Article Archive for February 2012
Faculty Notes: February 2012
School of Accounting
An article titled “Shareholder voting on auditor selection, audit fees, and audit quality” by Kannan Raghunandan, professor and Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Business Leadership and Dasaratha Rama, Knight Ridder Center Research Fellow, …
Alumni Notes: February 2012
MDO Partners has named Richard Montes de Oca (MBA ’00) as a partner. He was previously associate vice president and assistant general counsel at Royal Caribbean Cruises.
TotalBank promoted Thaymell Martin (BBA ’05) to senior vice …
Realtors: Sales prices didn’t really take a dive in January
dramatic plunge in the sales price of Palm Beach County homes last month was the result of a data mix up that left some Realtors reeling and others calling for a recount.
The Realtors Association of …
Miami-Dade County officials participate in intense one-day leadership program at FIU.
Imagine a meeting of busy government officials where everyone arrived on time, came prepared, weren’t checking their electronic devices constantly, participated enthusiastically, stayed for the entire all-day event—and best of all, left with substantial new …
Business success: It’s all about customers, relationships
Make customer service your top priority, build relationships with vendors and bankers, and infuse your business with vision and passion.
That was advice panelists and speakers offered on Thursday at The Miami Herald’s annual Small Business …
Most recent commencement brings sense of achievement to all.
Nearly 1,000 students in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) graduated in Fall Commencement ceremonies on Tuesday, December 13, 2011.
In the morning, 582 business students received their bachelor’s degrees; 411 graduate …
To succeed in business, outthink the competition.
How do today’s most successful companies stay on top?
Chances are, they outthink the competition, coming up with strategies that leave business rivals in the dust, said Kaihan Krippendorff, a FastCompany.com blogger, founding Fellow of the …
High school students compete in FBLA-PBL’s “The Great Debate.”
National political debates are now frequent events but lively debates occur every minute in the international business world, at companies large and small.
Because the art of convincing can be an important business skill, members of …
Family Business Forum provides opportunity for generations to share, learn.
Family businesses lie at the heart of South Florida’s economy. They’re built and nourished with the benefit of hard work, shared vision and traditions. At the same time, they possess a unique set of challenges: …
Study Shows Benefits of Shareholder Involvement in Auditor Selection
Two days before Christmas, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) gave GE and Alcoa leave to exclude from their 2012 annual meetings a shareholder proposal not to their liking, one calling for rotation of the companies’ …
Study Backs Shareholder Ratification of Audit Firms
A new academic study finds that when public companies give their shareholders a vote on the selection of an external auditing firm, they are less likely to make financial restatements than those that don’t.
The study, …
First class of Chinese scholars earning Healthcare MBA.
Many firsts are happening for a group of Chinese health management students studying in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU).
The thirteen students from Southern Medical University (SMU) in Guangzhou, ranked as …
Study supports shareholder vote on auditors
New research lends weight to calls for shareholders to have more say in a company’s choice of an auditor. Companies that give shareholders a choice have fewer serious restatements that hurt stock prices, though their …
Top business, community and civic leaders convene at FIU to chart Miami’s course.
Nearly 100 influential community leaders gathered at The Miami Leadership Summit to discuss positioning the region as a global competitor economically, culturally and socially. The event, presented by Florida International University’s (FIU) Center for Leadership …
