College of Business Administration
Undergraduate business degrees, MBA and executive education at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL
Widespread collective entrepreneurial optimism in the United States is highly predictive of the number of new venture startups and small business growth, according to a University of Oklahoma study that included UCF College of Business professor Aaron F. McKenny. McKenny teamed up with University of Oklahoma professors Jeremy C. Short and Aaron H. Anglin to …
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Amit Joshi, Ph.D. Amit Joshi, Ph.D. was interviewed by Fox 35/my65’s John Brown on various topics, including social media and movies to the stock price impact on marketing.
To promote thought leadership in the UCF College of Business Administration (#UCFBusiness), Dean Paul Jarley hosts a monthly luncheon, gathering faculty from various departments to discuss events in the college. February’s guest speaker was Bill Steiger, coordinator of the Professional Selling Program. The Professional Selling Program is a selective degree track within the Department of …
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Sean Snaith, Ph.D. “The government has said that the U.S. economy, as measured by the gross domestic product, or GDP, grew at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in 2014, up from 2.2 percent in 2013. In the first quarter 2015 Bankrate Economic Indicator survey of leading economists, we asked: At what rate do …
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Benjamin Rockmore, Ph.D. 9 Investigates discovered Sanford police officers competing for a promotion won’t be evaluated by their boss. The city is spending thousands of dollars to hire an outside firm to decide who will become sergeant or lieutenant. “We put everyone on the same playing field. If you study for the test, if …
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Jim Gilkeson, Ph.D., CFA Join host Diane Trees as she explores the legal and economic ways in which same-sex couples benefit from marriage. Her guests are Michael Sampson, a prominent family law attorney, and Dr. James Gilkeson, a professor and economist.
Richard Lapchick, Ph.D. 2014 has been a year of intense discussion about race in America. The shootings of unarmed African-Americans by police and the subsequent grand jury decisions in the cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner on Staten Island, New York, have set off a series of debates about the …
Amit Joshi, Ph.D. In the high-stakes battle between advertisers at this year’s Super Bowl, top corporate brands such as Budweiser, Doritos and Pepsi are once again spending record amounts for precious time during Sunday’s big game. But some researchers and advertising veterans say a more low-key guerrilla marketing campaign might be a better option …
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