It has been a record-breaking year for IPOs, but it has also been a mixed bag — and billionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s Blackstone Group is among those investors who are picking through their duds. “Investors were buying IPOs on a lot
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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.
IPOs have been hot. Now investors are dumping them
“After that first day jump, on average this year IPOs have underperformed the market,” said Jay Ritter, Cordell Eminent Scholar. What gives? Ritter thinks the discrepancy has a lot to do with sky-high expectations on Wall Street. Read more in this
Ethics in the Age of a Technological Revolution
Public Utility Research Center and Gunter Professor Mark Jamison joins UF alumna Palveshey Tariq on the Palveshow to discuss the ethics of the technological revolution the world finds itself in. Hear their conversation on YouTube.
Untangling the knots in the supply chain
Disruptions in the supply chain have impacted consumers’ ability to get a wide range of products, from couches to milk. Asoo Vakharia, the McClatchy professor and director of the Supply Chain Management Center, explains what’s happening, what consumers can do
Top 10 Warrington stories from 2021
Following a year like 2020, we had high hopes for what was to come in 2021. Even with its continued ups and downs, the year brought some reminders of why it’s great to be a Florida Gator. From top rankings
Warrington and UF health sciences partner on workshop focused on tackling bias in data science
As our world continues to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) and the many benefits it brings to society, like faster decision making, prediction and digital assistance, we must also recognize its challenges. One challenge congruent across disciplines is recognizing the inherent
Taking the Over on the Office Market
Sports gamblers will be familiar with the concept of “taking the over” or “taking the under.” For any game, the “market,” or group of all betters, will establish the most likely total number of points that will be scored. Individual
Learning to “adult” has never been easier, thanks to new Warrington class
Dr. Steve Tufts, Clinical Professor, Department of Marketing Over the course of the fall 2019 semester, I received several inquiries from students in my sales student group, GatorSLAM, about topics they would soon encounter once they graduated from the University
Warrington accounting professor receives second honorary doctorate
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – W. Robert Knechel, Distinguished Professor, Frederick E. Fisher Eminent Scholar and Director of the International Accounting and Auditing Center, is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Nyenrode Business Universiteit in the Netherlands. He will receive the
16 business podcasts you should listen to right now
Students, alumni, faculty and staff from the Warrington College of Business shared their recommendations for podcasts that you should check out. See their selections and what you’ll get out of listening to each in the list below. Working Title with