Faculty Impact Articles

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — How well could your organization handle a surprise vacancy in the C-suite? Perhaps not well at all.

Editor’s Note: Liz Sara, chair of the Board of Advisors for the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, is looking ahead to 2017.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Professor Gary Cohen at the University of Maryland's Robert H.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Why do we want the things we can't have? In the toy market, especially in the holiday season, it's sometimes because demand just takes off like a flying reindeer, surprising Santa, and toy makers and everyone in between. We're referring, of course, to the Hatchimal, the small, furry, mo

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — President-elect Donald Trump’s tough talk on trade and outsourcing might never fully translate to policy, but it might help accelerate a shift tha

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Is it better to monitor your investments constantly or to ignore the market's twists and turns and leave your money to grow? Contrary to conventional advice, it might pay off to keep closer watch of your investments and to actively manage them, says Alberto Rossi, finance professor at the Un

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Last week, Domino's Pizza delivered a

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — A former energy industry executive at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — What is it like when 86 percent of the banknotes in circulation in a country are rendered worthless overnight?&

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Online communities are helping patients find and share information and connect with each other at unprecedented levels