Warrington in the News Articles: page 15

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 from AI.

Professor of Management Heng Xu spoke as part of a series from the American Psychological Association at CES, the world’s leading technology conference, on the complex world of digital privacy and how the current environment presents challenges to users.

Insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter show that the last two years were the slowest period for new IPOs in more than 40 years. But with a recent 100 new IPO filings from companies, a major rebound for the IPO market could be in the offing.

New research from PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor Liangfei Qiu and Robert B. Carter Professor Praveen Pathak highlights that despite the fears of regulators and skittish investors, clear and accurate signals of cryptocurrency quality may be hidden in plain sight. Forthcoming in Journal of Management Information Systems, the recent paper is the first to examine whether the intensity of developer engagement with a cryptocurrency could indeed be related to its quality.

It’s not uncommon for managers to continue thinking about their job, even after the official workday is over. But new research from Martin L. Schaffel Professor Klodiana Lanaj and alumna Remy Jennings (Ph.D. ’22) shows that this tendency may not be beneficial, particularly for people new to a leadership role.

Conventional wisdom and so-called ‘never buy’ lists will tell you that there are certain things that are rarely worth spending your money on. But are these lines of guidance rules to live and make purchase decisions by?

City Furniture Professor Aner Sela, an expert on how people make choices and form preferences, says that the answer to that question is a definitive “no”.

Despite a rocky 2023 for companies going public, the Nasdaq is still on pace to lead new listings for the fifth straight year, according to Dealogic. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter joins Yahoo Finance’s Rachelle Akuffo to discuss the IPO outlook for 2024.

Associate Professor Aaron Hill studied 1,027 decisions to enter foreign markets made by Fortune 500 CEOs over the past decade and examined the executives’ political-campaign contributions to determine their leanings. He found that conservative leaders were more likely to acquire companies than to form alliances, while for liberal leaders it was just the reverse. The conclusion: Conservative CEOs pursue riskier international deals than liberals do.

University of Florida students have until Dec. 15 to sign up for the opportunity to win $25,000 in the 2024 Big Idea Gator Business Plan Competition. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center Director Jamie Kraft shares more about the competition and its history.

The IPO market is staring down its third straight difficult year. Startups that may try to break the drought might be motivated by a basic mantra: ‘They want to finally get it over with’. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights.