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Assistant Director of Communications

Allison Alsup is the Assistant Director of Communications for the UF Warrington College of Business. In her role, she is responsible for strategic planning and management of public relations as it relates to the college’s reputation. She is the primary contact for media relations and other external partnerships related to public relations. She previously served as Warrington’s Public Relations Specialist for five years. Prior to joining UF Warrington, she was the Public Relations and Partnerships Specialist at the UF College of the Arts. She received her bachelor’s degree in public relations and her Master of Science in Management from the University of Florida.

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Stories by Allison

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Liangfei Qiu

Information systems and operations management professor receives two awards for excellence in research
November 14, 2018 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. Liangfei Qiu, assistant professor in the department of information systems and operations management at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business, received not one, but two awards for distinction in research. Qiu received both the

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Napoleon’s Hubris, Ali’s rope-a-dope: Business Executives Also Base Decisions On Studying Their Rivals, Submissive or Provocative CEOs May Draw Attacks On Their Firms
November 14, 2018 • Reading Time: 3 minutes

History is replete with examples of military commanders and sporting combatants using their perceptions of rival decision-makers in deciding how to engage those rivals – such as Russian commanders employing Napoleon’s hubris against him and Muhammad Ali devising the ‘rope-a-dope’

Anuj Kumar

Warrington professor receives prestigious INFORMS Information Systems Society Early Career Award
November 13, 2018 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. Anuj Kumar, Matherly Professor of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business, received the prestigious 2018 Sandra A. Slaughter Early Career Award conferred by the INFORMS Information Systems Society. This award recognizes the potential leaders

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Why engineers should consider an MBA
November 8, 2018 • Reading Time: 6 minutes

As you might expect, business acumen is pervasive throughout many other industries, like engineering, law and health care. If you’re currently in one of those fields, you might be considering boosting your business knowledge with an MBA to help you

Jim Hoover

Making an impact with analytics
November 6, 2018 • Reading Time: 3 minutes

Travel has been a constant in Jim Hoover’s life. Born in Gainesville to parents who both attended the University of Florida, his family moved frequently before settling outside of Tampa in Plant City, Fla. Hoover (MBA ‘96, DBA ‘17) continued

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Probabilistic selling a key for companies selling vertically differentiated products, UF Warrington study finds
October 30, 2018 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. –  If you were in the process of booking a hotel room in Miami, but suddenly received a notification that you could potentially reserve a room with an ocean view while only paying the rate of a room

Dr. Chris Janiszewski

Chris Janiszewski named an Association for Consumer Research Fellow
October 29, 2018 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. Chris Janiszewski, Russell Berrie Eminent Scholar Chair in the Department of Marketing at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business, has been named a fellow of the Association for Consumer Research. He will be recognized

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Hedge funds that break deals rather than make deals make the big bucks
October 10, 2018 • Reading Time: < 1 minute

Activist investors tend to push management teams to sell their businesses to a rival or strategic buyer for a premium valuation. Yet according to a new study by Assistant Professor of Finance Tao Li, the better strategy to profit from

Lined up pens, pencils and paper clips. One of the pencils is out of line. A person is pushing it in line.

‘Perfect’ employees beware – your perfectionism might be detrimental
October 9, 2018 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Think back to your last job interview. When asked about your biggest weakness, did you respond, “I’m a perfectionist”? As you might expect, this is a frequent response among job candidates, as perfectionism is commonly thought of

Gary McGill

Meet Our Deans: Gary McGill
October 9, 2018 • Reading Time: 4 minutes

You already know that the Warrington College of Business is the top business school in the state and one of the best in the nation and world, but do you know the leaders that have guided us to such success

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