Covid 19

How to create a strategy that maximizes flexibility and captures opportunities no matter what the future brings? Strategic plans are always about the future. Therefore, you can’t build a great strategy without a better understanding of the immediate and distant future of your industry, your competitors, your customers and the world at large. This webinar shows you how to find opportunities locally and globally by discovering early warning signals and capitalizing on trends before your competitors do.

Remote Work & Emotional Intelligence: Tackling Difficult Conversations 

Nicole M. Coomber, Associate Clinical Professor, Management and Organization

The University of Maryland will virtually host a world-class panel of experts who will discuss the anticipated increase of white-collar crime and financial fraud surrounding the likely fallout from the aftermath of COVID-19.

Panelists include:

Bruce G. Dubinsky, MST CPA CVA CFE MAFF CFF CAMS 
Managing Director, Duff & Phelps

Sally S. Simpson, PhD
Distinguished Professor and Director of C-BERC, University of Maryland, College Park

Bridget Rohde, Esquire

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen some inspired corporate responses, such as Unilever donating €100 million of food and sanitizer, and guaranteeing the jobs of all 150,000 workers including contractors. But what if you’re a small business without millions to donate? Or in an unrelated industry without relevant products to give? This talk will discuss what it means to be a responsible business, for companies of all sizes and in all industries.

Join the Maryland Smith community on July 23, 2020, at 2 p.m. EST, for a discussion on how society and the business landscape may change as a result of COVID-19. The discussion will include experts in the areas of organizational behavior and understanding customer needs, including aligning solutions with the customer's new normal. Advice to help businesses grow in this new environment will also be shared during the discussion.

Global Trade During COVID 19: WTO Response

Join Kislaya Prasad, academic director of the Center for Global Business as he hosts Emmanuelle Ganne of the World Trade Organization to discuss the "Global Trade During COVID 19: WTO Response." Topics to be discussed include how global trade has been impacted by the pandemic, WTO's responses worldwide, tools it has to support the economic recovery, and how countries are thinking about the future of trade, through the lens of an expert from the WTO. 

About the Speaker

This webinar will discuss the global implications of the COVID-19 economic impact on developing and low-income countries, with Africa as an anchor.

Minimizing the Impact of a Pandemic: Smart Operations Management

G. “Anand” Anandalingam, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Science

The Center for Global Business and the MAPIT Alliance invite you and your company to join us for a webinar to learn about current trends related to incoming and outgoing cargo, current shipping challenges and opportunities, and information on resources available for Maryland companies. 

Join Rebecca Bellinger, executive director of the Center for Global Business, and experts from John S. Connor, Ellicott Dredges, the Maryland Department of Transportation Port Administration, and others as they discuss shipping products and other logistical concerns during the pandemic.