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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.
December 15, 2020
How To Make Better Decisions Without All the Information
How do you make good decisions when you don’t have all the information in front of you? New research lays out a framework to learn from indirect or incomplete information to make better decisions.
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How To Make Better Decisions Without All the Information
December 15, 2020
Name that Sector: Poised for Comeback After Two Tough Years
The year 2018 saw a pretty robust economy in the United States. But one sector slid about 1.7%, adjusted for inflation. Any guesses which one?
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Name that Sector: Poised for Comeback After Two Tough Years
December 15, 2020
What Online Retailers Get From Recommendation Lists
New research shows with online shopping, retailers’ use of recommendation systems increases their overall sales and consumer click-throughs and conversion rates. The effect is greatest for mobile shoppers.
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What Online Retailers Get From Recommendation Lists
December 15, 2020
High Time for Changing How Pot Is Taxed?
Fifteen states now have legal medical and recreational pot use, 21 have legal medical use, and just 14 say cannabis is not legal for any reason.
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High Time for Changing How Pot Is Taxed?
December 15, 2020
The Issue Companies Have With Moving Up
New research shows service providers at the lower end of the value chain mostly find that their efforts to move up yield limited success.
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The Issue Companies Have With Moving Up
December 13, 2020
16 Stocks To Watch in 2021
Maryland Smith’s David Kass has made his list and checked it twice. And he’s adding a few new stocks to his expanded semi-annual 'nice' list of 16 stocks to watch.
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16 Stocks To Watch in 2021
December 11, 2020
How Climate Disasters Impact Investment Decisions
Living through a climate-related disaster can be a harrowing experience for anyone. For professional money managers, it can even impact their investment decisions.
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How Climate Disasters Impact Investment Decisions
December 10, 2020
How to Pick the Best Mutual Funds
New research from Maryland Smith pioneers a way to sift through the thousands of active mutual funds to winnow them down to a set of the best ones to invest in.
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How to Pick the Best Mutual Funds
December 10, 2020
Think Your Team Feels Appreciated? Think Again
A lot of managers think they do a great job recognizing the efforts of their team members. Most don’t.
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Think Your Team Feels Appreciated? Think Again
December 10, 2020
Taking Another Look At A Way to Evaluate Mutual Funds
New research refutes a critique of a way to evaluate mutual fund performance.
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Taking Another Look At A Way to Evaluate Mutual Funds