News
Congratulations, you just got a stretch assignment! This means your boss trusts you and sees leadership potential. But beware. New research from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business shows potential pitfalls. The same assignment that can inspire engagement and critical thinking also can trigger self-doubt and anxiety.
Dancing Elephants and Leaping Jaguars
Billionaire entrepreneur Michael Dell gave good advice when he returned to the University of Texas at Austin as commencement speaker in 2003. “Try never to be the smartest person in the room,” he told the graduates of his alma mater.
Teams searching for innovation increase their odds of driving the evolution of a field when they reach out to colleagues — or to research findings — outside their field's area of expertise, a new st
Rajshree Agarwal, the Rudolph P. Lamone Chair and Professor in Entrepreneurship, has been named academic director of the new Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets.
View photo gallery on Facebook
SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- A second month of slow job growth appears to further delay a looming interest-rate hike prescribed by Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen six weeks ago. Professor Peter Morici at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.
Five teams of undergraduate finance students at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business participated in the 12th Annual Joseph M. Wikler Finance Case Competition on Friday, April 24, 2015. Students presented their solutions on a Reliance Communications case, a company overloaded with debt that needed to find financing to continue operations.
Each year in May you can count on the sun shining, flowers blooming, finals and the annual CHIDS End of Semester Get-Together! CHIDS held its end of semester get-together on May 6th, to welcome new students and to say goodbye to outgoing students.