Faculty Impact Articles

May 28, 2015
Escaping the Groupon Curse for Restaurants

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Restaurants often come across as desperate when they offer Groupon-style deals, but a new study from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business suggests that certain types of venues can escape the damage to their reputations.

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May 28, 2015
Smith Presents Teaching Excellence Awards

The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland is recognized as one of the top research institutions in the world, but it is also a place where students can learn from some of the best teachers in the business.

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May 28, 2015
Keep the Shareholder Payouts Coming

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- A surge of shareholder activism has fueled debate about how companies should balance dividend payouts with long-term investment, but an economist at the Universit

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May 26, 2015
Investing in America? Try Real Estate or Agriculture

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Citing a stalled U.S.

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May 25, 2015
Smith & IBM Host Cybersecurity Analytics Workshop

Cybersecurity analytics was the theme of the Fifth Annual Business Analytics Workshop, held in College Park, Md., on Monday, May 18, 2015. Co-sponsored by the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and IBM, the day-long workshop consisted of topics ranging from calculating cybersecurity investments to applying machine learning to cyber defense.

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May 21, 2015
Qualities of an Effective Leader

What makes someone an effective and strong leader? Is this a skill that can be acquired? These are questions that are often asked about leadership. There are varying perspectives on leadership at the fringes, but at the core there are qualities that are absolutely necessary to be an effective leader.

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May 20, 2015
Online Hookup Sites Increase HIV Rates in Sometimes-Surprising Ways

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- The introduction of Craigslist led to an increase in HIV-infection cases of 13.5 percent in Florida over a four-year period, according to a new study conducted

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May 11, 2015
Research Briefs

Mind the Gap to Motivate Employees

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May 11, 2015
Research@Smith Bookshelf
Recent titles from Robert H. Smith School of Business faculty include:

Dancing Elephants and Leaping Jaguars

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May 11, 2015
Jolting Your Team Out of an Innovation Rut

Teams searching for innovation increase their odds of driving the evolution of a field when they reach out to colleagues — or to research findings — outside their field's area of expertise, a new st

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