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The lifeblood of a business school is its faculty, and at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business our faculty members are inspiring, supportive and world-class. We are attuned to a marketplace that values innovation, entrepreneurialism, analytical thinking and hard work. Our teaching and research equips students with the wisdom of business scholarship rooted in the experiential lessons of the marketplace.

November 2, 2023

Smith Experts Assess Artificial Intelligence, Weigh in on the Biden Executive Order

The recent White House Executive Order on AI aims to enhance government efficiency and foster innovation, impacting sectors from healthcare to education. Experts like Prabhudev Konana emphasize embracing AI's potential, while Balaji Padmanabhan highlights the order's focus on improving services and…

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September 15, 2023

Smith School Research Helps Minor League Baseball Players Swing for the Fences

Ever since the Oakland Athletics’ ‘Moneyball’ days, participants at the highest level of America’s national pastime have relied on statistics, looking for an edge on the competition. Now, research from the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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September 14, 2023

Mapping the Cocaine Supply Chain

A team of UMD researchers is studying how to map and disrupt the cocaine supply chain. The research is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and is led by the Smith School’s S. Raghu Raghavan.

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May 18, 2023

Smith Researchers Address Liver Transplant Geographic Inequities

The recent overhaul of the federal policy on allocating deceased donor livers has not significantly improved geographical inequities and has led to a greater loss in viable organs, according to findings from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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May 18, 2023

Gen Zers are Live-Quitting Their Jobs, But Should They?

“It can be problematic and it can be beneficial.” That from Jui Ramaprasad, associate professor at the Smith School.

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April 6, 2023

Are You at Risk of Losing Your Job to ChatGPT?

Some workers are concerned that ChatGPT will replace them. Fortune reports they might be right, noting that though OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot was just launched in November of 2022, it’s already being used in the workplace. Seventy-four percent of U.S. employees familiar with the…

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March 30, 2023

Analytics Are Key to Ending Gender Pay Inequity

Organizations often use the inexpensive and expedient approach of raising the salaries of the most underpaid women to bring about women’s pay parity with men. University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business Associate Professor Margrét Bjarnadóttir says there are two reasons why this doesn…

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March 3, 2023

Facing the Music: How TikTok is Helping Close the Music Industry Gender Gap

A new viral TikTok trend is music to the ears of women fighting against the gender gap in the music industry.

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January 19, 2023

How Companies Can Capitalize on Free Outside Knowledge

New enterprise software investments can lead to big benefits for firms by enabling business process innovations, but implementation is notoriously difficult. Having IT professionals with the right combination of both technical and business process knowledge is critical to a quick and successful…

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December 1, 2022

Knowing “Who Likes You” Changes the Online Dating Game

Dating is not immune to inflation. The cost of eating out, going for a drink, taking in a show, not to mention paying for the gas to drive to meet or pick up your date have all gone up significantly.

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