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In the five years since Stefanie Robinson (BSBA ’03), Katie Kelting (BSBA ’03, MS ’06) and Peter S. Sealey, PhD Professor of Marketing Richard Lutz published research on charitable giving at store checkout counters, the practice has proliferated. More than half of Americans donate while shopping, according to one recent study.

IPO research data from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter provides insight into why the IPO market remains well below its peak.

The auditing profession is at a tipping point, and Robert Knechel, Frederick E. Fisher Eminent Scholar and Director, International Accounting and Auditing Center, is a leading expert to discuss it. In the latest episode of Veritas Investment Research’s podcast, Knechel discusses the auditing profession’s undergoing transition worldwide, audit failures, fraud and specific, important questions auditors need to ask themselves before an audit.

IPO data from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter gives insight into Boeing’s “Wall Street Problem,” characterized by Jack Welch-style management and a focus on so-called shareholder value.

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter‘s IPO research provides insight into why investors can’t seem to get enough of technology stocks, demand which has propelled the Nasdaq up by 23% so far in 2024.

The Biden Administration may have been heavy handed in its attempts to initiate AI regulation, but Republicans don’t seem to have a better strategy, as Public Utility Research Center Director and Gunter Professor Mark Jamison points out in his recent blog post, “A Vision for Tech Policy is Missing from GOP Economic Plans.” To find out how the US should be walking the fine line between overregulation and recklessness in the face of this powerful new technology, AEI’s James Pethokoukis asked Jamison a few quick questions.

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group have plunged since the company began trading in March, driven by a combination of operational challenges, legal woes and competition in the social media landscape. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter likened the company’s performance on the financial markets to that of “meme stocks,” such as AMC and GameStop, which took the internet by storm in 2021 after investors on social media platforms, in particular Reddit, orchestrated buying sprees.

A single act of rudeness at work can do a lot more harm than managers might realize, according to University of Florida research. Not only can a supervisor’s or peer’s insensitive or disrespectful behavior hurt the work performance of a targeted person, rudeness can even affect coworkers who witness it, explained W.A. McGriff, III Professor Amir Erez of the Warrington College of Business. That’s because rudeness can be a significant distraction.

Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group has gone ice-cold. The conservative social media company has lost roughly half its market value since May 30, and Trump Media’s volatile share price (DJT) tumbled another 5% on Friday, leaving it down by a staggering 50% in the span of just three weeks. Despite the tumbling share price, some experts like Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter are warning Trump Media remains vulnerable to further losses.

The IPO window has “slammed shut.” Wait, now it’s open “at least a crack.” Hang on, some say the “IPO window is always open for good companies.”

When it comes to measuring how heartily investors will welcome initial public offerings, bankers, analysts and reporters can’t resist citing the metaphorical “window” that opens and closes.