Blockchain

FIU team captures top national honors in national blockchain competition.

Using a unique FIU Business-built blockchain, a multi-disciplinary team of FIU students captured first place in the Association for Information System’s national 2020 AIS Student Chapter Blockchain Challenge. The national first-place victory, announced March 28, 2020, is a remarkable achievement for the four-person FIU team forced to work together remotely, and under tighter deadlines, by […]

Linkages between multinationals and small and mid-sized businesses are key for competitiveness and growth, FIU Business-AS/COA study finds.

The growing number of partnerships between multinational corporations and small- and medium-sized businesses are driving growth and development in Latin America, reveals a joint study by the Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) and Florida International University College of Business. These relationships, the research indicated, can be leveraged for innovation, growth, and competitiveness for both […]

FIU faculty leads first-of-its kind program for Cuban entrepreneurs.

FIU faculty leads first-of-its kind program for Cuban entrepreneurs.

A group of 15 small business owners from Cuba this week became the first cohort of InCubando@FIU, FIU’s first-ever customized program designed to sharpen the managerial skills and business savvy of young entrepreneurs from the island. During the six-week program, College of Business faculty will deliver courses in Spanish covering small business management, accounting and […]

Cementos Argos employees visit FIU’s College of Business for marketing and networking.

Challenged with developing a savvy marketing strategy amidst the growing importance of digital media, Colombia’s ME School turned to FIU’s College of Business to offer multinational Cementos Argos’ employees an inside look at the digital marketplace. The five-day “Argos Digital Marketing Excellence Program” was designed by the College of Business’ Executive and Professional Education (EPE) […]

Faculty Notes: December 2013

School of Accounting Manny Pravia (MST ’92), adjunct, presented a presented a Federal Tax Update to the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) Tax and Financial Planning Conference on November 21, 2013, and to the Miami-Dade and South Dade FICPA Chapters on December 7. Department of Management and International Business Jerry Haar, professor, associate […]

Faculty Notes: November 2013

School of Accounting Manny Pravia (MST ’92), adjunct, presented a two-hour seminar on “U.S. International Tax Concepts” to the Valle del Cauca Chapter of the Asociación Nacional de Empresarios (ANDI) in Cali, Colombia on November 15, 2013. Department of Decision Sciences and Management Systems Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Debra VanderMeer and Gloria Deckard, associate professors, presented […]