Dow Makes Historic 4-day, Triple-Digit Swings The world witnessed a roller-coaster stock market last week. One of the most notable headlines was the historic weekly activity of the Dow Jones Industrial Average: Monday, August 8th: down 634 points Tuesday, August 9th: up 420 points Wednesday, August 10th: down 519 points Thursday, August 11th: up 423 […]
Month: August 2011
Undergraduates expand their international business acumen on Eastern Mediterranean cruise.
When the subject is “international business,” classroom and textbook learning is greatly enhanced through firsthand knowledge. That’s why Doreen Gooden, who teaches management and international business in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), organized and led an Eastern Mediterranean Cruise study abroad program this summer for undergraduate business majors. “These students […]
FIU’s Becerra-Fernandez shares expertise on Latin American venture development, promotes Americas Venture Capital Conference.
As Florida International University (FIU)’s College of Business Administration gears up for the second Americas Venture Capital Conference (AVCC), November 16-17, 2011 at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, word continues to spread about the event’s central role in promoting Latin American entrepreneurship. At the 2011 Endeavor Entrepreneur Summit in San Francisco in June, FIU […]
Better together: Business Partners Program engages community with students and faculty.
The College of Business Administration’s new Business Partners Program creates what you might call a win-win scenario for all who participate. Alumni and business community members welcome the opportunity to share experiences, insights and plans. And students and faculty get to learn more about winning companies (and the people who lead them) in the South […]
“Business Community Leadership” class develops service proposals.
Susana Castaneira, a junior majoring in Human Resource Management in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), is no stranger to the challenge of struggling. She readily admits she had “an underprivileged life,” coming to the United States from Cuba as a 12-year-old. But even Castaneira had things to learn about the […]
Weekly Market Wrap Up, August 1-5, 2011
U.S. Loses Its AAA Credit Rating For The First Time In Nation’s History Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded U.S. long-term sovereign debt from AAA to AA+ for the first time in America’s history of holding the AAA title (since 1917). In past weeks the credit rating agency expressed dissatisfaction of the U.S. government’s […]
Portraits of Uncommon Thinkers: Karyne Bury
An accomplished, classically trained pianist who plays in an eclectic Hip Hop and Jazz band, Karyne finds meaning in musical expression. View Karyne’s story. View other portraits of Uncommon Thinkers.
Two FIU Business students complete summer management program at Yale.
Between June 12th and 25th, 2011, Gabriel Mendoza (BACC ’11) and Mohales Deis, a junior majoring in management and international business, got an up-close view of what an MBA curriculum at an Ivy League school looks like. As part of the highly selective Yale School of Management Pre-MBA Leadership Program, they immersed themselves in classes—sometimes […]
A year in Nigeria
Arrival in Kaduna I still find it hard to believe that I’ve finally arrived in my new home for the next year: Nigeria. After an extensive application, interview and screening process as well as a slight entry Visa delay, I’m happy to be settling into life on the African continent. I graduated from Florida International […]
New PhDs capture full-time, tenure-track academic appointments.
After years of toiling in college, particularly at the graduate level, and most particularly as doctoral students, four recent PhD graduates from the Department of Management and International Business in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) will be starting their next semester in the role of teacher. Despite the difficulties in […]