Research
Our faculty members are attuned to a marketplace that values innovation, entrepreneurialism, analytical thinking and hard work. Their teaching and research equip our students with the wisdom of business scholarship rooted in the experiential lessons of the marketplace.
Find out more about the latest research by browsing current working papers online at Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN).
Journals
Insights & Research
May 25, 2022
Summer Reading List 2022
Check out the 19th annual Summer Reading List for Business Leaders, with recommendations from faculty members at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. This year’s list includes new and older books on the Fed, problem-solving, entrepreneurism, memory, vaccines, and human…
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Summer Reading List 2022
March 29, 2022
Insuring Against Cyber Breaches
The cost of a data breach can be a crippling expense for companies and a looming threat. The world record for the largest payout for a ransomware demand, made by an insurance company this year, now stands at $40 million. That’s why it’s so important for companies to figure out how much they should…
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Insuring Against Cyber Breaches
March 29, 2022
A Tax-Day Lowdown from Smith’s Sam Handwerger
After two years of COVID-caused disruption, tax season this year ends after the traditional, April 15 statutory date – but with more extensions for some people, and they are not COVID-related.
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A Tax-Day Lowdown from Smith’s Sam Handwerger
February 15, 2022
With a Legal Expert in Leadership, Firms Are Less Likely to Overstate Earnings
Firms are more likely to face accounting-related lawsuits for overstating their earnings or assets than for understating them because it’s easier to demonstrate investor harm with overstatements. So erring on the conservative side can reduce a firm’s legal costs.
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With a Legal Expert in Leadership, Firms Are Less Likely to Overstate Earnings
November 18, 2021
For Maryland Taxpayers, a Tough Ruling
“All income is taxable unless the tax code says it’s not; all expenses are not deductible from that income unless the tax code says they can be deducted.”
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For Maryland Taxpayers, a Tough Ruling
August 10, 2021
How To Have a Better Tax Year
What can a taxpayer do now to prepare for the tax year ahead? Maryland Smith’s Samuel Handwerger recently shared some advice.
May 26, 2021
Summer Reading List 2021
Maryland Smith’s 18th Annual Recommended Reading for Business Leaders
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Summer Reading List 2021
April 27, 2021
In Accounting Research, a Move Toward the Inductive?
Data analytics and machine learning are transforming the world of accounting research.
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In Accounting Research, a Move Toward the Inductive?
April 19, 2021
Why the Berry Tax Case Is So Interesting
Or: how to deduct the sportscar of your dreams.
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Why the Berry Tax Case Is So Interesting
March 23, 2021
The Cost of Being Transparent
New research shows that information public companies reveal in SEC disclosures cuts down their competitive advantage faster.
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The Cost of Being Transparent