A Dozen Student Entrepreneurs Travel to China with Dingman Center
November 2008 |
In late October the Dingman
Center for Entrepreneurship held the finals in Beijing for their annual
China Business Plan Competition. This video shows what the Smith School students
and Dingman staff experienced on the trip.
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The Outlook for an Economy in Turmoil
November 2008 |
In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of
Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business,
Dr. Albert “Pete” Kyle
discusses the outlook for an economy in turmoil.
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Choosing a President: Leadership in Troubled Times
October 2008 |
In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of
Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business,
Dr. Joyce Russell
discusses the candidates’ leadership styles and talks about the similarities and
differences between a president and a CEO.
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Strategy in These Uncertain Times
October 2008 |
In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s
Robert H. Smith School of Business,
Hugh Courtney, associate dean of executive
programs and Professor of the Practice of Strategy, talks about the how to make
strategic decisions when faced with high uncertainty.
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Deals in the Current Economy
September 2008 |
In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of
Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business,
Alexander Triantis,
professor of finance, talks about government bailouts and shakeouts from the
credit crunch and the current economic climate for deals.
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Smith Community Gathers to Discuss Financial Storm
September 2008 |
More than 200 students, faculty and staff packed Frank Auditorium in the
school’s Van Munching Hall on Friday, Sept. 26 for a town-hall meeting to
discuss the market meltdown, the bailout plan and the fallout rocking the U.S.
economy.
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Articles: Smith
Community Gathers to Discuss Financial Storm;
Faculty Perspective: Regulation,
Deregulation, and the Market Meltdown |
Dean Anand:
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Video; Alex Triantis:
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Video; Gerald Suarez:
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Mark Taranto:
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Video; Haluk Ünal:
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Video; Ünal's Q&A:
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Job prospects and the future Q&A:
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Finding Funding for Your Startup
September 2008 |
In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up, Melissa
Carrier, director of venture investments and social entrepreneurship at
the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, talks about the
importance of access to funding for Washington-Baltimore region startup
companies.
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Dean Anand gives his first video address to the Smith community
September 2008 |
G. Anandalingam, the new Dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business,
talks about the coming semester including new initiatives and major events.
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State of the U.S. Economy
September 2008 |
| Three economists agree that the United States is in for a recession that
won’t pick up any time soon. Thanks to a spiraling housing decline, tightening
credit crisis, and financial turmoil, the U.S. economy can expect it will be a
long road to recovery. In this episode of Your Money & Business,
Professor Peter Morici
of the Robert H. Smith School of Business discusses the economy with University
of Maryland’s Ed Montgomery, dean of the College of Behavioral and Social
Sciences, and others. |
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Smith’s New Dean on Developing 21st Century Leaders
September 2008 |
| Business leaders must be ready to meet the varied and mutable challenges of
a global 21st century economy, and business school programs and research need to
prepare leaders to meet these challenges. In this edition of Smith
Business Close-Up, G.
“Anand” Anandalingam discusses his plans as new dean of the Smith
School and the importance of social entrepreneurship and sustainability in
business education. |
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Banking – What you need to know
August 2008 |
| How safe are your bank deposits, what does the FDIC insure and what can you
do if your bank fails? In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up,
Elinda Kiss, Tyser
Teaching Fellow of finance, talks about the banking industry and the continued
fallout from the mortgage crisis. |
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Going for Branding Gold
August 2008 |
| The Summer Olympic Games in Beijing have marketers of many multinational
companies tying their brands to the events that will capture the world’s
attention for most of August. But with the opportunities come some risks. In
this edition of Smith Business Close-Up,
Roland T. Rust weighs the
opportunities and rewards for companies making a branding push around the
Olympic games. |
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Are Electric Cars the Answer to High Gas Prices?
July 2008 |
| With no end in sight for rising gas prices, alternative-fuel vehicles seem
like the smart choice for savvy consumers and car makers. In this edition of
Smith Business Close-Up,
David A. Kirsch discusses the electric car’s century-old history,
its future, and lessons learned from the past that could add up to success this
time around. |
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Developing Top-Notch Leaders
June 2008 |
| Why is important for companies — large and small — to invest in employees
and develop them as leaders? In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up,
Paul Tesluk
explains why leadership development is a competitive advantage for companies and
for employees. |
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Human Resources: Waging the War for Talent
June 2008 |
| One of the biggest issues facing companies today is the war for top talent.
Companies around the world are competing for the best and brightest employees.
They have to work harder than ever before to recruit and retain the best, even
in a contracting economy. Joyce
Russell uncovers why the war for talent exists and how to win. |
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Competition Flies With Airlines
June 2008 |
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Here’s the paradox: the more aggressively a firm competes, the greater its
performance. But by competing so aggressively, it also forces its rivals to
compete more aggressively, thus improving their performance, too. At the same
time, if competition is too intense, it can be difficult for any firm to make
money. Case in point: the U.S. airline industry.
Curt Grimm talks about
how the brutal pace of competition, while it may have negative as well as
positive effects for individual firms, creates stronger and fitter industries as
a whole. He points to the airline industry as an example. |
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Navigating the Digital Landscape
May 2008 |
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New technology has made it easy to create digital versions of music, newspapers,
magazines, books, television shows and movies – but not without challenges, such
as how to make the content readily available to consumers while fairly
compensating the producers. This issue has been raised by striking Hollywood
writers, whose demands include a cut of the profits studios reap from digitized
content. P.K. Kannan
discusses the opportunities and challenges created by the increasing
digitization of content and how consumers, retailers and those that produce the
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What’s the Marketing Strategy Behind Political Advertising?
February 2008 |
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We’re well into the political primaries season and the races have political
advertisements out in force and promising only to intensify leading up to the
general election in November. Candidates, political parties and issue groups are
expected to spend a record $3 billion on ads to sway voters, according to
Campaign Media Analysis, which tracks politics and public affairs advertising.
Hank Boyd discusses
the marketing strategy behind political advertising, how voters should interpret
ads, and where to get accurate information on candidates.
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Strategies for Optimizing Feature Ad Design
January 2008 |
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Manufacturers and retailers invest billions in feature ads — so maximizing
their effectiveness is important for retailers. How can you best grab the
attention of the consumer in product promotion ads?
Jie Zhang discusses the
five key elements to think about when creating an advertisement.
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