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.
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Journals
Insights & Research
January 23, 2019
This Is the Car You’ll Wish You Bought at Tax Time
In the market for a new car in 2019? Hoping to buy a plug-in hybrid or full electric vehicle for the tax credit? They don't all qualify, warns Maryland Smith's Samuel Handwerger.
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This Is the Car You’ll Wish You Bought at Tax Time
November 15, 2018
Survive Holiday Travel, With Tips From the Experts
Maryland Smith faculty share their best travel hacks, from traveling early to the best ways to tolerate traffic, to make your holidays easier.
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Survive Holiday Travel, With Tips From the Experts
November 14, 2018
Two Things You Should Do This Year To Save Money on Taxes
It’s probably never too soon to start thinking about tax season. Particularly this year, says Maryland Smith’s Samuel Handwerger.
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Two Things You Should Do This Year To Save Money on Taxes
July 31, 2018
How a 4-Day Workweek Story Went Viral
A recent four-day workweek trial program at a small New Zealand company drew a disproportionately large amount of outside interest. This is why.
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How a 4-Day Workweek Story Went Viral
July 24, 2018
How Better Benefits Affect the Bottom Line
“You need to be above the market, because the moment everyone has the same thing, employees think they can always go out and look for another job," the researchers explain.
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How Better Benefits Affect the Bottom Line
July 23, 2018
Capital Gains Tax: Are We Doing It Wrong?
Maybe there's something fundamentally flawed about the way the IRS calculates capital gains. The Smith School's Samuel Handwerger discusses the merits of indexing.
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Capital Gains Tax: Are We Doing It Wrong?
June 21, 2018
What To Know About the Supreme Court's Sales Tax Decision
In a rare move this week, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its own ruling, with a 5-4 decision that allows states to collect sales tax from out-of-state retailers who sell to their in-state residents.
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What To Know About the Supreme Court's Sales Tax Decision
June 11, 2018
An Upside To Having Busy Board Members
"Multiple directorships may enhance firm performance through board connections, but may also hinder firm performance through time constraints," the authors write.
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An Upside To Having Busy Board Members
May 11, 2018
Beware of CFOs with Large Signatures
There's more to signature size than meets the eye. As it turns out, chief financial officers with large signatures are more willing to exploit others and bend the truth in their favor.
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Beware of CFOs with Large Signatures
April 16, 2018
Business Gets Personal For CFOs
New research suggests that CFOs have a significant influence on firms’ disclosure decisions and respond to personal litigation risk over and above corporate litigation risk.
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Business Gets Personal For CFOs