Research insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter and Ph.D. student Minmo Gahng contribute to this story about the roughly 25 SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies) have concerns about their financial future, according to the Wall Street Journal. Read more
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This SPAC is merging with an already-public company as sponsors get creative before time runs out
SPACs are known to be a roundabout investment vehicle to take private companies public. Not this one. Bull Horn Holdings is merging with biotech Coeptis Therapeutics, a public company traded over the counter. It remains to be seen if other sponsors would replicate
Looking for stock investment tips? Use social media selectively
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Savvy investors and news buffs will recall the early days of 2021 when GameStop’s market value increased from about $2 billion to over $24 billion in just a few days. The significant gains stemmed from individual investors,
IPOs are dead, and that’s bad news for the secondary market in private shares
A stagnant IPO market means there is less investor appetite for shares in private companies, which is a problem for the companies that trade those shares. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights for this Observer story.
Management’s Business Law Prof. Robert Emerson testifies before US Senate on proposed franchise legislation
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Huber Hurst Professor of Business Law Robert Emerson was invited to give testimony at the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship this March. Emerson was later asked to follow up on his testimony with additional
Warrington management department No. 1 in productivity per faculty
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Even with only 13 tenure-track faculty members, the Department of Management at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business is among the most productive for research according to the 2021 Texas A&M/University of Georgia Rankings of
Warrington management department conference facilitates connection, advances research
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The management department at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business brought about 25 researchers together from universities across the nation for a special conference on research methodologies in strategic management. The small conference setting was
SPACs Are Warning They May Go Bust
Research insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter and Ph.D. student Minmo Gahng inform this story about the more than two dozen companies that say they may not survive much longer. Read more in this story from the Wall Street
Didi Global languishes in limbo, ordered by Beijing to pull shares off Wall Street and, for now, denied permission to float them in Hong Kong
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter, who researches IPOs argues that while Didi is “at the mercy of the Chinese government,” the company’s dominance in China creates an opportunity for Didi to raise prices and attain profitability—provided it can win the
Trying to choose which job you should take? Question your intuition.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – When you’re on the job hunt and the market is saturated with opportunities, you may find yourself in the position of having to make a choice between two or more job offers. While making the decision to
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