Faculty Impact Articles

September 1, 2016
Smith Welcomes New Faculty Members

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is happy to welcome six new full-time faculty members for the 2016-2017 academic year. New faculty joined the Smith School in August in following areas:

Decision, Operations and Information Technologies

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August 31, 2016
Buffett’s Wealth and the Role of Luck

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett’s 86th birthday on Tuesday prompted a CNBC writer to explore Buffett’s interpretation of luck as a success factor i

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August 31, 2016
Counterintuitive Ways to Close the Gender Pay Gap

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — On Women’s Equality Day last week at the White House, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, General Motors and other big U.S.

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August 31, 2016
Four Ways Innovation Has Changed

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Borrowing a newspaper from a neighbor might have been the extent of social m

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August 25, 2016
How Underdogs Can Win in the Service Industry … and Politics

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Selling your house and needing help?

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August 24, 2016
New ‘Flash Boys’ Exchange Is No Disruptor

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — The 2014 book “Flash Boys” resonated with investors fed up with a market “rigged” in favor of high-frequency traders who use sophisticated software and algorithms to trade in and out of stocks in milliseconds. Now, t

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August 23, 2016
Audio: Assessing the Latest Drug Pricing Scandal

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Executives at pharmaceutical company Mylan have come under attack for giving themselves raises while boosting the price of a lifesaving injection device by more th

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August 18, 2016
Why the NFL is Tapping into Twitter

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Twitter will stream 10 Thursday Night Football games this NFL season, creating "a top media story to watch," a panel of sports and media executives

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August 18, 2016
Welcome to the 'People's Code' of the United States

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — A recent White House memorandum to heads of federal departments and agencies outlining a policy toward “ensuring Government-wide reuse rights for custom

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August 17, 2016
IRS Puts ‘Jaundiced Eye’ on MBAs

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — A recent tax court overruling of the Internal Revenue Service marks “a big win for all MBA students” — according to a Wall Street Journal source in a

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