Huber Hurst Professor of Business Law Robert Emerson shares his franchising insights as part of a panel discussion on The Law and Economics of Franchising at the Franchise Times Legal Eagles Virtual Summit on April 12. The free virtual summit
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Empathy is the key to successful leadership
On National Leadership Day, we caught up with Tara Blythe (BSBA ‘02), Chief People Officer for Infotech, Inc. She has over 20 years of leadership experience in the areas of organizational strategy and workforce development. We asked her to share
Meet the 2022-2023 teaching, advising award winners
The UF Warrington College of Business is proud to announce its four winners of its annual Teaching/Advising Awards. Robert Emerson is the recipient of the Undergraduate Teaching Award and Michelle Bloom is the recipient of the Undergraduate Advising Award. On
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
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
Business-government Relations: Anything but Business?
Two bills, SB 620 (the Local Business Protection Act) and SB 280 (the Transparency Act), have sparked debate in the Florida Legislature as they are preemption bills that place state law ahead of local law. Both bills limit the authority
Professor Robert Emerson receives distinguished career achievement award
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Robert Emerson, Huber Hurst Professor in the Department of Management, is the recipient of the 2021 Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB), the world’s oldest, largest society of professors in
Warrington management department among top 3 in research productivity
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Despite its small size, the Department of Management at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business was ranked No. 3 for research productivity in the 2020 Texas A&M/University of Georgia Rankings of Management Department Research Productivity.
Warrington management department ranked No. 4 in research productivity per capita
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Department of Management at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business ranked No. 4 for research productivity per capita in the 2019 Texas A&M/University of Georgia Rankings of Management Department Research Productivity. “I am really
‘Two Dat’ vs. ‘Who Dat’: Saints themed trademark dispute has Super Bowl in its sights
“Three days after the Saints won the 2010 Super Bowl, on a day when hundreds of thousands of Who Dats crammed downtown New Orleans in cathartic revelry, [New Orleans attorney Wayne] Babovich was submitting forms to the U.S. Patent and