FIU Business dean Joanne Li urged educators and university leaders at the EFMD Global Network Americas Annual Conference to make the pandemicās impact an opportunity to move higher education forward. āNever let a good crisis go to waste,ā said Li. āWe have to learn from it, come out better and stronger.ā The EFMD, an international […]
Author: Cynthia Corzo
Information systems professors highlight technologyās role in womenās healthcare at international panel.
High quality data and health informatics are increasingly central to addressing complex womenās health issues. FIU Business professors Min Chen and Cynthia LeRouge shared several high impact examples with members of the Think Tank for Women in Business & Technology, held virtually on December 15, 2020. The international panel “Womenās Health: What Technologies Should We […]
Systems that use AI to match medications with patients can reduce prescription costs, FIU Business study reveals.
As the result of rising medication costs, patients often stop following medical treatment plans and fail to get better. Without detailed information, medical practitioners can do little to help. A recommender system, an emerging tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to identify a medication that matches healthcare goals with the patientās budget, could help […]
FIU Business students develop a marketing research project with counterparts in Poland.
Marketing students at FIU Business digitally crossed the ocean to conduct research alongside students from Polandās Poznan University of Technology (PUT) as part of the universityās Collaborative Online International Learning program FIU-COIL. Throughout the semester, students worked on a marketing research project that analyzed small businesses in Poland and Florida, assessing the economic impact from […]
Med Aesthetics Miami turns to the Florida SBDC at FIU Business again.
Nearly a decade after theĀ Florida SBDC at FIU BusinessĀ (FSBDC) helped her launch her own business, Rosanna Bermejo again turned to the small business development center. This time, she sought help for her business, Med Aesthetics Miami, in recovering from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The skincare and wellness center was closed for two […]
Ask them. Seeking employee feedback can drive managers to enhance fairness and improve their performance, an FIU Business study reveals.
Most managers want to be fair and do the right thing, but thereās often a gap between what the manager and employee think of as āfairā. For example: an employee may see a challenging assignment as the manager ādumping more work on meā while the manager meant it as recognition of the employeeās superior skills. […]
FIU Business ranked No. 1 in the world for real estate research.
FIU BusinessĀ has been ranked No. 1 globally for real estate research productivity by theĀ Journal of Real Estate Literature. It is the first time that FIU Business has been ranked first in the world, tying with the well-known National University of Singapore, and the fifth consecutive year it has occupied one of the top two spots […]
FIU Business management professor contributes to analysis of COVID-19ās impact on disability benefits.
Professor Juan Ignacio Sanchez, Knight-Ridder Eminent Chair in Management, is working alongside the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on an in-depth analysis of COVID-19ās impact on U.S. employment disability rates. The NASā Standing Committee for the U.S. Social Security Administration Disability Programs, of which Sanchez is a member, was tasked by the U.S. House Ways […]
FIU Business receives initial gift to establish $500,000 endowed professorship
FIU Business has received a $250,000 gift from noted developer Malcolm Butters and his wife Catherine Butters to support high-level teaching and research at theĀ Hollo School of Real Estate. This initial gift, plus an additional $250,000 in matching funds, will establish the Butters Endowed Professorship, a $500,000 endowment to support one professor. To date $83,500 […]
FIU Business Beta Gamma Sigma earned the highest distinction among national chapters.
The FIU Business chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma earned Highest Honors status for the 2019-2020 academic year. Itās the groupās second consecutive year to receive the highest distinction possible from the prestigious international honor society for business school students. One of the areas where FIU Business members stood out to the judges was social media, […]