 Leading Health Care Executives Come Together on School's
New Health Programs Advisory Board
Two dozen high-level health care executives have been
named to the School's new Health Programs Advisory Board. This panel of health
care industry leaders will advise the School on developing the the School's planned Center for Health Care Management and Policy, strengthening ties with alumni and other
professionals in the field, assuring a cutting-edge curriculum and serving as advocates for the School. More
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Stage Set for UM Global Business Forum, Held in Wake
of Historic Economic Crisis and Days Before Presidential Inauguration
The UM Global
Business Forum, organized by the School of Business, is shaping up to be the South Florida business event of
2009. Presented by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Forum, Jan.
15 and 16, comes in the wake of the historic economic
crisis and just days before the presidential inauguration. CEOs and other top
executives from such leading firms as The Coca-Cola Company, McDonald's and
FedEx headline the conference, which also features more than a dozen panel
sessions focusing on issues ranging from the global financial crisis and
alternative energy to health care, the environment, sustainable urbanism, women
in leadership, and the developing economies of Latin America and Asia. Read More
Register for the Forum
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 School of Business Study Finds Misuse of Common Marketing
Tactic Likely to Result in Lost Holiday Sale
New research conducted by Juliano Laran, assistant professor
of marketing, finds that a common marketing tactic used by retailers every day,
"priming," could backfire in certain situations - a well-timed finding as
retailers face one of the most challenging holiday shopping seasons in years.
Priming is the act of sending subtle messages to shoppers - such as baking
cookies - to influence purchase behavior. Read More
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 Office of Communications School of Business AdministrationUniversity of Miami
EditorMegan Tice
Director of CommunicationsJeff Heebner
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School's "Scholar of Services
Marketing" Featured in Knowledge Hub
 An
interview with A. Parasuraman, vice dean of faculty and the James W.
McLamore Chair in Marketing, is prominently featured in the current edition of Knowledge Hub,
the peer-reviewed journal of India's Rajiv Academy for Technology &
Management. The article, which notes Parasuraman's recognition as a "pioneer
scholar of services marketing," provides his insight about this emerging
research area. To read the complete article, visit the Knowledge Hub Web site and click on the "Interview" link.
A. Parasuraman to Address Summit on Value-Creation and Customer-Management
Parasuraman will address ways to leverage intangible assets such as
customer service, human capital, information capital, service quality,
brand, operations and processes, organization capital and create
sustained value at a summit January 6, 2009 in New Delhi. More
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Latest Issue of BusinessMiami Magazine is Out
Watch your mailbox for the latest issue of BusinessMiami
magazine and read all about the School's innovative programs in healthcare,
renowned new faculty, entrepreneurship competition, and much more. Read it in
print, or online.
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Undergraduate Alumni: Advance Your Career with the UM MBA
The School is now accepting applications for its Executive MBA program in Palm Beach county that begins in April 2009. Learn more about this program at an information session on Jan. 7 in West Palm Beach and on Feb. 4 in Boca Raton.
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 Hundreds of the School's Undergraduate, Masters and PhD Students to Participate in Fall Commencement
The School of Business graduated nearly 300 undergraduate, masters
and PhD degree candidates during UM's fall commencement exercises
Thursday, Dec. 18. The degree candidates included more than 163
undergraduates and nearly 150 MBAs among nearly 800 degree candidates
university wide. More
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 School's Outstanding
Faculty and Graduate Students Recognized
At the Fall 2008 Graduate Programs Award Ceremony held
Dec. 16 just a few days before
commencement, students graduating from the School's Full-Time MBA, Executive
MBA and MBA for Working Professionals programs presented awards to their
favorite professors. More
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MBA Student Wins
Second Emmy Award
Second-year MBA student Michael O'Leary has done it again.
He's won his second Emmy Award - this time for his work with the UM athletic
department. Read More and View Video
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Alumnus Finds Opportunity in Wall Street's Rough Ride
With much of the financial
services industry hunkered down in survival mode, Ted Myerson (BBA '97) is
taking his company, FTEN, Inc., in a decidedly different direction. With
financial backing from four of Wall Street's largest bulge-bracket banks,
Myerson is leading the trade-execution and risk-management software firm he
founded in 2001 on a global expansion push. More
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University of Miami
Global Business ForumJan. 15 - 16, 2009
The School of Business will host the University of Miami's first Global
Business Forum Jan. 15-16, 2009. Because you are receiving this email you can register at the special UM member rate - $250 off the regular rate. Learn More
Beyond Bootcamp
Workshops January 3-6 and 7-10, 2009 Workshops for journalists and journalism educators at
the School of Communication. For the
complete schedule and details on keynote speakers and guest presenters, visit: http://www.beyondbootcamp.org |
RSVP Today: 2009 MBA Alumni Reunions & Global Business Forum
Jan.
14 - 16, 2009
The
School of Business Administration cordially invites all graduates of
its MBA programs to a series of alumni reunion events that will be held
in conjunction with the University of Miami Global Business Forum Jan.
14 - 16, 2009. Register NOW to reserve your seat for the Global Business Forum and to reunite with members of your MBA class and other alumni of the School's MBA programs. Event Details
RSVP Today: MSPM Alumni Reunion
Jan. 14 - 16, 2009
All alumni of the School's Maestria en Ciencias de
Gerencia Professional en espanol program should mark their calendars for a
special reunion. The MSPM alumni reunion will be held at the same time the
school hosts the Global Business Forum Jan. 15 - 16, 2009. For more
information, e-mail businessalumni@miami.edu.
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The Wall Street Journal - December 18, 2009 - The Journal's online
"Heard on the Runway" blog detailed new research by Juliano Laran,
assistant professor of marketing, which found that a common marketing
tactic used by retailers every day, "priming," can backfire in certain
situations. The article included an example of priming used during the
holidays by a Fifth Avenue, New York retailer and quoted Laran. Read Article
The Wall Street Journal - December 10, 2008 - The School's
Executive MBA programs in Health Sector Management and Policy and International Business are cited as examples of customized executive MBA programs in an article
on the growth of such programs. The article quotes Anuj Mehrotra, vice dean for
graduate business programs. Read Article
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