Faculty Impact Articles

College Park, Md. – March 1, 2010 – New research from the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

It’s Hollywood awards season. With the glow just wearing off from the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards quickly approaching, the year’s top films are vying for top honors. Aside from how well they do in the awards, how well films do at the box office depends in part on what parental guidance rating they carry.

Nonprofit organizations share a common goal of making a difference in the world, but many could more successfully meet that goal – a “mission impact” – by applying leading edge business strategies to improve operations.

MEDIA ALERT: February 3, 2010 Attention: automotive, technology, and green living reporters/editors

ELECTRIC CAR HISTORIAN, BUSINESS PROFESSOR AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT  ON CHEVY VOLT, AUTO INDUSTRY

Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, 7:30 p.m.    Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, 7:30 a.m.    Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, 4:30 a.m.

Mission Impact

In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Roland Rust talks about his new research that can forecast consumer spending better than other econometric models currently used.

Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, 7:30 p.m.    Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, 7:30 a.m.    Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, 4:30 a.m. 

ForecastingConsumer Spending

In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Clifford Rossi, managing director of the Center for Financial Policy, shares his prognosis for the banking industry and the economy as a whole for 2010.

Making your list and checking it twice could help you avoid picking up the extra unplanned purchases this year and curb your spending while shopping.

Washington, D.C. and Baltimore were both recently named among the top 10 best cities to launch a business (No. 6 and No. 10, respectively) by Fortune Small Business magazine and the Kauffman Foundation.