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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.
March 31, 2020
The End of the Shopping Mall?
What will happen to the shopping mall when the coronavirus crisis eases, when the stay-at-home orders are lifted and non-essential businesses are able to welcome customers back?
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The End of the Shopping Mall?
March 26, 2020
Build Personal Resilience During Covid-19
Your guide to better self-management, useful whether working from home, seeking a job, or managing any changes that can come with ordinary life.
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Build Personal Resilience During Covid-19
March 26, 2020
How To Be Amazing In Your Zoom Job Interview
Prepare for your virtual job interview just as you would an in-person interview. Then follow these important steps.
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How To Be Amazing In Your Zoom Job Interview
March 25, 2020
The Coronavirus Recession
For the U.S. economy, these are dark days. Social distancing steps aimed at stemming a pandemic's spread have people and businesses closing their doors. Uncertainties and worries are high. Here is our expert's outlook.
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The Coronavirus Recession
March 23, 2020
Can We Trace Corporate Generosity to Employee Moods?
New research finds employee moods have a lot to do with a company's philanthropic efforts.
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Can We Trace Corporate Generosity to Employee Moods?
March 23, 2020
Tax Advice for the Pandemic Era
Your tax donations, your home office, your added childcare costs. Here's the tax advice our expert is giving to his clients.
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Tax Advice for the Pandemic Era
March 19, 2020
Lessons From Penicillin In The Race Against COVID-19
Researchers who scrambled to fight infections during World War II discovered more than the power of penicillin. They also learned lessons about human enterprise that can guide efforts today to stop COVID-19.
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Lessons From Penicillin In The Race Against COVID-19
March 19, 2020
How to work from home with kids (without losing it)
Step one: Don't try to pretend everything is normal.
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How to work from home with kids (without losing it)
March 19, 2020
3 Steps To Protect the Supply Chain
How government and industry can work together to protect the supply chain that provides food, medicine and other necessary goods.
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3 Steps To Protect the Supply Chain
March 19, 2020
When the coronavirus gets tough, the tough get stockpiling
Maryland Smith research explains what drives consumers to clear store shelves and to hoard goods in the face of risks, and explains how retailers should respond.
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When the coronavirus gets tough, the tough get stockpiling