School Gets $450,000 Grant to Study Link Between Cancer Risk and Auto Traffic
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Yongtao Guan, a professor of management science, along with collaborators from the Yale School of Public Health, has received a $453,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to identify potential links between cancer risk and the proximity of homes to heavy automobile traffic.
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The Economist Ranks University of Miami Executive MBA Program Among World's Best
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The Economist, one of the most widely recognized current affairs publications, has ranked the University of Miami School of Business Administration No. 21 among U.S. business schools for its Executive MBA program.
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Marketing Professor to Receive Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
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A. "Parsu" Parasuraman, holder of the James W. McLamore Chair in Marketing, professor and department chair of marketing, has been named the recipient of the 2013 Gilbert A. Churchill Award by the American Marketing Association.
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Undergraduates Help Small Business Owners in Galapagos Embrace Best Practices for Tourism
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Five undergraduate School of Business students spent part of their summer break helping small business owners in the Galapagos Islands' nascent hospitality and eco-tourism industry.
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New Issue of BusinessMiami Magazine Now Online
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Check out the new issue of BusinessMiami ONLINE, the digital magazine for alumni and friends of the University of Miami School of Business Administration. Enjoy all the business insight, school updates and alumni news you find in the print copy, plus much more!
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In the News
Big Data Republic - July 24, 2013 - In a blog post, Robert Plant, an associate professor of computer information systems, weighed in on the debate over privacy in the wake of the leaks revealing the National Security Agency's collection of phone records. Article
The Wall Street Journal - July 23, 2013 - Robert Plant, an associate professor of computer information systems, as part of an exclusive group of thought leaders offering insight in "The Experts " report, advised companies to focus on personalizing their products and services for their customers in order to be more successful. Article
América Economía - July 18, 2013 - An article in the leading Latin American business magazine about the growth of network marketing of products for such companies as Avon, Amway and Natura in new markets included quotes from Arun Sharma, a professor of marketing. Article
The New York Times - July 14, 2013 - An article about shoppers being tracked by retailers using video surveillance and shoppers' cell phone signals included insight from Robert Plant, an associate professor of computer information systems, who noted that "The idea that you're being stalked in a store is, I think, a bit creepy, as opposed to it's only a cookie - they don't really know who I am." Article
Plant's comments from the article were also published by more than a dozen other media including CNBC, Marketwatch, the Houston Chronicle and UPI.
Compliance Week - June 25, 2013 - An article about how much information firms should disclose about the personal lives of their CEOs included insight from Ann Olazabal, vice dean and professor of business law, who noted that companies should not be required by law to disclose such information. The article pointed to a paper Olazabal co-authored with Patricia Abril, an associate professor of business law at the School.
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