Faculty Impact Articles
The summer humidity hangs over Washington – along with another hot and sticky issue: What to do about the federal budget and the looming legally limited ceiling on how much money our nation can borrow. With a fast-approaching Aug. 2 deadline, lawmakers have spent months squabbling about the problem, which could have big impacts on the global economy.
The U.S. debt is ticking away past $14 trillion and threatens to hit the current federally imposed limit on how much we borrow to keep our economy afloat. What are the impacts if this limit is not raised in time as lawmakers squabble of the details of how to manage the country’s debt crisis?
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.
MEDIA ALERT: May 3, 2011
Business Lessons Could Hold Clues to How Bin Laden’s Death Will Impact Al Qaeda, Economy
UMD’s Smith School of Business Experts Offer Insights
The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business held first Marketing Academic Research Colloquium (MARC) on May 6, 2011. Speakers and attendees included faculty and graduate students from the Smith School, the Smeal College of Business at the Pennsylvania State University, the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, and the Joseph M.
When the largest earthquake to ever strike Japan rocked the country on March 11, it triggered a devastating tsunami leaving a wake of destruction and disaster at a nuclear power plant. It also shut down production for many major global manufacturers in Japan— in particular, those related to the auto and hi-tech industries.
The Smith School's Center for Social Value Creation (CSVC) was chosen to receive the University of Maryland's Center for Teaching Excellence 2010-11 Departmental Award for Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching.
Conglomerate holding company Berkshire Hathaway is one of the world’s most respected companies, run by legendary investor Warren Buffett.
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.
Predicting—and Preventing—Turnover Research by Gilad Chen Changes in job satisfaction are a good predictor of an employee’s turnover intentions.