New safety regulations targeting condominium buildings in Florida are upending the state’s real estate market, leading to an influx of condo listings and financial challenges for many property owners. The safety regulations, signed into law in 2022, require all condominiums
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Read the latest news and research from University of Florida Warrington College of Business faculty, who are thought leaders in their respective fields and provide expert guidance in the classroom. Their research provides industry leaders and individuals with insights they can use in their careers and daily lives.
UF Warrington College of Business among the top-ranked for practical business school research
Research authored by faculty of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business was named among the best in the world for its practical applications. Across the international business school community, the UF Warrington College of Business was ranked No.
Tesla, Intel and the fecklessness of corporate boards
IPO data collected by Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter informs this story highlighting that too many directors at American companies aren’t doing their job. Read more from The Economist.
Find yourself shopping at Publix often? That’s by design.
BB&T Professor of Free Enterprise David Brown and Beth Ayers McCague Family Fellowship Associate Professor Brian Swider share insights into why Public dominates the city of Gainesville and crowds the local market. Read more in this story from the Independent
Research: Why Your Board Should Include a Long-Tenured Director
The presence of long-tenured independent directors on corporate boards can be an effective governance mechanism that leads to greater performance and reduced exposure to outside risks. However, there is a need for balance. Insights from R. Perry Frankland Professor David
IPOs Are So Passé. Here’s How Employees Are Getting Rich Now.
For years, the biggest startup founders would dream of an initial public offering. It was the key to raising capital, drumming up attention and rewarding longtime employees and early investors with a big payout. Not any more. These days, many
This anti-‘woke’ investor is wooing Trump voters. His first target: Starbucks
At President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club Thursday, James Fishback, CEO and co-founder of Azoria Partners, unveiled a new anti-“woke” investment fund, the Azoria 500 Meritocracy ETF, that will mirror the S&P 500 index except in one respect: It will not include
Pony AI’s Nasdaq debut signals possible thaw in U.S. stock-market listings by Chinese companies
Autonomous-driving company Pony AI Inc.’s newly issued stock fell nearly 8% below its offering price of $13 a share Wednesday as the biggest initial public offering in months for a Chinese company began trading. The Pony AI offering potentially sets
Scrolling through memory lane: A year in review at UF Warrington
Heavener students rang in the new year by winning back-to-back case competitions in Mexico and Canada, representing Warrington ahead of 25+ international competitors. In February, the Gators football team traveled to Miami to investigate career opportunities with the Bergstrom Real
Swings in Building Permits Can Help Predict Financial Downturns
For a new study, Assistant Professor Gustavo Cortes and Yale School of Management’s Cameron LaPoint painstakingly assembled a dataset tracking local building permits over the last century. Again and again, they found, peaks in the issuing of permits preceded periods