Faculty Impact Articles

February 5, 2016
Sugarcoating Layoffs Doesn't Work

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February 4, 2016
Top 10 Winning Ad Themes from 50 Super Bowls

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — A feminine care brand sponsoring a

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February 4, 2016
Why U.S. Should Reject ChemChina-Syngenta Deal

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- ChemChina’s $43 billion bid to take over Swiss seed and pesticide maker Syngenta and similar deals "should be rejected" until “China genuinely opens itself to for

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February 1, 2016
Why Is Apple Sitting on $187 Billion?

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January 28, 2016
Nominate Smith Professors for Teaching Awards

We invite all faculty, program directors, deans, department chairs, alumni, and students to nominate deserving faculty members at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business for the Allen J.

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January 28, 2016
Spotting Free-Agent Bargains in Baseball

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — By using advanced baseball statistics, it's possible to predict the mo

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January 21, 2016
The Gold Standard: Touted by Some Presidential Candidates, Disliked by Economists

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Several Republican presidential candidates have endorsed — or said they'd consider — putting America back on the gold standard. Sen.

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January 21, 2016
Stock Slide Does Not Presage Crisis

By Elinda F. Kiss

Although the stock market has already fallen 9 percent in the new year (primarily as a reaction to concerns about China and cheaper oil), we are not headed for another financial crisis that could lead to full-blown economic meltdown, as in 2008. 

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January 20, 2016
High Corporate Taxes Incentivize Corporate Debt

Multinational American companies with significant operations in countries with low corporate taxes take on less debt than companies that face higher taxes, according to a new study from the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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January 14, 2016
A 'New' Player in the Smartphone Wars

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Just when it looked like the smartphone world had been winnowed down to two heavyweights, Apple and Samsung — with the also-rans fighting over the scraps — a Chinese company that's basically unknown in the United States is elb

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