SMITH BUSINESS Magazine
Volume 13 No. 2 FALL 2012

Smith In the News

“This time, we have a better understanding of China's corporate culture, which is helping us set clear expectations for the participants in our executive education programs.”

- Dean G. “Anand” Anandalingam, referring to Smith’s spring 2012 EMBA in China relaunch as part of a “Global Strategies” cover story he wrote for the May/June 2012 issue of BizEd magazine.

“What I think is going on is you have a lot of bullishness from retail investors, people who use Facebook, and there’s a lot of those investors creating a lot of buying pressure… but professionals who were looking at the numbers behind Facebook had a lot more doubts, and that is cooling the issue quite a bit.”

- Associate Professor of Finance Gerard Hoberg from May 18-published comments to Agence France-Presse on the disappointing investor response to Facebook’s IPO.

"Unfortunately, the Europeans are confusing symbols with practicality. The euro is a symbol of a united Europe -- but it's a symbol of a united Europe that really doesn't exist.”

– Professor of International Business Peter Morici on Westwood One Radio’s The Osgood File on June 16 describing, in part, why the euro hinders economic recovery in Greece and Spain.

“One can argue that it is in OPEC’s interest to keep the price of gasoline below $5 a gallon. The technology is available, increased demand for the technology would make it more accessible. One would expect OPEC to act accordingly.”

- Assistant Professor of Management Rafael Corredoira from “More domestic production won't lower gas prices,” April 19.

“Much is made about the role information technology can play in reducing costs and improving quality. How about using some of these tools to alleviate the waiting game and help patients feel more in control of their time?”

- Professor & Robert H. Smith Dean's Chair of Information Systems Ritu Agarwal from “The High Cost Waiting,” May 31

Both Op-Eds, published nationally, originated in the Baltimore Sun

“I would not feel as confident of the banks going forward under the stress test scenario the Fed has put forward.”

- Charles E. Smith Chair Professor of Finance Albert “Pete” Kyle on March 14’s NPR Morning Edition, asserting the Federal Reserve understated potential losses U.S. banks could incur in reporting results of its “recession stress test.”

“If we researched every single purchase, we wouldn’t have time to make any purchases.”

- Professor of Marketing and PhD Program Director Amna Kirmani in a May 15 New York Times report “Making Choices in the Age of Information Overload.”

By Gregory Muraski

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