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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.
May 14, 2018
Post-Crisis and Below Average: A Financial Sector Report Card
As the 10-year anniversary of the global economic crisis approaches, Clifford Rossi offers a financial sector report card. "We have absolutely come a long way in many regards," he says. "But in other respects, we've learned nothing."
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Post-Crisis and Below Average: A Financial Sector Report Card
April 4, 2018
Mentoring in a #MeToo Era
Addressing #MeToo requires more women leaders; the backlash to #MeToo could create the opposite. Smith School experts offer advice for would-be mentors in the changed environment.
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Mentoring in a #MeToo Era
March 29, 2018
Seize Growth Opportunities
Public firms grow faster and respond better to positive demand shocks in the first five years after an initial public offering than firms that stay private, new research co-authored by Smith School professor Liu Yang shows.
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Seize Growth Opportunities
March 28, 2018
Go Slow to Avoid Market Crashes
Wall Street traders make the most money when they do their best to stay under the radar of other traders by making their trades slow and steady. Research co-authored by Smith School professor Yajun Wang shows why.
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Go Slow to Avoid Market Crashes
March 22, 2018
Inside Spotify's Unconventional – And Risky – Stock Debut
What's the big deal about Spotify's unconventional IPO? The music-streaming giant is set to come to market without the help of some big investment bank. It's a known brand, and it's shown growth in its niche. So, why are investors so jittery?
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Inside Spotify's Unconventional – And Risky – Stock Debut
March 15, 2018
Manage the Risks of Privatization
While privatization comes with benefits — like not being beholden to market speculation — it also carries risks. Research by Smith School professor Hanna Lee suggests that going the public route may be better for the risk-averse.
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Manage the Risks of Privatization
March 14, 2018
Here’s What’s Missing From Dodd-Frank Reforms
As Congress reexamines the Dodd-Frank law, the Smith School's Clifford Rossi offers this advice: Draw the credit-reporting agencies into its scope.
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Here’s What’s Missing From Dodd-Frank Reforms
March 7, 2018
Optimize Executive Incentives
Leaders might deserve dismissal when they behave badly, but some lose their jobs for simply having the right skills at the wrong time. "Over time changes in business conditions may call for a change of top management," Smith School professor M. Cecilia Bustamante says.
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Optimize Executive Incentives
March 1, 2018
#MeToo Must Be a B-School Call To Action
Business schools might seem safely removed from the transformation happening across corporate America. They're not. Institutions like mine play a central role in shaping attitudes about gender in the workplace
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#MeToo Must Be a B-School Call To Action
February 6, 2018
A Wells Fargo Sanction, a Warning for Its Peers
For Wells Fargo, the Fed's stringent sanctions last week undoubtedly come as a bit of a blow. For the rest of the banking industry, more of a warning. "This is a supervisory slapdown in a major," says the Smith School's Clifford Rossi.
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A Wells Fargo Sanction, a Warning for Its Peers