On Monday, April 20, 2020, the Center for Global Business (CGB) hosted its second Annual Forum, a signature spring event that brings together distinguished voices from the academic, policy, diplomatic, and business communities on issues that impact international business. The center welcomed four experts to offer insights on the topic of Global Trade and the Coming Climate Disruption.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – The coronavirus pandemic is having an impact across industries, sectors and cultures, and prompting people around the world to pose questions and seek answers.
With campuses shifting to online-only classes to curb the spread of the coronavirus, and companies asking employees to work from home, lots of people are adjusting to a new work situation. For some people, the work-remote setup is ideal; for others, far from it.
As an MBA student, I can relate. With all my trusted routines out the window, I spent the first few days of the new online-learning era simply adjusting.
Here’s how I learned to maintain a high level of productivity, in an era of online learning.
Designate a workspace(s)
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – The sharp economic downturn accompanying the coronavirus pandemic has organizations wondering how they can make tough-but-fair decisions that won’t lead, long term, to a mass exodus of talent. Maryland Smith’s Debra Shapiro, citing her recent research, offers answers.
This webinar will discuss the global implications of the COVID-19 economic impact on developing and low-income countries, with Africa as an anchor.
The University of Maryland has moved to online learning through the rest of the semester in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. With most students and faculty at home hunkered down with their families, many are thinking of ways to give back to their communities during these difficult times.
In 2017, Rahul Vinod ’11 and Sahil Rahman ’12 opened the doors to their first restaurant, RASA – a fine, casual Indian restaurant in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, DC. They not only wanted to run a successful restaurant, but they also wanted to be proud of their business and its involvement in the community. Helping the community is exactly what RASA is doing now during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How can businesses transform their online presence to stay connected with global markets?
That question took center stage as the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business Center for Global Business hosted a webinar for the greater Maryland Smith community.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Even as companies have adopted social distancing measures and work-from-home policies to deter the continuing spread of the coronavirus, many are continuing to hire. They’ve simply pivoted away from in-person interviews in favor of virtual ones, enabled by videoconferencing tools like Zoom, GoToMeeting and Cisco’s Webex.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – For the U.S. economy, these are dark days. The social distancing measures aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus have people and businesses closing their doors. Uncertainties about the future of the economy are high, and so are worries.
