his dissertation, “Secondary Stakeholders as Agents of Influence: Three Essays on […]
Inaugural FIU Summer Commencement brings recognition to business students.
On August 13, 2011, undergraduate and graduate students at Florida International University (FIU) shared the excitement of the university’s first-ever Summer Commencement. The added ceremony was needed to accommodate the growing number of annual graduates, currently about 10,000. Among the happy new alumni were 426 students from the College of Business Administration’s R. Kirk Landon […]
FIU #16 in undergraduate international business in U.S.News 2012 rankings.
According to U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges,” undergraduate international business programs in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) rank in the top 20 in the country. The college has achieved this ranking each year since 2005, securing a spot in the top 10 three times; in 2011, FIU Business […]
Faculty Notes: August 2011
School of Accounting Wendy Gelman has been promoted to senior instructor. Department of Marketing Two articles by John Tsalikis, BMI associate professor of marketing, will be included in a 2012 30th anniversary commemorative issue of The Journal of Business Ethics, the leading academic publication in the area of business ethics. The 50 selections were based […]
College welcomes new employees.
The College of Business Administration is pleased to announce the following new staff members. Lynette A. Diaz (BS ’07) is the program coordinator for the Downtown MBA. She oversees logistics; plans, implements and monitor student services; and coordinates admissions, registration, billing and graduation activities. Her undergraduate degree is in communication and she is pursuing a […]
FIU faculty members help Norwegian Cruise Line go from “Good to Great.”
Combine the vision of Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Kevin Sheehan; a team of academics in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU); consultants and practitioners who partner with the business school; and Jim Collins’ stimulating book Good to Great and you have the makings of an exciting, effective program to enhance the […]
School of Accounting faculty member selected to help the PCAOB.
Honors are not new for Kannan Raghunandan, professor and Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Business Leadership in the School of Accounting in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University. According to a study conducted by professors at Brigham Young University (BYU), Raghunandan ranked as the top auditing researcher in the world over the […]
Four FIU Business alumni among “40 under 40” honorees.
Each year, South Florida Business Journal selects 40 business leaders who “have all achieved impressive career success and contributed to their community before reaching age 40.” The most recent group included seven alumni of Florida International University (FIU), four of them graduates of the College of Business Administration. Judges looked at hundreds of nominees’ positions […]