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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.

August 24, 2023
SEC Cites Smith Research in New Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules for Public Companies
University of Maryland's Smith School of Business research influences SEC's new cybersecurity disclosure rules. SEC-registered businesses must adhere to updates. Martin P. Loeb's studies cited, emphasizing market reactions to cyber incidents. Gordon's advocacy spans 15+ years. Research supports…
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August 24, 2023
AI-Powered Pricing: Does It Make the Buying Experience More Fair and Equitable?
Retailers have been using artificial intelligence for a while now. There’s the rudimentary use of it to send out enticing email promotions or timely online ads that we welcome at times and find annoying at others. But retailers are also using AI to track consumers’ behavior both online and in brick…
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August 16, 2023
‘Safe Harbor’ for Crypto Fraud Victims and its Relevance to the Celsius Case
The risk in crypto investing resurfaced prominently last month, related to former Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky’s arrest on criminal and civil charges stemming from his activity with the now bankrupt cryptocurrency lending platform.
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August 9, 2023
Employer and Employee Responses to Dobbs V. Jackson
More than a year has passed since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs V. Jackson ruling overturned federal abortion rights. During this period, employers in states making abortion illegal have stepped in to cover out-of-state abortion-related healthcare not available locally. But to what effect?
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July 17, 2023
‘Unclaimed Refund’ and Other Scams: Insight from TerpTax and Justice for Fraud Victims
Every few months the Internal Revenue Service warns about fraudsters sending out emails (phishing) or text messages (smishing) from what are not IRS points of origin, but cleverly appear to be. The newest IRS advisory describes a scheme that Smith’s Samuel Handwerger says “is very clever…
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June 23, 2023
Meme Stocks in 2023: What Novice Investors Should Know

Recently screened at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival, “This is Not Financial Advice” is acclaimed for exploring the multi-million dollar rise and fall of crypto-influencer Glauber Contessoto.

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June 14, 2023
Travelers Refusing Upgrades to Sit Near Loved Ones Illustrates New Consumer Behavior Findings

This article, by Dean’s Professor of Marketing Rebecca Ratner and co-researchers Ximena Garcia-Rada and Michael Norton, was originally published at The C

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May 24, 2023
Summer Reading List 2023

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – If you’re looking for the perfect book to take on your summer vacation or just to curl up with on a warm summer night, Smith has the book for you!

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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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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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