Faculty Impact Articles
It would be a huge understatement to say that people came to Pat Cleveland’s going away ceremony to acknowledge her accomplishments as associate dean of undergraduate studies at the Robert H. Smith School of Business.
The Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (JAPP), edited by two professors at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, launched a new conference series that will rotate among the London School of Economics (LSE), IE Business School and the Smith School. The first conference was held on May 25, 2012, at the London School of Economics, London, UK.
Rosie Ferrarro, assistant professor of marketing, received her PhD from Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
Students, faculty members, corporate partners, and alumni celebrated a year of accomplishments at the Accounting Teaching Scholars dinner and reception on Thursday, April 26.
Financial considerations and poor planning drive some surgery patients home too early, concludes a pair of logistical studies conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Debra L. Shapiro, the Clarice Smith Professor of Management and Organization at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, has been elected to serve a five-year term on the executive committee of the Academy of Management (AOM), effective August 2012.
Shapiro will serve from August 2015-2016 as academy president and the year afterward as immediate past president.
Facebook's recently disclosed price range for its initial public offering anticipated in mid-May indicates the company’s value as just under $100 billion. This development indicates the Internet giant now is well positioned to grow, said Gerard Hoberg, associate professor of finance for the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
With the rollout of the Obama Administration’s major U.S. healthcare reforms looming, the industry is scrambling to bring its business systems, IT and operational practices up to par with other industries and in line with huge innovations and advances in the medical field.
Thursday, April 26, 2012, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, April 29, 2012, 7:30 a.m.
Gas prices are rising with no end in sight, which would seem to indicate bad timing for a proposed gas tax hike in Maryland. Even with more pain at the pump, a tax increase could be the needed catalyst for Americans to shift to alternative energy sources.