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Vet Ventures Into Finance

Smith MBA students and military veterans German Salazar, MBA ’25, and Charles Castelly, MBA ’26, leveraged the University System of Maryland’s Venture Fellowship to gain hands-on VC experience. Their shared journey highlights Smith’s strong veteran community and career-building opportunities in venture capital.

Alumni

Smith Education Provides Foundation for Alumnus to Pursue a Career in Investment Banking

Alan Grantham ’05, managing director and group head of debt capital markets at Synovus Bank, shares his journey from Smith to investment banking. He credits Smith’s curriculum, networking, and career services for his success and encourages students to stay persistent.

Student

Building a Legacy of Service

After 20 years in the U.S. Army, Brendan Dunne, DBA ’26, is now co-founder of Lovelace AI and a member of the Smith School’s DBA program. Committed to service, he mentors future leaders while advancing national security innovation and supporting veterans’ causes.

News

2025 CIBE International Research Award Goes to PhD Candidate for Wage Study

PhD candidate Kanat Isakov received the 2025 CIBE International Research Award for his study on how external economic shocks affect wage setting and inequality in developing countries, using linked employer-employee data and fieldwork access in Colombia.

Business Fraternities Face Off in Smith-KPMG Case Competition

Nearly 100 business fraternity pledges competed in Smith’s semesterly Interfraternal Case Competition, hosted by the Center for Social Value Creation and KPMG. Teams proposed AI-driven sustainability solutions for a fictional medical center. Delta Sigma Pi’s team took first place.

Community

Stephen M. Schanwald and Hon. Ryan D. McCarthy, MBA, to Speak at 2025 Commencement

Stephen M. Schanwald ’77 and Hon. Ryan D. McCarthy, MBA ’13, will deliver keynote addresses at the 2025 Smith Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement ceremonies, honoring decades of leadership in sports marketing, military service, defense policy, and public service.

Smith Brain Trust

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Marketing

Small Businesses Take Big Hit from Apple’s Privacy Regulation

Smith marketing professor Daniel McCarthy's research found that Apple's 2021 App Tracking Transparency (ATT) significantly impacted small direct-to-consumer businesses. ATT caused a 37% drop in ad click-through rates and up to a 60% revenue decline for smaller firms reliant on Facebook ads.

Decision, Operations and Information Technologies, Finance, Marketing

Smith Experts Explain Google Antitrust Implications

Google faces major antitrust cases for monopolizing digital advertising and search. Research Professor Kislaya Prasad suggests that ending exclusive agreements could increase competition, while Associate Professor Bobby Zhou emphasizes breaking up business units like Google’s search could benefit competitors, advertisers, and consumers.

Marketing

Smith Experts Discuss how Apple’s AI-enhanced iPhones will Affect Users, Market Position

Smith School marketing professor P.K. Kannan says Apple's iPhone 16, powered by “Apple Intelligence,” marks a significant upgrade, particularly in privacy-focused AI and computational photography, aiding both user experience and market competitiveness.

Research

Decision, Operations and Information Technologies

Smith Research Develops Model to Address Product Life Cycle Forecasting

Smith’s Xiaojia Guo co-authored a study on forecasting demand for new products using Bayesian model averaging. The research offers a robust, flexible model for predicting life cycles of fast-evolving items like fashion, news topics and digital content.

Decision, Operations and Information Technologies

Online Marketplaces: Beyond the Number of Buyers and Sellers

New online marketplaces often rely on network effects to grow, but inviting prominent sellers can shape their long-term reputation. Research from Wedad Elmaghraby and Ashish Kabra shows that high-quality sellers attract premium buyers, while lower-quality sellers foster price-sensitive markets.

How Cities Can Attract Remote Workers and Keep Them

When the Covid pandemic made the already growing trend of remote work ubiquitous five years ago, it also opened possibilities for where people could decide to live.
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