Executive and Professional Education bolsters business success in challenging environment.

The value and pleasures of education don’t have to stop with high school, college, or even graduate school thanks to Executive and Professional Education (EPE) in the College of Business Administration. EPE’s ever-expanding menu of …

Capital Markets Lab offers unique ambiance and opportunity for learning.

The 2,200 square-foot Capital Markets Lab (CML) in the new College of Business Administration complex hums with action and exudes the aura of a bustling start-up. Since January, 2008, when classes began there, …

Simple steps lead to huge Internet security gains.

Whether breaches in Internet security cause annoyance, compromise sensitive information, or force huge organizations to a standstill, each incursion means lost productivity and the costs associated with downtime. Yet, “a number of …

Study provides insight into green supply chain management.

With all the talk about sustainability and the need to reduce our carbon footprint, just how far have companies come in their efforts to meet these challenges?
That overarching question shaped a survey conducted …

Database on women-led businesses grows with third year of input.

Researchers exploring the special challenges and achievements of business women in leadership roles will find a wealth of data in an annually enriched database being built within Florida International University.
For the third consecutive year, the …

One event marks two major achievements for School of Accounting.

Accounting students, alumni, faculty, and friends gathered on June 19, 2008, as the School of Accounting in the College of Business Administration celebrated two special milestones: its 25th year of accreditation from the AACSB International—The …

Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame ceremony celebrates a different kind of green.

Each year, the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame (EHOF) induction ceremony and luncheon, the College of Business Administration’s largest alumni event of the year, makes a glittering mark. On May 8, 2008, 450 guests—including …

Innovative web sites capture major prizes in 2008 Entrepreneur Challenge Business Plan Competition.

With rich cash awards and a forum for budding entrepreneurs to pitch their business and investors to speak about what they want out of a start-up opportunity, the Entrepreneur Challenge Business Plan Competition, …

Groundbreaking study tracks the distinctive characteristics of social entrepreneurship.

Ashoka, the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs, has elected more than 2,000 leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, providing them with living stipends, professional support, and access to a global network of …

School of Accounting Alumni host summer celebration.

The School of Accounting Alumni Affinity Council toasted two extraordinary milestones at its inaugural event in June: twenty-five years as an AACSB International-accredited School of Accounting and the retirement of professor Manny …

Community benefits from recent reaffirmation of College of Business Administration’s AACSB-International accreditation.

After years of hard work on the part of faculty, staff, and administrators to strengthen the quality of the business school, and after months of preparing complex, in-depth reports, the College of Business Administration hosted …

School of Accounting brings back the pride.

The School of Accounting will celebrate the reaffirmation of its AACSB-International accreditation this year at a special reunion to be hosted by its Alumni Affinity Council. The event, open to all students, alumni, faculty, and …

Executive Dean’s contributions are crystal clear.

The traditional 10th anniversary gift is tin; the modern, aluminum.

From left to right: philanthropy award winner Irela Bague, entrepreneur award winner Patricia Thorp, AXA Advisors sponsor Luis Chiappy, Coral Gables …

Lectures grace spring calendar.

Two recent lectures in the College of Business Administration drew audiences that may have differed in their business interests, but not in their enthusiasm for what the speakers presented.
On March 24, 2008, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, …