Centers & Institutes
Spearheading continuous learning and growth at the Florida International University College of Business. Each center is dedicated to providing new knowledge and innovative advancements in its respective
FIU's College of Business and the Florida SBDC Network have joined forces to bring local companies a team of highly knowledgeable business consultants to offer confidential, no-cost advising to entrepreneurs and business owners looking to grow. We are ready to help you successfully navigate the obstacles that come with all stages of the business life cycle.
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The Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center fosters new technology firms, strengthens existing family-owned and managed firms, researches important issues, encourages new community enterprises to improve the economic vitality of South Florida and the Americas, and develops entrepreneurial leaders in all areas. The Center also provides entrepreneurs with the knowledge and contacts that enable them to reach their objectives through educational programs and networking events.
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The Ryder Center for Supply Chain Management was established with the goal of becoming a leading source for the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the science and practice of Supply Chain Management. With its multidisciplinary perspective, the center sees Supply Chain Management as the dynamic integration of enterprises, their suppliers and customers to determine, create, fulfill and communicate value in the global environment
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CIBER at FIU Business supports activities such as a global mindset boot camp for students; scholarships for international internships and study abroad; an international business seminar series; video chats that link FIU students with those in other countries; foreign language courses; and faculty research and development programs in South Korea, India and Cuba.
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The Jerome Bain Real Estate Institute's goal is to provide premier, University-based real estate educational opportunities for industry constituents, support research focused on real estate transactions and market participants, and provide opportunities for student and industry interaction with the most up-to-date theories and best practices in real estate.
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The Lab is a 2,200 square-foot, state-of-the-art trading, research and teaching facility. Its purpose is to provide hands-on learning experiences for our students in professional software applications and tools using electronic sources of financial, marketing and investment data. This facility provides data and information technology resources not only for finance courses, but also for a variety of disciplines, including accounting, marketing, decision sciences, international business and IT.
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The Truist FIU Financial Wellness Clinic will serve as a solutions center focused on providing financial education and resources to engage the community. The partnership will enable FIU’s College of Business to host workshops and lectures on a variety of relevant personal finance topics affecting high school students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, their parents, and our own FIU students. Together, we will empower generations to achieve financial wellness. The Truist FIU Financial Wellness Clinic generates cross-discipline teams of exceptional teachers, innovators, scholars and students who create new disruptive models of technology-assisted learning (TAL) to engage students on a deeper level.
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The Miami-Dade Business Navigator (MDBN) program is an exciting local initiative funded (in part) through a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). It is led by the Florida Small Business Development Center (FSBDC) at Florida International University’s College of Business (FIU Business) in partnership with six experienced community organizations: Ascendus, Branches, the EDC of South Miami-Dade, the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce, Prospera, and StartUP FIU Procurement. Through the program, the group of community partners will connect with underserved local entrepreneurs in Miami-Dade County to launch, grow and revitalize their businesses. The MDBN program focuses on small businesses—including microbusinesses with fewer than 10 employees—owned by women, veterans, and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
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The ATOM Think Tank is FIU’s First Faculty-Led Technology Consulting Practice and Student Experiential Learning Program! Our mission is to optimize powerful academic learning, and to enhance the potential value and contribution our students will make as future professionals entering the business world.
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FIU Business Online MBA Program Ranked No. 10 in the World
The QS World University Rankings place the Professional MBA Online program at FIU Business at No. 10 in the world for the second consecutive year. The 2022 QS Online MBA Rankings, released on March 9, are based on such factors as academic reputation, quality and diversity of enrolled students, reputation among employers and the class experience. The […]
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FIU Business panel showcases an innovative entrepreneurial solution to big energy demands.
The intersection of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) can help address the challenges now facing intensive computing, which requires significant amounts of processing power, in an environmentally friendly and hyper-efficient manner. The FIU Business Master of Science in Finance program brought together two experts to discuss the topic with students in a panel session on February […]
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A professional development trip to India yields rewards amidst challenges.
Carlos Alsua found himself wandering around a night market in Jaipur as part of an FIU-led trip to India, held off for a year due to COVID-19. As a University of Arizona professor studying how cultures around the world are adapting to life during a pandemic, Alsua noticed how happy the merchants were to have […]
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First Horizon Foundation establishes scholarship for first generation students.
First Horizon Foundation has committed $35,000 to FIU Business to establish a scholarship for students who are the first generation in their family to pursue a college degree. The First Horizon Foundation First Generation Business Scholarship Endowment will provide aid for students enrolled in FIU Business who demonstrate financial need. Additionally, each recipient will have access to mentoring […]
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Putting students first: online graduate education at FIU Business leverages innovation to raise opportunity.
Over two decades before COVID-19 created a tsunami of demand for remote classes, FIU Business began its venture into distance learning. In 1999, a pilot program of 10 classes was developed to meet the needs of a growing audience of working professionals who could not access traditional in-person learning. The goal: open educational opportunities to […]
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FIU Business brings insights, strategies to hundreds of viewers in “great resignation” panel.
Amid the backdrop of employers confronting a tight labor market and employees enjoying a newfound sense of power, more than 200 people logged on for an FIU Business discussion and Q&A on the state of employment today, nearly two years into the pandemic. Top leaders in their industries joined moderator Marc Weinstein, faculty director of FIU’s […]
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The Kemper Foundation creates scholarship and faculty support at FIU Business.
As part of its ongoing efforts to develop the next generation of leaders, The Kemper Foundation has donated $130,000 to FIU Business. The gift will fund the Kemper Scholars Program, a new scholarship program for FIU students that offers scholarships, mentorship and career navigation resources. The donation also supports grants for FIU faculty. “The purpose […]
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FIU Business online programs ranked among nation’s best by U.S. News
The online undergraduate and graduate programs at FIU Business have once again been ranked among the top programs in nation by U.S. News & World Report. The 2022 rankings place the college’s online undergraduate business program at No. 13 among public universities. The FIU Business online specialized master’s programs were ranked No. 13 among public universities […]
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Helping to build a lifeline to a better future, FIU Business professor works with Afghan refugees in Greece.
What drives people to leave their homes, their families, their culture, and confront the struggles of immigration? Last summer, Seema Pissaris, FIU Business clinical professor of international business, tried to answer this very question as part of a small team helping Afghan migrants in Greece. Pissaris was a volunteer for Focus Humanitarian Assistance, a non-governmental […]
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Business classmates work together, learning teamwork as they fund a “wish.”
By Sachi Peiris and Elise Gregg Students in a class taught by Donald Roomes, an FIU Business teaching professor of international business, has raised over $5,000 for the Make-A-Wish foundation. Each term, Roomes’ class delivers lessons in creating, managing, and evaluating a service-learning project. This class was divided into teams, with each creating a plan to bring […]
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