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January 3, 2012
Avoiding a Fall from Grace

Great leaders can be great role models, but another way to learn about leadership is through the mistakes of others. Some leaders who rise up the ranks start believing they are beyond reproach and that, for them, the rules don’t apply.

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January 2, 2012
Smith Faculty Winter Reading List

The annual Top 10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders – as recommended by Robert H. Smith School of Business faculty and staff - is several and months and a change-of-season away.

Perhaps something to whet reader appetites for the 2012 summer list, a few Smith leaders reflected on books they have recently read and recommend for winter reading.

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January 2, 2012
Smith School to Host Emergency Management Conference

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business will host “X-Treme Management: Managing in Times of Crisis,” Feb. 16-18, 2012.

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November 1, 2011
Courtney Lends Insight to EIU Report on Risk Management

Hugh Courtney, professor of the practice of strategy and vice dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business, is among a select group of experts worldwide who contributed to a recently released report on strategic risk management.

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September 1, 2011
Smith Undergrads Participate in Innovation Immersion Experience

The innovation immersion experience was part of the College Park Scholars Business, Society and Economy program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Established by Dr.

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August 25, 2011
UMD BUSINESS FACULTY AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS APPLE’S FUTURE WITHOUT STEVE JOBS AT THE HELM

MEDIA ALERT: August 25, 2011

UMD BUSINESS FACULTY AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS APPLE’S FUTURE WITHOUT STEVE JOBS AT THE HELM

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July 4, 2011
Professor Emeritus Ken G. Smith Receives National Educator Award from Academy of Management

The Academy of Management will honor Professor Emeritus Ken G. Smith with its Distinguished Educator Award in San Antonio next month. The Academy of Management, the oldest and largest scholarly management association in the world with nearly 20,000 members, selected Smith for his work developing doctoral students and junior faculty.

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May 2, 2011
Smith Business Close-Up: The Gender Wage Gap

In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Cristian Dezsö talks about the wage gap between men and women and how the children of CEO come into play. The gap between wages earned by men and women is still a pervasive worldwide phenomenon.

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April 7, 2011
Smith Business Close-Up: Management Strategy

Lead smarter. That’s the goal with strategic management, which can help managers detect the early indicators that strategy isn’t working.

In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Dr. Oliver Schlake talks about management strategy.

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March 14, 2011
Smith Business Close-Up: Preventing Employee Sabotage

Thursday, March 10, 2011, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 13, 2011, 7:30 a.m.

Preventing Employee Sabotage

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