Faculty Impact Articles

April 21, 2014
Social Influence Creeps into Movie Reviews

New Smith research might alter your perspective on the next movie review you read online. Film critics sometimes react not just to the film itself, but also to one another, says Associate Professor of Management Dave Waguespack and Smith PhD Daniel Olson.

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April 21, 2014
Large Bets and Stock Market Crashes

Stock market crashes have rattled market participants, frustrated policymakers and puzzled economists. But contrary to conventional thinking, these crashes are neither random nor unpredictable.

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April 21, 2014
New Study Shows How Gender Pay Gap Widens
Effect Reduced at Firms Where a Majority of Senior Leaders Are Women

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Women wage earners suffer more than men when they leave similar jobs at the same company and relocate to the same new employer following layoffs, a first-of-its-kind study from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business shows.

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April 21, 2014
The Eyes Have It

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April 18, 2014
Online Health Insurance Marketplaces

Smith a Catalyst to Better Performing State-Run Exchanges 

States’ health insurance exchanges recovered faster than the federal government's health insurance marketplace after both stumbled out of the gate last fall.

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April 18, 2014
From PhD to Professor

Going to Harvard? You might be taught by a Smith School alumnus.

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April 18, 2014
Flu or Something More Sinister? Using Computer Models to Find Out

Symptoms resulting from a bioterrorism attack could be alarmingly similar to those of the flu. A computer model developed by Sean Barnes, assistant professor of operations management, aims to identify one from the other by their very different transmission dynamics. 

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April 16, 2014
Smith Earns Acclaim for Research Prowess

The Robert H. Smith School of Business has expanded its reputation as a research and knowledge hub with top-25 showings in three recent worldwide rankings.

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April 11, 2014
Q&A with Resilinc's Sumit Vakil, Smith's Sandor Boyson

The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business recently joined with Resilinc Corporation., a leading provider of supply chain resiliency solutions, to strengthen its MS in Supply Chain Management program.

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April 9, 2014
Infusing Accounting, Economics in the Cybersecurity Curriculum

Smith School of Business Professor Lawrence A. Gordon recently co-developed a formula to determine how much a company should invest in cybersecurity. Now, he targets University of Maryland honors students with this innovation.

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