Pink alone isn’t enough: FIU Business study shows breast cancer survivors want authentic action from brands.

Pink alone isn’t enough: FIU Business study shows breast cancer survivors want authentic action from brands.

The overabundance of pink ribbons, breast cancer-focused marketing campaigns and cause-branded products is often seen by breast cancer survivors as simply money-making efforts, research from Florida International University’s College of Business (FIU Business) finds. These initiatives intensify during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM) in October. For the study, to be published in Health Marketing […]

Faculty Notes: May-June 2016

Faculty Notes: May-June 2016

School of Accounting Jimmy Carmenate, clinical instructor, has been named Outstanding Faculty Advisor of the Year by the national office of Beta Alpha Psi, the honor society for accounting, finance and information sciences students. Carmenate serves as faculty advisor to the FIU student chapter, which recently achieved Gold Chapter status for two consecutive years. Department […]

Faculty Notes: February - April 2016

Faculty Notes: February-April 2016

School of Accounting Antoinette Smith, associate professor, is the author of “Insider Secrets to College Classroom Success,” a guide to best practices that will help make college students more successful in the classroom. She was recognized at the FIU Book Authors Recognition Reception. David W. Barman, instructor, served as a guest judge at the Florida […]

Faculty Notes: April 2015

Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Karlene Cousins, associate professor, was a guest on Pete De La Torre radio program on April 9, 2015, discussing the impact of new technology on business. https://youtu.be/UP124hmGKE4 Monica Chiarini Tremblay, chair, and Pouyan Esmaeil Zadeh, research associate, co-authored an article which has been accepted for an upcoming issue […]

Faculty Notes: January 2015

College of Business Three faculty members have been selected to serve as judges for the 2015 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge. They are Karlene C. Cousins, associate professor of Decision Science and Information Systems; Seema Pissaris, professor, Management and International Business; and Kimberly Taylor, associate professor, Department of Marketing. Department of Decision Science and Information […]

Faculty Notes: December 2014

Department of Management and International Business Nathan Hiller, associate professor and Knight Ridder Center Research Fellow, was quoted in the article “Creating Effective Hi-Po Programs” by William Atkinson appearing in the January 15, 2015 issue of Human Resource Executive magazine. In addition, his article, “Your Leadership Beliefs: Why Does It Matter,” was published in the […]

College of Business honors its own at awards event.

College of Business honors its own at awards event.

On November 27, 2012, faculty members of the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) were recognized for their teaching excellence, their research contributions and their dedication to service. The annual Faculty Awards Reception holds special significance for faculty members because it is the students who select the recipients of the teaching awards—an expression […]