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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.

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Jay Ritter

Boeing and Wall Street: How financialization wrecked a great company

IPO data from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter gives insight into Boeing’s “Wall Street Problem,” characterized by Jack Welch-style management and a focus on so-called shareholder value.  Read more in this story from The Seattle Times. 

Jay Ritter

Why The IPO Market Remains Tepid Despite The Nasdaq’s 23% Gain

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter‘s IPO research provides insight into why investors can’t seem to get enough of technology stocks, demand which has propelled the Nasdaq up by 23% so far in 2024. Read more in this story from Forbes. 

Mark Jamison

A Quick Q&A with Mark Jamison on a Pro-market Vision for AI/Tech Policy

The Biden Administration may have been heavy handed in its attempts to initiate AI regulation, but Republicans don’t seem to have a better strategy, as Public Utility Research Center Director and Gunter Professor Mark Jamison points out in his recent blog

Jay Ritter

Why Does Trump Media Stock Keep Falling?

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group have plunged since the company began trading in March, driven by a combination of operational challenges, legal woes and competition in the social media landscape. The parent company of Truth Social, majority-owned by

Amir Erez

The Ripple Effects of Rudeness

A single act of rudeness at work can do a lot more harm than managers might realize, according to University of Florida research. Not only can a supervisor’s or peer’s insensitive or disrespectful behavior hurt the work performance of a

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Your 2024 summer reading list

Faculty and staff across the Warrington College of Business selected their recommendations for books to read this summer. See their selections and what you’ll get out of reading each in the list below. Leadership: In Turbulent Times By Doris Kearns

Jay Ritter

Trump Media shares are in free fall

Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group has gone ice-cold. The conservative social media company has lost roughly half its market value since May 30, and Trump Media’s volatile share price (DJT) tumbled another 5% on Friday, leaving it

Jay Ritter

Hoping to Make a Splash on Wall Street? Better Check the Forecast for the IPO ‘Window’

The IPO window has “slammed shut.” Wait, now it’s open “at least a crack.” Hang on, some say the “IPO window is always open for good companies.” When it comes to measuring how heartily investors will welcome initial public offerings, bankers, analysts

Heng Xu and Nan Zhang

To hire the right job candidate, humans and machines should clear up this simple miscommunication

Nearly every Fortune 500 company now uses some form of artificial intelligence to help them hire the best talent by screening resumes or analyzing test performance. But these AI hiring tools are probably spitting out worse candidates than hiring managers

Jim Hoover

How AI can improve health care

Members of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions and Warrington College of Business came together recently to discuss the power and potential of artificial intelligence for improving health care delivery as part of the college’s AI

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