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March 9, 2017
Women on Boards: Avoiding Tokenism

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Could activism inspired by International Women's Day, such as State Street Global Advisors' placing a statue of a young girl before the iconic charging bull of

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March 8, 2017
Support Smith Terps – Giving Day is Today!

For 2017, we hope to make Giving Day the single largest day of giving at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and we need your support to make it a success. On March 8, alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends will come together for one unified purpose: to support the innovation, scholarship, and creativity made possible by the Smith School experience. 

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March 8, 2017
Fearless Idea 8: Reduce Rule-Breaking

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — When employees break the rules at work, it might not be mischief. It might be monotony. A new study finds that employees whose tasks are organized in a more routine and repetitive way are more likely to fall prey to ethical lapses and break rules to make their workday easier. But there's good news.

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March 8, 2017
Social Enterprise Symposium Explores Markets Making Change

Across industry and sector, businesses are widening their lenses in pursuit of strategies that benefit both business and society. Gone are the days of the single bottom line. In today's world, purpose-driven business has accelerated to a degree that might be surprising.

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March 8, 2017
C-BERC Board Members Featured in Women Leading Research

Two board members at the University of Maryland’s Center for the Study of Business Ethics, Regulation and Crime (C-BERC) were profiled in the Women Leading Research initiative at the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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March 7, 2017
Rebecca Bitar ’20 Builds Her Brand

Victor Mullins, associate dean of the undergraduate program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, recently interviewed Smith Freshman Rebecca Bitar ’20 to discuss how she is “building her brand” during her Smith journey.

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March 7, 2017
Ursula Mead on Dingman Bootstrapped Talks Finding a Niche in a Crowded Market

The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship produces Bootstrapped, a podcast featuring founders, investors and serial entrepreneurs.

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March 7, 2017
Exporters Targeted for UMD-Hosted Workshop in Baltimore

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – March 2, 2017 - The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business announces an intensive two-day bootcamp targeting export industry professionals at all experience levels.

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March 7, 2017
Fearless Idea 7: Embrace Competition

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — People who study financial economics regularly assume that the markets in which firms sell their products are perfectly competitive, or alternatively that firms operate in isolation. This all-or-nothing thinking is unrealistic.

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March 6, 2017
Fearless Idea 6: Close the Gender Pay Gap

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — The gender pay gap, widely cited for full-time workers in the United States as women earning 79 percent of what men earn, drew 100 businesses to sign on to the White House Equal Pay Pledge in 2016.

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