GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Ph.D. students Remy Jennings (Ph.D. ’22), Yiduo Shao (Ph.D. ’22) and Dong Hyun Shin (Ph.D. ’21) were awarded Warrington College of Business Ph.D. Teaching Awards for their teaching efforts in the spring 2020 semester. The award is
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How the Master of International Business is preparing this Fulbright Scholar for a career with a global focus
Dominik Vinke (MIB ’21) is set to complete his Master of International Business this summer. The Germany-native came to the University of Florida as a Fulbright Scholar. Read more about Dominik and how the Master of International Business (MIB) program
SPAC Backed by Father Gains 84% Buying Firm Run by Daughter
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Fisher student receives respected scholarship
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Juggling fatherhood with an MBA
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Delivering “Serendipity”: Seemingly Random Product Discovery, Aided by Technology
Research from marketing Ph.D. student Felipe Affonso highlights how marketers can capitalize on the power of serendipity to increase consumer satisfaction. Read more about how marketers can do this by going beyond surprising consumers, because serendipity is not just a
For Startup Leaders, SPACs Have Lost Their Allure
Research from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter and finance Ph.D. student Minmo Gahng informs this story about entrepreneurs growing increasingly wary about the money-raising tool after watching peers’ stocks slide and investors balk. Read more in this story from the
Bitcoin on the Balance Sheet? Two in Crummer Community Say ‘Yes’
UF DBA student and Rollins College alumnus Sachin Jaitly (DBA ’23) and Gregory Mecca of Tessera Venture Partners make the case for Bitcoin as a store of value and hedge against inflation. Read on to see why Jaitly and Mecca
How Warrington’s Business Career Services transitioned career events online during the COVID-19 pandemic
The University of Florida Warrington College of Business has a longstanding culture of innovation when it comes to online education. From starting its Online MBA program in 1999 to expanding the college’s specialized master’s programs fully online in the past
How Warrington students solved a communications company’s problem with AI and analytics
Prior to enrolling in the Master of Science in Information Systems and Operations Management program at the University of Florida, I was foreign to the keywords of the program: coding, modeling, and data analytics. However, I knew that I had