Approximately 500 people attended the most recent Employee Service and Recognition Awards Ceremony, during which Mark Rosenberg, president of Florida International University (FIU), traced the history of the university by focusing on milestone events in increments of five years, matched to the equivalent years of service of those being honored. The theme of the event, […]
Category: Faculty
One day affords two opportunities for faculty to absorb new research.
Both the Finance and Real Estate Department and the Department of Management and International Business provided colleagues from across Florida International University (FIU) the chance to flex their intellectual muscles during two seminars held on November 6, 2009. Wayne Ferson, University of Southern California, confirms validity of Nobel Prize winning model. “The ‘Out-of-sample’ Performance of […]
Haar to heart: Hey, Dubai—Hi and Goodbye?
The surprises just keep coming: Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford did not hike the Appalachian Trail. Michael Jackson actually had a drug problem. And now: one of the world’s richest nations—the Las Vegas of the Arab world, Dubai—cannot pay its bills. But is this really a […]
American Real Estate Society Member Profile: William G. Hardin III
Bill’s first experience to real estate dates back to when he was a youth riding around the outskirts of Atlanta in a car with his Grandfather looking for land investments. After graduating from The Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN in 1979, Bill attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he majored […]
Real Estate Portfolio Magazine Q&A with William Hardin.
Q&A with William Hardin, Florida International University William Hardin is professor of finance and real estate and director of real estate programs at Florida International University, and a member of the board of directors of the American Real Estate Society. He has authored or co-authored some 40 papers on varied topics in commercial real estate […]
Newcomers to give Florida banks a run for the money.
New bank names are popping up around South Florida. As the strong replace the weak and the economy stabilizes, the changes should help ease the credit crunch. A series of bank takeovers, spurred by the recent financial upheaval, has brought several new banking giants to the state — already one of the most competitive landscapes […]
Homeowners walking away from underwater mortgages.
Many South Florida homeowners who can afford to make their mortgage payments are choosing not to, forcing the lender to foreclose. It’s called strategic default. Andres Duque thought he got a real steal when he paid $125,000 for his Little Haiti condo. But four years later, similar units are selling for $35,000 and even less. […]
Commercial loans' health key to banking recovery here.
Full recovery of the banking industry in South Florida depends on the extent of losses from commercial real estate loans now coming due and on how much capital banks are able to come up with, experts say. While the fallout from bad residential mortgages seems to have crested, “the other shoe – commercial mortgages – […]
Faculty Notes
Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Irma Becerra-Fernandez (PhD ’94) gave the keynote speech on the first day of the 10th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM) on September 3, 2009. She delivered her talk, which was titled “Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning: Where Technology and Socialization Meet,” to approximately 150 conference attendees. University […]
Faculty gathers to celebrate achievements.
On September 25, 2009, the Faculty Awards Luncheon reinforced that students truly appreciate the efforts that faculty members in the College of Business Administration make on their behalf. Undergraduate and graduate students as well as those from student organizations selected the recipients for a series of highly competitive teaching awards. The event also provided the […]