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.

May 6, 2020
Asking Warren Buffett About Share Buybacks
Sometimes buybacks are 'stupid,' and sometimes they're 'the logical thing to do.' Buffett and our expert explain why. 
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May 6, 2020
Machine Learning Has a Flaw. It’s Gullible.
New research explores the potential biases that limit the effectiveness of ML process technologies and the scope for human capital to be complementary in reducing such biases.
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May 6, 2020
Pros and Cons of Reopening Businesses Amid COVID-19
States are weighing and implementing plans for reopening their economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what they should know.
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May 4, 2020
Why Purchases Aren’t Made Alone Anymore
With so many choices to make throughout the customer journey, people are turning to their “traveling companions” for guidance, says new research.
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April 30, 2020
A New Approach to Data-driven Modeling
Research offers new approach for data-driven predictive analytics models as an alternative or compliment to AI approaches.
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April 30, 2020
A Mathematically Rigorous Way To Analyze Statistics from Simulations
New research from Maryland Smith’s Michael C. Fu offers a rigorous way to analyze statistics generated from simulation models.
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April 29, 2020
How Top Management Thinkers Are Aiding in COVID-19 Response
Those who say the coronavirus pandemic is ushering in an end to the century-long era of globalization are “utterly wrong,” says Maryland Smith’s Anil K. Gupta.
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April 28, 2020
The Value of the CAPEX Forecast
New research looks at the capital expenditure, or CAPEX, forecast to see how it influences company investment behavior.
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April 22, 2020
What the Negative Oil Price Says About the Economy
No, oil producers can’t just cut their output to zero – and here's what that means for the supply and demand imbalance.
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April 21, 2020
When the coronavirus gets tough, the tough get stockpiling
Shelves that held hand sanitizer and hand soap are mostly empty at a Target in Jersey City, N.J. on March 2, 2020. As fears of the pandemic grow, consumers are stockpiling goods in case they’re quarantined.
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