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  Issue #81                                                                                                        June 2015

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School to Launch Its First Fully-Online MBA Program
The School is expanding its fully-online master's degree offerings with an Online MBA program, with the first class beginning in September 2015.
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School Helps Latin American Family Businesses Meet Unique Challenges

Nearly 30 family business owners representing eight Latin American countries gathered for three days during the School's first intensive Family Business Certificate program.

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BusinessMiami: Now Online!
What are the keys to creating a diverse workforce? Find out in the spring issue of BusinessMiami magazine - in your mailbox and online.  
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The Miami Executive MBA for the Americas

Develop the skills you need to better compete and succeed in the diverse, dynamic, and interconnected global economy of the 21st century with The Miami Executive MBA for the Americas program. With distance learning and just nine on-campus sessions held once every two months, you can earn the Miami MBA no matter where you live and work. Classes begin in August. There's still time to apply - LEARN MORE

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WLTV - TV - June 28, 2015 - The Jacksonville NBC television affiliate aired a segment about Jaguars safety Sergio Brown earning his MBA in the School's Miami Executive MBA for Artists and Athletes program along with nearly 40 other current and former NFL players. Video 

 

The Wall Street Journal - June 25, 2015 - In the newspaper's "The Experts" report, Robert Plant, associate professor of business technology, wrote about the struggle by firms to stay relevant, noting that remaining relevant is "about creating a firm and products that turn consumers into believers, who become deeply and intensely attached to the company." Article

 

Adweek - June 22, 2015 - An article about the documentary Wolfpack included a quote from Claudia Townsend, an assistant professor of marketing, who noted that people who are not exposed to products early in life may not be as susceptible to marketing as those who are. Article

Univision - June 10, 2015 - An article about hospitals pricing health care higher than the actual cost to compensate for the uninsured included insight from Steve Ullmann, chair and professor of health sector management and policy. Article

 

Miami Today - June 9, 2015 - An article about trends in finance education included insight from Dean Gene Anderson and Vice Dean Anuj Mehrotra, who noted that the School has seen "an increase in demand for specialty master's programs in areas of finance and business analytics programs." Article

 

South Florida Business Journal - June 4, 2015 - An article noted that Laura Giuliano, an associate professor of economics, has been appointed to the staff of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. Article

Sun-Sentinel - June 4, 2015 - An article noted that Laura Giuliano, an associate professor of economics, has been appointed to the staff of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. Article

The Wall Street Journal - June 3, 2015 - In the newspaper's "The Experts" report, Robert Plant, associate professor of business technology, explained why companies must focus on "growing and transforming the business even in turbulent times when a manager's initial reaction is to do the opposite..." Article

 

Politiken - June 2, 2015 - The leading Danish newspaper featured research by Claudia Townsend, an assistant professor of marketing, which found that consumers are more likely to buy products that are highly "gendered" - whether masculine or feminine - than they are to buy products that are not as "gendered." Article

Financial Times - June 1, 2015 - An article featured research by Claudia Townsend, an assistant professor of marketing, which found that consumers are more likely to buy products that are highly "gendered" - whether masculine or feminine - than they are to buy products that are not as "gendered." Article

 

Economist Intelligence Unit - June 1, 2015 - Yadong Luo, the Emery Findley Distinguished Chair and a professor of management, was among 300 experts from around the world surveyed for the report "Courting China Inc: Expectations, pitfalls and success factors of Sino-foreign business partnerships in China." Among the insights shared by Luo: "Previously, foreign companies tended to focus more on relationship-building capabilities, from business networks to guanxi, from business-government ties to social capital. But today, I would suggest that foreign companies need to look at both transactional and relational competence possessed by Chinese partners. Article

 

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