True or false: a company’s most valuable resource is its people. Though the answer is “true,” many have an erroneously negative impression of the functional department—human resources (HR)—that manages personnel and more, according to Juan I. Sanchez, professor and Knight Ridder Byron Harless Eminent Scholar Chair in Management, Department of Management and International Business in […]
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Transfer pricing holds clues to international money laundering, terrorist financing, and more.
Combine an economist, a detective, and a pioneer and you end up with John Zdanowicz, professor and Florida International Bankers Association Chair, Department of Finance and Real Estate in the College of Business Administration. For years, he has followed an investigative path that began with a study of international trade patterns, moved to international trade […]
Two new books take larger-than-usual view of global competition.
Within one week, Jerry Haar, associate dean for international affairs and projects, and professor, Department of Management and International Business in the College of Business Administration, saw the publication of two books he co-edited: Can Latin America Compete? Confronting the Challenges of Globalization with John Price; and Small Firms, Global Markets: Competitive Challenges in the […]
What are the best tax strategies for 2008? Plan ahead.
Death and taxes. Both are unavoidable, as the old saying goes. But with careful planning, businesses and individuals can take steps now to reduce—or at least better manage—the pain when next year’s tax deadlines roll around. According to Sharon Lassar, director, School of Accounting in the College of Business Administration, it’s not too early to […]
Seller beware: Research shows that ethical behavior matters to consumers and economy.
Caveat emptor. That familiar caution, “let the buyer beware,” deals with only half of the buyer-seller equation. “Consumers and businesses enter into a relationship based on trust,” said John Tsalikis, BMI associate professor of marketing in the College of Business Administration. “If companies break that trust, their businesses—and ultimately, the economy—will suffer.” John Tsalikis Tsalikis, […]
Do what you love, love what you do: New tool offers ways to measure work preferences.
“Whistle while you work…” G. Ronald Gilbert So sing the merry dwarfs in the Walt Disney animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as they go about doing their work. If only everyone could be this happy on the job. They can learn to be—with the help of a new multidimensional work-related psychological […]
Faculty member's research addresses future needs of the workplace.
Tomorrow’s businesses likely will eschew the vertical structural models of today in favor of assembling teams of experts for time-limited, project-specific collaborations, said Irma Becerra-Fernández (PhD ’94), associate professor, Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems in the College of Business Administration. In this new environment, how will businesses amass the human capital and expertise needed […]
To buy or not to buy? To sell or not to sell? Assessing South Florida’s real estate market.
William Hardin Buy. Sell. Sit tight for now. What signals the right move to make in today’s South Florida real estate market? William Hardin, professor, Finance and Real Estate Department and director, real estate programs in the College of Business Administration, confirms that selling now does not make sense for most property owners. “In the […]
Conference enables women to take next steps along leadership path.
Team building activity, Acid River, aimed at testing participants’ abilities to prioritize, organize, and mobilize around a challenge. “Women on the Move: Advancing Authentic Leaders” brought together experts on leadership and women rising in their organizations. Organized by Florida International University’s Center for Leadership and run by the College of Business Administration’s Office of Executive […]
Accounting regulations challenge would-be pharmaceutical investors.
Stephen Lin The successful production of a new drug benefits people with medical needs and investors alike. Yet, the time from R&D to product launch spans years, many drugs never make it very far along in the process, and the cost—beginning with R&D through clinical trials to market—runs in the billions of dollars. How can […]