News

November 30, 2015
For U.S. Companies, China Poses New Challenges (and Opportunities)

With double-digit annual GDP growth and the world's largest population, China until recently looked like the long-term answer for U.S. companies seeking never-ending growth.

Read News Story : For U.S. Companies, China Poses New Challenges (and Opportunities)
November 30, 2015
Panel Provides Tips on Being a “Business Athlete”

The Center for Leadership, Innovation, and Change (CLIC), in partnership with Smith School Associate Dean Joyce Russell, co-sponsored a panel, “Business Athletes” for the Smith School Business Summit in Baltimore on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015.

Read News Story : Panel Provides Tips on Being a “Business Athlete”
November 24, 2015
Smith School Partners with Office of Financial Research on Research Challenge

​The Robert H. Smith School of Business is partnering with the Office of Financial Research on a  challenge for research teams to link four disparate financial datasets.

Read News Story : Smith School Partners with Office of Financial Research on Research Challenge
November 23, 2015
Smith Hosts Future Women in Business Conference

Smith student Philip Peker ’18 writes about the annual Future Women in Business Conference at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.  On Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, local high school women visited Smith to learn about careers in business.

Read News Story : Smith Hosts Future Women in Business Conference
November 20, 2015
Millennials Associate Public Service with 'Stagnant Institutions'

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- The proportion of federal employees under age 30 has shrunk from 9.1 percent in 2010 to 6.6 percent in 2014.

Read News Story : Millennials Associate Public Service with 'Stagnant Institutions'
November 20, 2015
Backlash Against Eye-Popping Drug Prices

Martin Shkreli became the Internet villain of the fall (some publications used much harsher language) when his company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, acquired the rights to Daraprim, which treats a condition called toxoplasmosis — and promptly raised the per-pil

Read News Story : Backlash Against Eye-Popping Drug Prices
November 20, 2015
Smith School Holiday Video Auditions
BE PART OF THE SMITH SCHOOL HOLIDAY VIDEO!

Students, faculty and staff at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business: You’re invited to be part of our annual Smith School Holiday Video! This year’s video will showcase the “Making of the Holiday Video” – a behind-the-scenes look at how we would make a holiday video.

Read News Story : Smith School Holiday Video Auditions
November 20, 2015
Secrets of a Serial Entrepreneur: Jason Cohen '96
Secrets of a Serial Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs beat long odds when they launch a company, scale it up and sell it to investors. Jason Cohen ’96 has done it five times in 15 years.

Read News Story : Secrets of a Serial Entrepreneur: Jason Cohen '96
November 20, 2015
The Retail Blues

Here's good news if you're looking for discounts, bad news if you're in the retail industry: Third quarter 2015 was brutal for much of the retail sector.

Read News Story : The Retail Blues
November 19, 2015
Smith PhD Student’s Dissertation Draws Prestigious INFORMS Honor

The INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) has named marketing PhD student Seoungwoo Lee of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business as a winner in its ISMS Doctoral Dissertation Competition for 2015.

Read News Story : Smith PhD Student’s Dissertation Draws Prestigious INFORMS Honor
Back to Top