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My First Job: Sasha K. Mallet, BBVA Compass
Name Sasha K. Mallet Degree and date of graduation BBA – Major in Finance and Certificate in Banking – December 2016 Where are you working? BBVA Compass in Austin, Texas as a commercial relationship associate How did you get your job? I started with the bank as a commercial underwriting specialist. After a couple of […]
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FIU Business Professor Jerry Haar publishes new book on globalization, competitiveness and governability.
A new book authored by Jerry Haar, professor of international business and director of Executive and Professional Education at FIU Business, in collaboration with Georgetown University Professor Ricardo Ernst, has been published. The book is titled Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability: The Three Disruptive Forces of Business in the 21st Century. It argues that three powerful […]
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Porsche Latin America builds project management know-how, team spirit at FIU Business.
Every year, as president and managing director of Porsche Latin America, Inc., George Wills helps plan his team’s shared learning experience. He seeks out a training opportunity that can be tailored to meet the needs of each member of his team, from interns and novices to seasoned experts. He is particularly selective about the program […]
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Renting a home may be wiser than buying, the latest BH&J Buy vs. Rent Index shows.
Demand for homeownership is still trending downward in major markets, the new Beracha, Hardin & Johnson Buy vs. Rent (BH&J) Index reveals. Covering the second quarter of 2019, the index reveals that 19 of the 23 metropolitan markets tracked indicate slight to significant downward pressure on the demand for homeownership. The current index scores suggest […]
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FIU Business alumni donate nearly $600K to improve students’ lives.
For Frank Gonzalez and Barbara Pestana Cartaya, investing in FIU College of Business students is an important way to give back. Thanks to their education and years of hard work, these FIU Business alumni rose from humble beginnings to great achievement. Along with their families, they believe that supporting today’s students is a promise to […]
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Are managers too busy to be fair? Probably, an FIU Business study reveals.
Employees often complain that managers don’t treat them fairly, meet with them, listen to their concerns, or update them about decisions. New research from FIU Business finds that “unfairness” may be less about bosses being biased and more about them lacking time to juggle multiple competing priorities. “Sometimes they’re just too busy,” said Ravi Gajendran, […]
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Deterrence-based audit policies can help reduce excess costs in healthcare, FIU Business research finds.
Skyrocketing spending and excess costs in the healthcare industry can be reduced by deterrence-driven algorithms, innovative auditing methods that focus on increasing overall deterrence of waste and abuse in the long run. FIU Business research found that these are based on the concept of “sentinel effect” by which, once a set of practitioners is audited, […]
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New FIU Business Master’s programs offer training in business analytics, cybersecurity.
With an expanding need for technology leaders in South Florida, FIU Business has created two new specialty tracks for its Master of Science in Information Systems: Business Analytics and Business Cybersecurity. The Master of Science track in Business Analytics is currently admitting students to its first cohort, to start in Fall 2019. It is offered […]
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My First Job: Jorgie Milan, Gartner, Inc.
Jorgie Milan BBA ‘18, Major in Marketing, certificate in Social Media and E-Analytics Where are you working? I am an Account Manager at Gartner in Fort Myers, FL. (Gartner, Inc. is a global research and advisory firm providing insights, advice, and tools for leaders in IT, finance, HR, customer service and support, legal and compliance, […]
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Sculpting Data at FIU Business: students learn to parse a real company’s torrent of information.
Many businesses sell on Amazon. And SellersFunding, which provides loans and capital to small businesses, wanted to find the stars among the small-marketplace online merchants, and identify which might be good investment opportunities. They turned to the students in Assistant Professor Tala Mirzaei’s Business Analytics Applications class to find out. It was a unique […]
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