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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.

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Jay Ritter

This SPAC is merging with an already-public company as sponsors get creative before time runs out

SPACs are known to be a roundabout investment vehicle to take private companies public. Not this one. Bull Horn Holdings is merging with biotech Coeptis Therapeutics, a public company traded over the counter. It remains to be seen if other sponsors would replicate

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Looking for stock investment tips? Use social media selectively

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Savvy investors and news buffs will recall the early days of 2021 when GameStop’s market value increased from about $2 billion to over $24 billion in just a few days. The significant gains stemmed from individual investors,

Devin Carrillo

UF MBA Student Spotlight: Devin Carrillo

Devin Carrillo (MBA ’22) recently graduated with his MBA as part of the UF MBA Online program. In honor of Pride Month, we asked him a little about himself and his time at the UF Warrington College of Business.  Q:

Robert Emerson

Management’s Business Law Prof. Robert Emerson testifies before US Senate on proposed franchise legislation

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Huber Hurst Professor of Business Law Robert Emerson was invited to give testimony at the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship this March. Emerson was later asked to follow up on his testimony with additional

The 13 tenure-track faculty members of Warrington's Department of Management. From left: Joyce Bono, John Chen, Larry DiMatteo, Robert Emerson, Amir Erez, Aaron Hill, Yixuan Li, Klodiana Lanaj, Gwen Lee, David Gaddis Ross, Brian Swider, Robert Thomas and Mo Wang.

Warrington management department No. 1 in productivity per faculty

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Even with only 13 tenure-track faculty members, the Department of Management at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business is among the most productive for research according to the 2021 Texas A&M/University of Georgia Rankings of

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Warrington management department conference facilitates connection, advances research

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The management department at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business brought about 25 researchers together from universities across the nation for a special conference on research methodologies in strategic management. The small conference setting was

Jay Ritter and Minmo Gahng

SPACs Are Warning They May Go Bust

Research insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter and Ph.D. student Minmo Gahng inform this story about the more than two dozen companies that say they may not survive much longer.  Read more in this story from the Wall Street

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Operating with a base built on a drive for learning and advancement

Growing up as the son of two teachers, Steve Kiker (BSAc ’95) understood the value of education from an early age. For Kiker, learning wasn’t just about taking in information from textbooks, it was a process based on a drive

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Trying to choose which job you should take? Question your intuition.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – When you’re on the job hunt and the market is saturated with opportunities, you may find yourself in the position of having to make a choice between two or more job offers. While making the decision to

PhD student earns Certificate of Outstanding Achievement

Minmo Gahng was honored with a Certificate of Outstanding Achievement as part of the University of Florida’s International Student Achievement Awards. Gahng is a fourth-year PhD student in finance. “I was very excited when I heard the news about this

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