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March 31, 2017
Fearless Idea 31: Quantify the Power of Reputation

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — People who share copyrighted content on digital piracy sites don’t get paid or protected from lawsuits. So why do they do it? “The major motivation is building reputation in these online communities,” says Kalinda Ukanwa, one of 34 women PhD candidates at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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March 30, 2017
Ask for More, Finance Executives Tell Women

Women starting their careers need to speak up and take more risks, two female executives in the finance industry told students at a NewDay USA Leadership Forum on March 27, 2017, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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March 30, 2017
Fearless Idea 30: Leverage Your Bargaining Power

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — The daily deal industry — Groupon and like companies working with small retailers to give big discounts, irregularly — had its heyday in the wake of the Great Recession.

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March 30, 2017
Melissa Horovitz '18 Discusses Emerging CFOs Fellows Program

Victor Mullins, associate dean of the undergraduate program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, recently interviewed  Melissa Horovitz ’18 to discuss his/her involvement with Emerging CFOs  Fellows Program and how it is part of her SMITH JOURNEY. 

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March 29, 2017
Fearless Idea 29: Rethink Online Shopping Carts

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Have you ever filled your virtual cart while shopping online only to leave it without completing the purchase?

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March 29, 2017
Is a Lack of Sleep Crushing the Economy?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Can U.S.

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March 29, 2017
C-BERC’s Gideon Mark Publishes Article

In October 2016, C-BERC’s Associate Director Gideon Mark, associate professor of logistics, business and public policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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March 29, 2017
Winners and Losers in Google's Widening Ad Crisis

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — With Google gripped by a spiraling ad boycott as companies protest having their content posted alongside extremist YouTube videos, the search giant's competitors might be spotting an opportunity. Already a fresh focus has turned to the "upfronts," the annual New York City ritual in which TV

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March 28, 2017
Smith Hosts Case Competition for Local High Schools

Smith student Philip Peker ’18 writes about the Prince George’s County High School Mock Case Competition, held on March 17, 2017, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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March 28, 2017
Fearless Idea 28: Close the Gender Wage Gap

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Something inequitable happens when men and women with similar jobs get laid off at the same time from the same companies, and then move to the same new employer. The gender wage gap — whatever it was before — widens during the transition. Only one factor helps to soften the outcome.

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