Student
Entrepreneur Adds Analytics Skills
August 10, 2018
Peiyan “Pearl” Yu’s startup, NanBoOne New Media Studio, was nearly an overnight success.
Alumni
MBA Pro Called Up to the Big Leagues
Some people claw their way into the sports industry.
Faculty
Students Recognize Master Teacher
Marketing professor Bobby Zhou’
QUEST Student Shines at PwC
Brandon Lucas was the kid who tinkered around the house, trying to fix or build something to see
Smith Brain Trust
Speed Dating Your Way to Your Dream Job
August 09, 2018
If you have your sights set on a dream job or you’re considering a career switch, make sure you talk to a lot of people before you’re married to a particular path.
Surviving the Open Floor Plan Office
August 02, 2018
Open floor plans invite collaboration, but they also leave everyone with less privacy and more distractions. Here's how to cope if you prefer walls and doors.
How Boxes Are Changing How You Shop
July 31, 2018
If it’s starting to seem like every consumer category now has a subscription services you could belong to, that’s no illusion.
How a 4-Day Workweek Story Went Viral
A recent four-day workweek trial program at a small New Zealand company drew a disproportionately large amount of outside interest. This is why.
Facebook's Day of Reckoning
July 26, 2018
You know you're having a bad day when you lose $150 billion in two hours. That's what happened to Facebook. Maryland Smith professor David A. Kirsch explains what went wrong.
Smith Research
Can Robots Create Better Movie Trailers?
July 25, 2018
Maryland Smith's Michel Wedel has helped produce the first known research that develops a model for editing trailers to produce short — and effective — promo clips.
Decoding the Way Social Media Makes Us Shop
"It's unclear whether presence in social media and the traffic that companies get through social media are actually doing well in the storefront," the researchers explain.
Thinking of Ghosting the Job Interview? Don’t.
Ghosting is risky – and unnecessary. Instead, be upfront. It might be awkward, but life is full of awkward conversations. Here are some tips to follow.
Pagination