Thought Leadership
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.
December 10, 2018
Stocks To Watch in the Year Ahead
Like the big man in the North Pole, Maryland Smith’s David Kass spends the waning weeks of the year making a list and checking it twice.
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Stocks To Watch in the Year Ahead
November 15, 2018
Survive Holiday Travel, With Tips From the Experts
Maryland Smith faculty share their best travel hacks, from traveling early to the best ways to tolerate traffic, to make your holidays easier.
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Survive Holiday Travel, With Tips From the Experts
November 14, 2018
What To Watch As Pharma Prices Take Center Stage
Pharmaceutical prices are poised to become a central issue for the next Congress, potentially forcing lawmakers to consider at least two factors that coincide with America’s higher-than-average drug prices.
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What To Watch As Pharma Prices Take Center Stage
November 7, 2018
Teaching Finance the Maryland Smith Way
Short-term thinking hurts companies. But finance students at Maryland Smith learn a different approach. They focus on value maximization, not profit maximization.
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Teaching Finance the Maryland Smith Way
November 7, 2018
What the Midterm Election Means for Stocks
The stock market was taking the election in stride, beginning a rally that could extend through next year. Maryland Smith's David Kass explains three reasons why.
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What the Midterm Election Means for Stocks
November 2, 2018
How Shareholder Primacy Wards Off Short-termism
Companies have built-in incentives to avoid short-termism. But they fall into the myopia trap when they confuse value creation with income maximization.
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How Shareholder Primacy Wards Off Short-termism
November 2, 2018
Here’s What’s Missing From the Shareholder Primacy Debate
Critics come down hard on shareholder primacy. But Maryland Smith professor Michael Faulkender says people err when they overlook risk/reward economics.
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Here’s What’s Missing From the Shareholder Primacy Debate
November 1, 2018
A New Way To Predict Mutual Fund Returns
With so many mutual fund companies and so many pricing options out there, how should an investor choose?
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A New Way To Predict Mutual Fund Returns
October 22, 2018
How Bezos Defies Tech's Biggest Myth
Industry giant Amazon started in a garage, like many of Silicon Valley's storied startups. But its founder, Jeff Bezos, did not drop out of college.
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How Bezos Defies Tech's Biggest Myth
October 3, 2018
The Saving-Too-Little Myth
This isn’t another article about avocado toast, the delicious scapegoat to an entire generation’s money problems.
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The Saving-Too-Little Myth