Faculty Impact Articles

Officials are applying social media, such as the CDC Emergency Twitter handle, to disseminate Ebola-related information and using wireless networks to track and predict outbreak patterns and locate individuals exposed to the virus.

How can we use technology to advance our health care system? This has been a commonly asked question in the medical community lately and one that a group of leading experts in the field gathered to discuss at the fifth annual Workshop on Health IT and Economics (WHITE) held Oct.

Earlier this week, French economist Jean Tirole won the Nobel Prize in economics. The news reverberated throughout the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, especially when Professor Martin Loeb added Tirole to his list of Nobel Laureates who have previously cited his work.

BODY LANGUAGE, OTHER NONVERBAL CUES INFLUENCE EMPLOYEES’ WILLINGNESS TO VOICE ALTERNATE VIEWS

By Subra Tangirala

Five Steps to Foster Workplace Initiative

Companies can spur proactive workplace behavior when they  take five steps to build an initiative-friendly climate, new research from the Smith School shows.

SWITCH TO ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS SOMETIMES REQUIRES DOCTORS TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH COMPUTERS, LESS WITH PATIENTS

By Bruce Golden

ONLINE FORUMS PROVIDE  VALUABLE MARKETING DATA, BUT ONLY WITH THE RIGHT FILTERS

By Wendy W. Moe

RESEARCH SHOWS HOW TO STRUCTURE PROCUREMENT AUCTIONS TO INDUCE BETTER BIDDER BEHAVIOR

Research By Tunay I. Tunca