With a good-natured grin, Peter S. Sealey PhD Professor of Marketing Richard J. Lutz stalked between desks in his Marketing 101 classroom. Every student in the packed auditorium leaned forward, curious to see what he’d do with the electric drill
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Unusual IPO Slump Makes a Rebound Harder to Predict
Prolonged new-listings slowdown doesn’t bode well for recovery in private equity-sponsored IPO exits. “It’s surprising to us that given the big rebound in stock prices, we haven’t seen more IPO activity,” Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter said. Read more insights
Paranoid CEOs hide from government, react strongly to competitors
The higher CEOs score on measures of paranoia, the more likely they are to avoid lobbying government, according to new research of 925 CEOs across 774 firms by Associate Professor Aaron Hill. But hiding doesn’t always work. If sanctioned, or
Russian investor made millions off insider trading tied to Trump Media, court docs say
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his expertise for this story about a Russian-American businessman based in Miami suspected of making nearly $23 million from alleged insider trading involving former President Donald Trump’s media company, according to federal court records.
Planet Money’s Jess Jiang to discuss how AI is transforming business
Jess Jiang, an Emmy-winning journalist and editor of NPR’s economics podcast Planet Money, will visit the University of Florida campus as the university’s inaugural Business Journalist in Residence Feb. 5-8. Her visit will include a public panel discussion titled, “How
Six Warrington alumni named to 2024 40 Gators Under 40
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Multiple real estate professionals, a leader on Wall Street, a philanthropic specialist, an experienced trial attorney and a federal prosecutor are the Warrington College of Business representatives on this year’s list of outstanding alumni named to the
Trump SPAC has tripled since the Iowa caucuses
Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter comments on the latest meme stock, one closely associated with the 45th president of the United States. The share price of Digital World Acquisition Corp., the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), has exploded in value as
University of Florida MBA students learn importance of cultural insights while consulting with Prague businesses
Communism has left its mark on business in Prague. That’s what a cohort of MBA students from the University of Florida Warrington College of Business discovered on a Global Immersion Experience trip to the Czech Republic in November. The week-long
Tech Tuesday with Valeria Marcia
In this week’s Tech Tuesday for WCJB TV20, UF Innovate speaks to Lecturer Valeria Marcia, a researcher using AI to power digital marketing. Marcia explains more about her work at Warrington, the UF AI initiative and what students can learn
University of Florida professor inducted into prestigious young scholars class for excellence in marketing research
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Tianxin Zou, John I. Williams, Jr. Assistant Professor of Marketing, is among the latest class of Marketing Science Institute (MSI) Young Scholars. Zou joins a prestigious group of marketing scholars from the University of Florida honored with
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