Two additional professors from FIU Business have been inducted as Academy of International Business (AIB) fellows. Sumit Kundu, holder of the James K. Batten Eminent Scholar Chair in International Business and associate dean, international programs; and William Newburry, chair of the Department of International Business and Ryder Eminent Scholar of Global Business, were inducted as […]
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U.S. Department of Education awards FIU $1.1 million to create Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Florida International University a $1,128,000 grant, which will have a total impact of more than $2 million with matching funds, to establish a Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). The grant is one of just 15 CIBER grants awarded to leading universities across the country […]
Sumit Kundu: Building new international bridges in academia and business.
As a young man in his native India, Sumit Kundu faced the challenges of pursuing scholarship in a developing country, including scarce resources and slow (or no) Internet. With academics as his passion, his doctoral studies took him to the Rutgers University in U.S. and career opportunities Florida International University’s College of Business. He discovered […]
FIU Business partners with UIBE in China for academic collaboration and graduate programs.
FIU Business has entered into an academic partnership with the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing for graduate dual-degree programs in finance and international business. The agreement lays the groundwork for a network of academic and professional alliances that will reach from Miami to one of China’s leading business schools. “This is the […]
FIU Business shapes new strategy for International Business and Management Departments.
To foster the ongoing achievement of its internationally-recognized faculty and programs, FIU Business will reorganize the Department of Management and International Business (MIB) into two independent units, with International Business and Strategy faculty in one department and Human Resources Management and Organizational Behavior faculty in the other. Dean Joanne Li announced the decision after reviewing […]
Faculty Notes: January-February 2017
Accounting Associate Professor Antoinette Smith gave a talk titled “Building & Leaving a Lasting Impression with Your Professor,” at the FIU Live Learn Grow Personal & Professional Development series, held January 26, 2017 on the Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Clinical Professor Frederick Perry appeared in a live interview on CNN en Español in a segment […]
AIB-LAT conference focuses on “Multilatinas.”
As international companies are establishing more of a presence in Latin America, Latin American companies, especially family-owned and start-up enterprises, are expanding globally as well. These expanding companies, known as “multilatinas,” were the focus of the AIB-LAT (Academy of International Business-Latin American Chapter) conference held January 22-24, 2015 in Santiago, Chile. The “Internationalization of Family […]
Sumit Kundu, elected to AIB Board, outlines plans for his term in office.
Sumit Kundu, professor in the Department of Management and International Business at Florida International University (FIU), has been elected as vice president for Administration for the Executive Board of the Academy of International Business (AIB). He will serve three years. Kundu, who is also the James K. Batten Eminent Scholar Chair in International Business in […]
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 […]
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 […]