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 […]
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Consciousness-raising 21st-century style: Forums help people understand energy issues.
Consciousness-raising 21st-century style: Forums help people understand energy issues. GM’s Energy Diversity and Fuel Economy tour. “I want each of you to look at the person sitting next to you,” said Ed Glab, director, Knight Ridder Center for Excellence in Management in the College of Business Administration, at the beginning of a presentation titled Energy […]
Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam named International Dean of the Year.
Joyce J. Elam receives International Dean of the Year award. At the opening of their annual meeting’s plenary session on June 26, 2007, the Fellows of the Academy of International Business (AIB) presented Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam with this year’s International Dean of the Year Award. As such, she joins an elite list of […]
The Peace Corps just celebrated its 45th anniversary, an occasion that brought memories to and reconnections among those who have served as volunteers since its inception.
Ed Glab during his Peace Corps volunteer stint. In 1963, Ed Glab, director, Knight Ridder Center for Excellence in Management in the College of Business Administration, was an idealistic young man one-month short of his 21st birthday and devastated by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He turned that desolation into a positive commitment: […]
College captures second contract with the Inter-American Defense College.
The College of Business Administration has begun work on a ten-module, graduate-level online training program on civil-military relations for the Washington, D.C.-based Inter-American Defense College (IADC). The project brings together the expertise of FIU Online and the Knight Ridder Center for Excellence in Management to create the program, which is aimed at senior-level military officers […]
Study considers how a seemingly risky investment can reduce risk.
From the most naïve investors to the most sophisticated, people want the value of their investments to increase. Unfortunately, everyone—from that naïve investor on up to those who manage money professionally—knows that there’s no magic formula for maximizing return with the lowest possible risk. Along with financial advisors, finance scholars look at investment strategies, trying […]
Professor argues that Latin América must—and can—leap into 21st century.
“The vast majority of the problems in Latin América are self-created,” said Jerry Haar, professor, Department of Management and International Business, and associate director, Knight Ridder Center for Excellence in Management in the College of Business Administration. His latest articulation of that position appeared in an op-ed piece titled “Focus on Competitiveness, Not Just Trade,” […]
College’s “Energy Forum” to make multiple contributions to understanding alternate fuel options.
The need to reduce fossil fuel consumption has been well established. But the “how” remains an open question. Ed Glab, director, Knight Ridder Center for Excellence in Management in the college, and former Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Roberto Rodrigues, at the signing ceremony Through the “Energy Forum,” founded by Ed Glab, director, Knight Ridder Center […]
New study examines information source usage and purchase satisfaction.
If you have bought a car recently, you doubtless recognize the experience as a prime example of a big consumer purchase decision—one that motivates most people to search various information sources before buying. Anthony D. Miyazaki Marketers and advertisers concerned with effective media planning always are keen to learn which types of information sources have […]
World Fuel Services leader proves to be a world-class speaker.
What he said, and the way he said it, enabled Paul Stebbins, entrepreneur and now chairman and chief executive officer of World Fuel Services Corporation, to enthrall an audience of 100 people when he spoke on the topic “Ethics, Innovation, and Risk: Reflections on Building and Managing a Global Enterprise,” at the first Herbert A. […]