Faculty Impact Articles

December 1, 2015
Alan Siegfried Honored for Contributions to​ Internal Auditing Profession
​Alan Siegfried, assistant academic director of the MS Accounting Internal Auditing Track and adjunct lecturer at the University of Maryland's Robert H.
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December 1, 2015
Why 'Family' CEOs Think Differently

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Founder-CEOs and CEOs related t

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November 30, 2015
For U.S. Companies, China Poses New Challenges (and Opportunities)

With double-digit annual GDP growth and the world's largest population, China until recently looked like the long-term answer for U.S. companies seeking never-ending growth.

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November 24, 2015
Smith School Partners with Office of Financial Research on Research Challenge

​The Robert H. Smith School of Business is partnering with the Office of Financial Research on a  challenge for research teams to link four disparate financial datasets.

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November 20, 2015
Backlash Against Eye-Popping Drug Prices

Martin Shkreli became the Internet villain of the fall (some publications used much harsher language) when his company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, acquired the rights to Daraprim, which treats a condition called toxoplasmosis — and promptly raised the per-pil

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November 20, 2015
The Retail Blues

Here's good news if you're looking for discounts, bad news if you're in the retail industry: Third quarter 2015 was brutal for much of the retail sector.

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November 19, 2015
Smith PhD Student’s Dissertation Draws Prestigious INFORMS Honor

The INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) has named marketing PhD student Seoungwoo Lee of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business as a winner in its ISMS Doctoral Dissertation Competition for 2015.

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November 19, 2015
Baggage Fees: Fliers hate them, but they work

As travelers gear up for holiday travel, they Southwest now stands alone as the only U.S. airline to let passenger check a bag or two for free. And baggage fees account for 2.4 percent of all airline revenue, up from .55 percent before 2008, when many airlines started charging for even one checked bag.

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November 17, 2015
Holiday Retail: Black Friday Dilution Intensifies

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Black Friday in 2015 is increa

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November 11, 2015
C-BERC's David Maimon Wins Young Scholars Award

Congratulations to David Maimon, associate director of C-BERC and Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, on winning the 2015 Young Scholars Award from the White-Collar Crime Research Consorti

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