Dateline: Miami Beach. The location: Texas de Brazil restaurant. The view: Looking up when it comes to opportunities for second home and vacation home buyers in the sought out areas of the Downtown-Biscayne Boulevard corridor and the Beaches. So concluded the panel of real estate experts who presented to the more than 65 College of […]
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Executive Dean announces prestigious faculty appointments for 2010.
William Newburry, associate professor, Department of Management and International Business, and Stephen Lin, associate professor, School of Accounting, have been appointed to three-year endowed professorships in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU). Newburry is the SunTrust Bank Professor and Lin is the Morrison, Brown, Argiz, & Farra, LLP Professor. Both were […]
FIU’s business school ranked #8 for Hispanics.
In its most recent rankings of business schools for Hispanics, Hispanic Business ranked the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) eighth in the country for the second consecutive year. The annual listing looks at the percentage of Hispanic student enrollment, the percentage of Hispanic faculty and what it calls “progressive programs aimed […]
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 […]
FIU celebrates Mary Ann Von Glinow’s inauguration as president of AIB.
It was Rio to remember! At the annual meeting of the Academy of International Business (AIB), Mary Ann Von Glinow, professor and Knight Ridder Eminent Scholar Chair in International Management at Florida International University (FIU), was inaugurated as the 2010-2012 AIB president. FIU celebrated the event in grand style during the conference, which was held […]
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A delegation from Shandong University of Economics (SEU)—one of the partner institutions in the College of Business Administration’s Dual Degree network—traveled to Florida International University (FIU) in the late spring, having previously done so in 2007. The visit reestablished SEU’s collaboration with FIU and in particular with the Chapman Graduate School of Business. Six students […]
Recent graduate makes “The Opportunity Connection” at conference.
This summer, more than 2,500 professionals gathered at the 2010 Women in Business National Conference and Business Fair held in Baltimore, Maryland. Among the twenty student attendees from colleges across the country was Mitzue Stockdale (BBA ’10), representing Florida International University (FIU). Hosted by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the event is designed […]
Principals benefit from new paradigm in leadership training.
Blending established leadership training with best business practices was the core of an innovative Principals Leadership Development Program launched in June at Florida International University (FIU). The inaugural class of thirty public school principals attended the intense weeklong program, a collaboration of FIU’s Center for Leadership and Miami-Dade County Public Schools, with the generous support […]
AMA students answer Switchboard of Miami’s call for marketing support.
To succeed, any academic service-learning project should make a contribution to the community that is meaningful and relevant to all involved. Members of the American Marketing Association (AMA) collegiate chapter at Florida International University (FIU) are taking this goal to heart as they partner with the College of Business Administration’s Dean’s Alumni Circle to help […]
Revenues down but spirits up for women business leaders, reports FIU survey.
The recession has had a major impact on Florida businesses and non-profit organizations. But, overwhelmingly, women executives throughout the state demonstrate confidence, hope, resilience and optimism. Those findings are from the 2010 Florida’s Woman-led Businesses study, the fifth of its kind conducted by the Center for Leadership at Florida International University (FIU). More than 300 […]