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March 15, 2017
How to Detect Fake Facebook Friends

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Company pages on social media sites like Facebook contain real-time information for brand managers hoping to gauge customer sentiment, but only if they know how to make sense of the raw data. New research from the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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March 15, 2017
Women Leading Women Forum, March 30

WOMEN LEADING WOMENMarch 30, 2017, 6-9 p.m.Frank AuditoriumUniversity of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business

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March 15, 2017
Fatou Fall ’17 Talks about Global Consulting Fellows

Victor Mullins, associate dean of the undergraduate program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, recently interviewed Fatou Fall ’17 to discuss her involvement with Global Consulting Fellows and how it is part of her SMITH JOURNEY.

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March 14, 2017
Fearless Idea 14: Reduce the Cost of Debt

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Public companies — owned by shareholders with stock — have the advantage of being able to easily tap into financial markets when they need money, either by selling more equity as stock or often by issuing portions of their debt as bonds.

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March 14, 2017
Federal Workers, Spouses Get Tuition Discount at UMD Smith School

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 14, 2017) — Federal employees and their spouses will receive a 30 percent tuition discount when they qualify for select graduate programs at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business through a new agreement with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

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March 13, 2017
Fearless Idea 13: Play the Underdog Card

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Brands like Nantucket Nectars, Ben & Jerry's, Toms Shoes, Burt's Bees and Lifeway have thrived against bigger, longer-established competitors.

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March 13, 2017
Women Executives to Speak at UMD’s Smith School

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (March 13, 2017) — Two influential women in the finance industry will speak 6 p.m. March 27, 2017, at a women’s conference hosted by the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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March 13, 2017
Head of Quevera Meets with Smith Business Academy Undergrads

On Thursday, March 9, 2017, the Smith Business Academy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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March 12, 2017
Fearless Idea 12: Filter Social Media Bias

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Social media users post millions of “likes” and comments every year on brand pages for everything from AAA to Zyrtec. That’s a potentially rich source of information for marketers trying to gauge customer sentiment, but built-in biases create challenges.

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March 11, 2017
Fearless Idea 11: Learn to Share

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — The car you rented as part of your auto-share club reeked of cigarette smoke and a cross-country roadtrip worth of crumbs littered the seats and floor. There was a slight and mysterious stickiness on the gear shift.

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