A team of four MBA students representing FIU Business was chosen as one of seven finalists at the National Black MBA Association’s (NBMBAA) annual Graduate Case Competition, placing among the top tier of 33 distinguished university teams at the virtual event. The 2020 competition required that students analyze a case by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and […]
The FIU chapter of Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) has been named 2019 Chapter of the Year at the organization’s State Leadership Conference in Orlando, one of numerous top honors captured by the team at the March 28-31, 2019 competition. The team, with the guidance of FIU Business faculty advisor Yanyn San […]
For nearly a decade, FIU College of Business teams competed at the NU-CUIBE International Business Case Competition and never made it past the first round. On October 27, 2018, all that changed. FIU’s Black Swan Consulting was selected as tops in their four-team semifinal group, and went on to win third place among the 16 […]
A five-student team from FIU Business was the runner up in the Florida regional competition of the 2018 CFA Research Challenge, facing off against students from 16 universities around the state. The CFA Research Challenge, which extends globally, offers university students real-world experience in equity analysis, complementing the more theoretical academic structure. “We worked as […]
The five-student College of Business’ Healthcare MBA (HCMBA) team won first place in the annual South Florida Healthcare Executive Forum’s case competition, where teams analyze a business case study and offer strategies to overcome existing challenges. This year’s competition challenged students with crafting a business plan for St. Luke Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that […]
Resolving issues of declining employee performance, and the need for established human resource policies, led two FIU undergraduate students to No. 2 in the Society of Human Resource Management’s 2016 SHRM Student Case Competition and Career Summit. College of Business students Leslie Cambria and Ricardo Arcentales, both members of FIU SHRM, the local student chapter, […]
After almost 24 straight hours of pouring through spreadsheets, planning PowerPoints and many doses of caffeine, competitor Daniel Solana had one immediate reaction upon learning that his team had not placed first. “When’s the next case competition?” Solana, a graduate student in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU), participated in the Intercollegiate […]
Say “Disney” and listeners might recall their childhood absorption in cartoons, or agitating for a trip to Disney World or Disneyland. However, for five members of the College of Business Administration’s Professional MBA (PMBA) program, the word meant something far more serious. Over an intense weekend, they had to devise strategic business recommendations for Walt […]
