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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.

Fisher School of Accounting Assistant Professor Bobby Carnes spoke with the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) about his research that finds that financial fraud plays a unique role in attracting students to the field of accounting and other business disciplines.

Investing in IPOs may sound exciting, but it’s often better to wait for newly public stocks to mature before buying. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights for this story.

David F. Miller Retail Center Executive Director and Clinical Professor Joel Davis comments on the possible economic reasons why Costco hasn’t opened a location in Gainesville.

They were supposed to be a revolution. They may get sued out of existence. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights into why SPACs fail so badly and if they will ever become popular again.