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November 17, 2022
Smith Professor’s Research Leads to Newly Passed Bill to Curb Workplace Sexual Harassment
Congress has just passed a bipartisan bill to limit nondisclosure agreements. The Speak Out Act, having cleared both the Senate and House, is expected to be signed into law by President Biden. And, as Axios reports, it “comes slightly more than five years after the resurgence of #MeToo captured the…
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Smith Professor’s Research Leads to Newly Passed Bill to Curb Workplace Sexual Harassment
November 10, 2022
How COVID-19 Showed the Cost of Doing Business Globally
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, multinational companies didn’t have to think twice about increasingly moving toward firm globalization. But the crisis amplified the vulnerabilities of doing business across borders. And now, new research from Maryland Smith is contextualizing the numbers to show the…
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How COVID-19 Showed the Cost of Doing Business Globally
November 10, 2022
Twitter Upheaval
Last Friday, about 3,700 Twitter employees learned they lost their jobs after access was suspended to company-wide systems, like email and Slack.
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Twitter Upheaval
November 10, 2022
For Retailers, the Holiday Shopping Season Looks Lackluster
Continuing a trend that has been building for the past several years, retailers started their Black Friday holiday promotions well before the traditional post-Thanksgiving shopping day this year.
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For Retailers, the Holiday Shopping Season Looks Lackluster
November 8, 2022
What “The Mole” and Your Job Have in Common
Netflix rebooted “The Mole'' this year and HuffPost, in How To Beat Someone Who's Undermining You At Work, According To Science And 'The Mole', asked the mole from the show, and workplace paranoia experts how to tell if a co-worker is trying to sabotage you.
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What “The Mole” and Your Job Have in Common
November 3, 2022
What Today’s Retailers Can Learn from the H.H.Gregg Bankruptcy
Location, location, location. It’s the #1 rule in real estate and very important in the retail landscape we’ve been dealing with since 2010, when the retail apocalypse began. H.H. Gregg’s story is a cautionary tale that can teach us much about how stores can survive if they are in a mall that…
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What Today’s Retailers Can Learn from the H.H.Gregg Bankruptcy
October 27, 2022
‘Storm Clouds Over the World Economy’: Smith’s Lemma Senbet Discusses Implications for Africa
Voice of America tapped Smith’s Lemma W. Senbet to discuss the stakes for Africa at the IMF-World Bank Group Annual Meetings where policymakers and industry leaders representing about 190 countries engaged on the state of the world economy.
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‘Storm Clouds Over the World Economy’: Smith’s Lemma Senbet Discusses Implications for Africa
October 19, 2022
Labor Market Competition Plays A Huge Role in Remote Work
With pandemic restrictions in the rearview mirror, in a few years working from home may follow suit. ZDNET reports it could soon be time to pack up your home office. 65 percent of CEOs at multinational companies say they want workers back in cubicles 9-to-5 by 2025.
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Labor Market Competition Plays A Huge Role in Remote Work
October 18, 2022
Public Firms Are Not Shortsighted and Respond More to Investment Opportunities Than Do Private Firms
Many analysts of financial markets are concerned that financial markets provide managers with economically harmful incentives.
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Public Firms Are Not Shortsighted and Respond More to Investment Opportunities Than Do Private Firms
October 13, 2022
Musk’s Twitter Reversal: Smith Experts Weigh Financial, Operational Implications
Elon Musk’s offer to proceed with a $44 billion acquisition of Twitter has the two sides working to close the deal ahead of the recently extended court deadline of October 28.
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Musk’s Twitter Reversal: Smith Experts Weigh Financial, Operational Implications