Top News: page 115

Read the latest and greatest student, faculty and alumni news from the University of Florida Warrington College of Business, a top national business school at one of the best public universities in the nation.

Page:
Chess board and pieces in a chess game.

Napoleon’s Hubris, Ali’s rope-a-dope: Business Executives Also Base Decisions On Studying Their Rivals, Submissive or Provocative CEOs May Draw Attacks On Their Firms

History is replete with examples of military commanders and sporting combatants using their perceptions of rival decision-makers in deciding how to engage those rivals – such as Russian commanders employing Napoleon’s hubris against him and Muhammad Ali devising the ‘rope-a-dope’

Anuj Kumar

Warrington professor receives prestigious INFORMS Information Systems Society Early Career Award

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. Anuj Kumar, Matherly Professor of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business, received the prestigious 2018 Sandra A. Slaughter Early Career Award conferred by the INFORMS Information Systems Society. This award recognizes the potential leaders

Walker Flynn with a gator statue

Rethinking dentistry from the mind of an entrepreneur

By Walker Flynn, MSE ’18 Can you teach entrepreneurship? Can you create and inspire a drive in people that lights a fire in them to build something? These are the questions I kept asking myself last year as I pondered

Man in a suit and yellow hard hat looking at parts in a factory and taking notes

Why engineers should consider an MBA

As you might expect, business acumen is pervasive throughout many other industries, like engineering, law and health care. If you’re currently in one of those fields, you might be considering boosting your business knowledge with an MBA to help you

Criss Camacho

Prioritizing Career Readiness

Early in her time as a student at the Fisher School of Accounting, Kriss Camacho knew the importance of joining student organizations across campus. Now heading into her senior year, she has experienced the benefits firsthand. “Being involved in organizations

Jim Hoover

Making an impact with analytics

Travel has been a constant in Jim Hoover’s life. Born in Gainesville to parents who both attended the University of Florida, his family moved frequently before settling outside of Tampa in Plant City, Fla. Hoover (MBA ‘96, DBA ‘17) continued

Master of Science in Real Estate students in Santiago, Chile.

Bringing real estate lessons to life in Chile

This October, Nathan S. Collier Master of Science in Real Estate students traveled to Santiago, Chile for a week-long experiential learning opportunity. Two of these students, Paige Winters and Andrew Dale, reflect on what they learned and experienced in Chile’s

Businessman Looking up at Camera and Standing Outdoors Surrounded by a Large Group of Business People

Stand out to recruiters with these MBA skills

UF MBA candidates land roles after graduation across a wide range of functions and industries, and each company has different priorities when assessing candidates. However, there are a consistent set of skills that every MBA student should possess, whether he

General Martin Dempsey stands on stage next to a podium that reads University of Florida in front of a large group of students

General Martin E. Dempsey discusses leadership, inclusion with UF MBA students

University of Florida MBA students had the exclusive opportunity to learn about leadership from former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin E. Dempsey, U.S. Army, Retired. Dempsey, who served 41 years in the military, spoke to UF

Gator Ubiquity Statue with people in motion around the statue.

My best memories from the Warrington College of Business

Homecoming is a time to celebrate the best of what the University of Florida has to offer, and what better way to highlight what makes our university great than with some of your best business school memories? We asked our

Page: