Business research and innovation centers
Pioneering tomorrow’s business practices
A look back over the decades not only shows you how far business practices have come — it also makes you aware of everything we have yet to discover.
Behind these advancements, researchers spend years gathering and analyzing data to get to the root of patterns, address seemingly inexplicable inefficiencies or devise a system that surpasses existing capabilities. Eventually, these novel developments become the new default.
Whether you’re a student or a partnering company, you’ll see this process ripple across the University of Florida Warrington College of Business’ research centers. Our faculty-researchers’ studies sway prominent professionals, generate policies that stimulate economic activity and revise widely accepted theories.
Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Center
Strategies, decisions, results: Data has overhauled them all, allowing employees to deliver greater depth and more accurate insights. As organizations increasingly adopt these tools, Warrington’s researchers investigate potential biases, establish guidelines for responsible usage and inform our students’ introduction to their applications.
Elizabeth B. & William F. Poe, Sr. Business Ethics Center
Organizations have a duty of responsibility to their workers and communities — whether by following through on contracts or monitoring their environmental footprint. Our research into this relationship shapes how companies structure their operations and instructs our students in profitable yet ethical business practices.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center
Ideas can grow into a product, a business plan and a source of income. Through courses, incubation spaces, networking, and competitions, this center promotes entrepreneurship as a practice and connects University of Florida students with the resources, experiences and funding to pursue their own endeavors.
FinTech Research Center
Why stop at the bank when you can pay with a digital wallet, deposit a check through your phone or open an app to check stock performance? Warrington’s newest research center studies these disruptive technologies to guide policy development, better understand consumer patterns, and fuel the field’s rapid growth — including in Florida’s fintech and startup sectors.
Human Resource Research Center
Hiring demands fluctuate. Employee expectations change. New technologies streamline onboarding and upskilling. Examining these trends, Warrington’s Human Resource Research Center collaborates with partnering employers to design better recruitment strategies, training programs and compensation packages.
International Accounting and Auditing Center
Numbers might be absolute, but accounting and auditing practices evolve in response to revised regulations and emerging technologies. This center, overseen by the Fisher School of Accounting, assesses the effects of policies, tools and practices on the profession while cultivating partnerships with international organizations.
International Business Center
Client relationships, customers, and supply chains extend across borders, time zones, and cultural practices. Through this center’s initiatives, Warrington graduate students develop the global acumen to secure these opportunities, and local businesses learn to compete in this environment.
Public Utility Research Center
From keeping the lights on to efficient, environmentally friendly production, utilities determine a community’s livelihood at individual, household and commercial levels. Through research and training programs, PURC equips private and regulatory agencies to design the infrastructure of the future, orchestrate disaster recovery efforts, and create policies that extend access, improve service quality, and enhance economic development.
Kelley A. Bergstrom Real Estate Center
Warrington resides within one of the world’s most dynamic real estate markets. This up-close perspective allows our researchers to gather detailed, prescient insights on mortgages, commercial building, insurance, and investments, which we then disseminate through Due Diligence, our seasonal publication, and annual conferences.
David F. Miller Retail Center
How do companies select and manage inventory? How do presentation and price affect purchasing patterns? We explore these overarching trends while enlightening the Warrington community about the retail field’s workings — including career paths and how to qualify for these roles.
Supply Chain Management Center
This collaborative forum invites information systems and operations management students, faculty, and industry professionals to devise leaner, technology-driven, and more adaptable supply chains. Research, talks, and projects propose strategies for more sustainable operations, data and AI integration, sourcing concerns, and competitive product development.
Our innovation equals your success
Stuck on strategy? Seeing growth stall? Harness Warrington’s capabilities to power your organization’s next (and future) stages.