On Aug. 15 Sacks Parente, a small putter outfit in California, announced the pricing of its IPO at $4 per share with 3.2 million shares available. Within hours, something remarkable—and something curious—immediately happened. The price soared to $32 a share,
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Trump’s Truth Social facing a key funding deadline
The ‘blank check’ ally of former president Donald Trump’s media start-up was once a stock-market star. It’s now days away from potential liquidation. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights in this story from the Washington Post.
Take a look at the latest UF MBA rankings
Over the 2022-2023 academic year, the UF MBA program received a number of top rankings from leading publications such as U.S. News & World Report, Financial Times and The Economist. The exceptional rankings affirm UF MBA’s quality students, alumni success,
IPO Drought Is Ending, But Don’t Expect a Deluge
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter provides his IPO insights to Bloomberg for this opinion column from Jonathan Levin, who writes about the U.S. market for initial public offerings finally reopening after the sleepiest stretch in 32 years. If recent deals
The Biden Administration Embraces a Backward Approach to Economics
In his latest op-ed, Public Utility Research Center Director and Gunter Professor Mark Jamison argues that the Biden administration’s plan will hold American companies back from being world leaders. Read more in the National Review.
Optimizing K-12 Educational Production with EdTech
As part of a series of insights from Matherly Professor Anuj Kumar, his latest post highlights how to improve educational production. He notes that one needs to improve the output of underlying education-generating processes and proposes a generic framework for
Purpose-driven leadership
Katherine “Katie” Saez (BSBA ’99) became a Gator long before she started at the University of Florida as a freshman in the mid-1990s. After moving to the United States from Cuba in the 1930s, her grandfather Octavio Garces (’42) became
Poets & Quants names UF MBA among Class of 2023 MBAs to watch
Congratulations to Alexandrea Perkins (MBA ‘23) on being named to Poets & Quants’ MBAs to watch for the Class of 2023. Perkins, a student in the UF MBA program, shares more about her experience in the program, including what accomplishments
University of Florida marketing professor’s research lauded for significant societal impact by international organization
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Research at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business is well-regarded by academics and industry leaders for its ability to advance business as well as society, as exemplified by research recently highlighted by the European Foundation
Real life of a real estate academic
In this edition of our faculty spotlight series, Dr. David Ling shares his career journey to becoming one of the leading academics in real estate. One of the most visible academics in real estate serves as the director of Warrington’s
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