Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Nancy Borkowski, clinical associate professor and director of health management programs, appeared as a panelist on WPBT2’s Issues. The roundtable public affairs program focused on the future of Jackson Health System. Kaushik Dutta, associate professor and Debra VanderMeer, assistant professor, have had their article “SOA Performance Enhancement through […]
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Faculty Notes: February 2011
School of Accounting Robert W. McGee, associate professor, presented three papers at the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) conference, held in Orlando in January. Two were awarded prizes and all were published in the IABPAD Conference Proceedings: “The Ethical Theories of Frédéric Bastiat”; Taxation and the Philosophy of Frédéric Bastiat, winner […]
Faculty Notes: January 2011
Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Monica Chiarini Tremblay, assistant professor, was invited to be a member of steering committee (Workforce Development Sub-Committee) of the South Florida Regional Extension Center (SFREC), one of 60 centers nationwide to receive federal stimulus funds to help local physician offices and other healthcare providers select, implement and use […]
FIU strengthens relationship with Universidad Externado de Colombia.
The arrival of students from Universidad Externado de Colombia for an Inbound Study Tour provided a clear sign that the relationship between the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) and the Colombian university is strengthening. “Universidad Externado is a leading Colombian business school with which we will be signing an undergraduate dual […]
Faculty Notes: December 2010
Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Nancy Borkowski, clinical associate professor and director of health management programs, was awarded the designation of fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), an accomplishment that fewer than 1,700 of HFMA’s 35,000 members have achieved. The award took place on December 3, 2010. Colleagues in the department […]
Haar to heart: Health care “reform” a body blow to Florida’s small businesses.
Florida is “the land of small business” with over 425,000 small firms accounting for 99% of the state’s employers. However, most are struggling to stay afloat in an environment where the state’s growth rate is projected to be 1.5% (a percentage point less than the nation) and unemployment 12%. The health care reforms bills—now law—encompass […]
Faculty Notes: November 2010
Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems At the invitation of the Secretary of Defense (DoD), Robert M. Gates, Irma Becerra-Fernandez (PhD ’94 ), professor and Pino Entrepreneurship Center director and fellow, will serve on the National Multidisciplinary Committee. The committee will assist DoD in conducting an independent assessment—mandated by Congress—of the participation of Historically […]
Haar to heart: Innovation in the Americas—The Next Challenge
With the recent release of the World Bank’s “Doing Business 2011” report, Latin America and the Caribbean have much to cheer about with more advances than declines in key categories of conducting business. Mexico and Peru scored highest—first and second place, respectively. For Mexico, the achievement was a much needed shot in the arm, in […]
Faculty Notes: October 2010
Department of Management and International Business Malcolm Gladwell frequently refers to research by Aya Chacar, associate professor and Knight Ridder Center Research Fellow, in his article in The New Yorker titled “Talent Grab.” The references were to her co-authored paper, “Institutional Settings and Rent Appropriation by Knowledge Based Employees: The Case of Major League Baseball,” […]
Faculty Notes: September 2010
Department of Management and International Business Jerry Haar, associate dean for international programs, professor and research fellow, was quoted in an article about the economic recovery titled Pulling out fastest: health, tourism, education, government in Miami Today. Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Monica Chiarini Tremblay, assistant professor, has had her article “Using Focus […]