 Research
has always been an important part of the Smith School’s
mission, and we are achieving global recognition for the
quality of our thought leadership. In the 2007 Financial
Times MBA rankings, the Smith School was ranked #5 in
research production in the world, based on the number of
faculty research articles published in world’s top academic
journals.
“This is a clear testament to the Smith School’s place
among a handful of schools worldwide that are truly leading
management education, practice and research,” says Dean
Howard Frank. “Our faculty sit at the forefront of the
reinvention of traditional business models to create
knowledge for today’s global, digital economy.”
Smith faculty are not creating this knowledge in a
vacuum, however. They are active in the business world as
well as the research world, generating ideas and techniques
that are being adapted by Fortune 500 companies and
reshaping business practices worldwide. (See
the article about P.K. Kannan’s recent research in
partnership with Black & Decker for a great example of the
way Smith research is changing the way people do business).
Alumni can reap the benefits of the Smith School’s
research prowess in a number of ways:
- Subscribe to “Leading the Digital Economy” for
quarterly updates on recent research findings. Subscribe
at
www.rhsmith.umd.edu/newsletter/leading.
- Work directly with faculty and students on your
company’s real-time business challenges through Smith
Advisory and Collaborative Services (SACS). Learn more
at
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/sacs.
- Develop your company’s talent through a custom
executive education program.
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