More than 1,000 students in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) graduated in Summer Commencement ceremonies on Tuesday, August 14, 2012. In the morning, 523 business students received their bachelor’s degrees; 511 graduate students, three of them new PhDs, graduated in the afternoon. Among the many special moments: FIU President Mark B. […]
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Faculty Notes: August 2012
David R. Klock, who will join the College of Business on October 1, 2012 as dean, was named Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Business. School of Accounting Abhijit Barua, associate professor, has been named to the Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC Professorship. Wendy Gelman, senior instructor, was named an R. Kirk Landon Teaching and […]
The Innovation Playbook
I got to this playbook using a process of narrative analysis. After lining up 30 financial service outthinkers—from Second Market to BancVue—looked at how they described their strategies, categorizing each element of their strategy into one of 36 generic strategic narratives. This produced a prioritized list of strategies that are most often cited by the […]
9 Innovators Transforming Financial Services
What I have discovered over the past few months is that while my big-bank friends sit back complaining about a lack of innovation in financial services—“everything is regulated,” “competitors copy too fast”—a new generation of outthinkers is busy dismantling nearly every dimension of the sector and introducing a new order of things. Position Position is […]
Faculty Notes: June 2012
School of Accounting Daniel Medina (MACC ’01, BACC ’97), adjunct, is quoted in an article titled “What’s new with e-discovery,” which appeared in South Florida Legal Guide Midyear 2012 Edition. Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Nancy Borkowski, clinical associate professor; Ariel Gil, Write-to-Learn assistant director in the Chapman Graduate School; and Jean Gordon, […]
FIU Business makes its mark at Spring Commencement.
More than 1,100 students in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) graduated in Spring Commencement ceremonies on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. In the afternoon, 746 business students received their bachelor’s degrees; 411 graduate students, two of them new PhDs, graduated in the evening. Four new Worlds Ahead Graduates come from FIU […]
Faculty Notes: May 2012
Joyce J. Elam, executive dean, spoke at the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Business Network Luncheon on May 15, 2012. Her topic was “My fifteen-year journey as a business school dean: lessons learned along the way.” School of Accounting Manny Pravia (MST ’92), adjunct, presented “Accounting for tax uncertainties from the tax, audit and […]
The Power of Coordination
The ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu once wrote that “power comes from formation.” Fundamentally the way one creates power is by coordinating the pieces in a strategic formation. This is a great chess player setting up the first few moves to position her pieces in an optimal pattern. Birds fly in flock, animals travel in […]
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 knowledge about leadership. That describes the Leadership Development Program for Miami-Dade County mayor Carlos Gimenez and his team, presented by […]
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 Center for Leadership and an adjunct professor at Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Business Administration. On February 3rd, […]