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 Science Research Network (SSRN).
February 21, 2019
Stop Investing in What You Know
Be careful about investing in something that seems exciting because you use it, entrepreneurship professors Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch write in their new book.
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Stop Investing in What You Know
February 11, 2019
A Key To More Innovation
Maryland Smith’s Brent Goldfarb shows that federal funding affects both the rate and direction of inventive activity, partly by investing in areas that private corporations eschew.
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A Key To More Innovation
February 6, 2019
Why Income Inequality Is the Wrong Question
Alternative perspective shifts the focus from wealth distribution to wealth creation and upward mobility for the masses.
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Why Income Inequality Is the Wrong Question
January 30, 2019
Welcome to Globalization 4.0
Welcome to the new era of Globalization 4.0. Should you be encouraged, or worried? Maryland Smith’s Anil K. Gupta shares his insights.
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Welcome to Globalization 4.0
January 29, 2019
Is This Job Too Good To Be True?
Often the standout job description will include signals that suggest you should steer clear – or at least temper your excitement while you do some digging.
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Is This Job Too Good To Be True?
January 18, 2019
Schedule Your (Mini)Vacations Now
Does the start of the year have you dreaming of your next vacation? There’s no time like January to plan out your vacation strategy for the year.
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Schedule Your (Mini)Vacations Now
January 18, 2019
Feeling Unmotivated? Try Interval Working
Finding it hard to get started on some of those nagging items on your to-do list? Maryland Smith’s Nicole M. Coomber suggests you try “interval working.”
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Feeling Unmotivated? Try Interval Working
January 17, 2019
Can the Avengers Save the Oscars?
Perhaps a band of superheroes is exactly what the Academy Awards ceremony needs. Left without a host, Hollywood’s biggest and most glamorous event might go on without one, instead featuring a whole cast of stars from Marvel’s Avengers franchise.
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Can the Avengers Save the Oscars?
January 16, 2019
How Brexit Failed
Brexit is dead. It just doesn’t know it yet. Maryland Smith's Anil Gupta explains what happens next.
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How Brexit Failed
January 3, 2019
Job Interview? Avoid Raising These Red Flags
Planning to look for a new job in 2019? When you get to the interview stage, avoid raising the five most common red flags, Maryland Smith’s Patricia Reich says.
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Job Interview? Avoid Raising These Red Flags