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Do This To Sharpen Your Leadership Skills

Joining a nonprofit board can sharpen your leadership skills and supercharge your career. But before you take a seat around the table, ask these nine questions first.

Faculty

Cotton Games Spur Landmark Study

Wall Street traders play for higher stakes than Monopoly rivals collecting plastic houses and fak

Smith Brain Trust

To the Mattresses: A Disruption Is Turned on Its Head

Years after ecommerce startups began disrupting the brick-and-mortar mattress retail segment, the tables are finally turning.

Smith Brain Trust

The Hidden Genius of GM’s Office Cellphone Ban

General Motors has banned its employees from using cellphones while walking around its facilities – even office buildings.

Smith Research

Early Auto Racing And Firm Survival

What do the early days of auto racing near the turn of the 20th century have to do with determining firm survival? It all comes down to how society shapes market reputation.

Alumni

Working With IBM's Watson

What does a typical work day look like for Kristie Curameng Bradford, a 2005 full-time MBA gradua

Smith Brain Trust

Back-to-School Marketing Games

Back-to-school shoppers want discounts. Manufacturers want high profit margins. The tension feeds a paradox of sorts at retail outlets where buyers and sellers meet: Stores increasingly emphasize pricey, innovative and fun products in a bargain-shopping season.

Smith Research

Pitching Novel Ideas to the Boss

Have an amazing idea that could have a big impact for your organization? Now it’s up to you to really sell it to your boss. Maryland Smith professors explain how to make that happen.

Faculty

Act of Defiance Leads to Academia

Teaching started as an act of defiance more than a career choice for

Alumni

Fighting Food Waste and Hunger

Entrepreneur Evan Lutz ’14 hates to see food go to waste.

Student

Mixing Business and Science

Stephanie Gomez’s desire to help others attracted her to STEM careers at a young age.

Student

Journey from Guam to ExxonMobil

Janna Fernandez’s journey to the University of Maryland’s Robert H.