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SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- The way songwriters and performers get paid in the United States is a mess, shaped to a surprising degree by government regulation.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Feb. 16, 2015) — Women remain underrepresented in MBA programs across the United States, but the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is pledging to close the gap within five years.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- The newly announced Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center “is a welcome development,” but for businesses, the critical action and players are in supply chains, Ground Zero for cyber breaches, says
SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Valentine’s Day dinner reservations are tough for procrastinators, because unlike airline seats or concert tickets, you can’t simply pay more to get a prime spot on a busy night.
WHAT: 7th Annual Social Enterprise Symposium WHERE: Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland WHEN: February 27, 2015 | 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
We all are members of communities, citizens of nations and participants in a global economic and cultural conversation. As members of these complex and overlapping systems, how do we define our rights as individuals and our responsibilities to society? How we answer these questions is likely fundamental to our outlook on economic inequality and how it should be addressed today.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Websites like Epinions.com and apps like Yelp have made ours a glorious era for the amateur reviewer: Anyone can instantly broadcast his or her evaluation -- of books, restaurants, cars, fitness bands -- to the wider world.
In the largest CEO@Smith event to date, Wes Bush, CEO and president of Northrop Grumman, discussed developing critical technologies of the defense industry and developing great employees and leaders that make those technologies happen.
Competitions can offer startups funding, connections and many other benefits, so entrepreneurs should think about them as part of their fundraising strategy. But with so many out there, the challenge can be figuring out which ones to enter.
For the fifteenth year, the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted 45 MBA students from Australia for a two-week USA Business & Culture Tour in January 2015.