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CORAL GABLES, Fla., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Companies located in more economically-troubled states provide a greater opportunity for investors than companies in other states according to new research by the University of Miami School of Business Administration. The study reveals that investors in states with high unemployment and a relatively depressed housing sector tend to sell more stocks during these tough economic times, and because people invest...

CORAL GABLES, Fla., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New research from the University of Miami School of Business Administration offers marketers a strategy for how best to structure free giveaways with products in order to maximize sales. (Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110906/DC62866LOGO) The study, just published in the Journal of Marketing, shows that when a product that triggers more emotion (called affect), such as makeup, is offered with a free gift,...

CORAL GABLES, Fla., Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The executive education program at the University of Miami School of Business Administration has been ranked as the No. 2 U.S. executive education program for Latin America by America Economia magazine. The just released 2012 rankings also place the school No. 15 internationally among all of the schools ranked. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110906/DC62866LOGO) "The University of Miami School of Business...

CORAL GABLES, Fla., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --In the wake of the 2012 U.S. presidential and congressional elections, the University of Miami School of Business Administration will bring together some of the nation's leading health care policy and industry leaders for a conference focused on the impact that the election results will have on health care reform and what it will mean for health care organizations and business in general. (Logo:...

CORAL GABLES, Fla., July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Purchasing an attractive product makes consumers feel good about themselves and opens the mind. That is the key finding of a new study on self-affirmation and product choice out of the University of Miami School of Business Administration. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110906/DC62866LOGO ) In the study, the results of which will be published in the August 2012 edition of the Journal of Consumer Research,...

CORAL GABLES, Fla., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The display of a social media icon such as a Facebook "Like" button or a Twitter symbol on a shopping website increases the likelihood that consumers will buy some products, and reduces the likelihood that they will buy others. That is a key finding of a study conducted by the University of Miami School of Business Administration, Empirica Research, and StyleCaster Media Group as part of the State of Style Report....

CORAL GABLES, Fla. and SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce (PRCC) and the University of Miami (UM) School of Business Administration today announced a partnership to co-host the Puerto Rico Health & Insurance Conference 2012 "Economic Transformation in Health." The conference, which will be held February 2, 2012 in San Juan, will provide business and government professionals a unique opportunity to hear from...

CORAL GABLES, Fla., Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and other firms in the health care industry pursue Latin America as a potentially lucrative market for their products and services, they face tough ethical, regulatory and compliance-related challenges. In an effort to help firms meet these challenges, the University of Miami School of Business Administration has developed an innovative training program designed exclusively...

CORAL GABLES, Fla., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CEOs with fewer than five years on the job are far more likely to be fired for poor performance than those who have served longer, according to a new study out of the University of Miami School of Business Administration. In fact, the study found, short-tenured CEOs are five to six times more likely to be fired than longer-tenured CEOs in the wake of poor firm performance. This likelihood is unaffected by the power a CEO wields...

Study from University of Miami School of Business finds looks count As firms begin the 2011 annual report process, which many do at this time of year, they may want to pay closer attention to the way those reports look. A recent study out of the University of Miami School of Business Administration found that investors, regardless of their experience, place a higher value on firms with attractive annual reports than they do on those that produce less attractive reports. The study found...