Faculty Impact Articles

March 25, 2016
Risks and Strategies for Banks in 2016

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — In a recent ABA Banking

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March 24, 2016
The Disruption of Higher Education

Are today's colleges going the way of Blockbuster after the rise of Netflix and streaming video? Things might not be quite so dire. But university leaders need to act quickly to take advantage of emerging technologies.

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March 23, 2016
Is Twitter Playing Accounting Games?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Twitter has a brain-drain problem, which it's fighting it by issuing stock and stock options to employees it wants to retain. Such payments come on top of the stock those employees already own, which has underperformed expectations.  

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March 22, 2016
How to Pursue Successful Digital Strategies

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Conventional wisdom in strategy holds that companies need to choose between cost-cutting or revenue growth.

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March 17, 2016
Smith School Formula Helps Computer Triumph in 'Go'

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — A computer created by Google engineers knocked off one of the world's greatest human players of the Chinese game Go this week — a landmark in the development of

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March 16, 2016
The Stock Market Causes Herd Behavior — Among Managers

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Does the stock market encourage corporate conformity? Yes, according to new research from the Robert H.

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March 16, 2016
Finding Business Partners, Not Rivals

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Some people think business is all about crushing the competition. But Anil K. Gupta, the Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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March 10, 2016
You Say 'Employee,' They Say 'Contractor'

In some places, they're called 1099'ers, after the tax form on which their income is reported: People who do work for a corporation but are classified as independent contractors.

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March 10, 2016
Brazil’s Economy

Brazil’s economy is undergoing the worst recession since 1901, just as the country gears up for this summer’s Rio Olympics. The games face deep cuts, and now the mosquito-born Zika virus creates another threat.

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March 9, 2016
Three Ways to Bounce Back from a Rejection Letter

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