Faculty Impact Articles

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is happy to welcome nine new faculty members for the 2015-2016 academic year. New faculty joined the Smith School in August in following areas:

Accounting and Information Assurance

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Berkshire Hathaway’s $32.6 billion

An author from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business was showcased recently at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai for his book on Tata Group’s iconic transformation. The event for invited reporters included Tata Group senior executives.

Professor Debra Shapiro from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business started a one-year term as president of the Academy of Management during the professional association’s annual meeting Aug. 7-11, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

By Sunil Mithas

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Customers have kvetched about airline baggage fees since American Airlines started charging people for even one checked bag in 2008, but the practice has swept the industry.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Is "quarterly capitalism" a problem for the American economy?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Median home prices have surged past the U.S. record set in 2006 at the peak of the real estate bubble, but don’t expect a repeat of the Great Recession.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- China and other overseas stock market turmoil, plus the Fed waffling

High school English teachers from across the United States gathered this summer at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business to develop lesson plans that will blend literature with the history and philosophy of enterprise.