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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.
April 6, 2023
Are You at Risk of Losing Your Job to ChatGPT?
Some workers are concerned that ChatGPT will replace them. Fortune reports they might be right, noting that though OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot was just launched in November of 2022, it’s already being used in the workplace. Seventy-four percent of U.S. employees familiar with the…
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Are You at Risk of Losing Your Job to ChatGPT?
April 6, 2023
Why Streaming is Getting the Better of Cable TV This Year
For the first time, streaming is predicted to overtake traditional TV as the preferred form of entertainment for U.S. adults.
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Why Streaming is Getting the Better of Cable TV This Year
March 30, 2023
Analytics Are Key to Ending Gender Pay Inequity
Organizations often use the inexpensive and expedient approach of raising the salaries of the most underpaid women to bring about women’s pay parity with men. University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business Associate Professor Margrét Bjarnadóttir says there are two reasons why this doesn…
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Analytics Are Key to Ending Gender Pay Inequity
March 16, 2023
Homeowners Afraid to Lose 3% Mortgage Interest Rate Keep the Housing Inventory Low
The mortgage rates we experienced from 2020 into early 2022 are coming back to haunt the housing market. Current interest rates of about 7% for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage have homebuyers leery of purchasing a house and sellers reluctant to put theirs on the market for fear of losing their 3%…
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Homeowners Afraid to Lose 3% Mortgage Interest Rate Keep the Housing Inventory Low
March 8, 2023
Toxic Train Derailment Vexing for Real Estate Industry
Health safety for residents following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, has been a top concern. Has it really been safe enough to return – both for the short- and long-term?
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Toxic Train Derailment Vexing for Real Estate Industry
March 3, 2023
Facing the Music: How TikTok is Helping Close the Music Industry Gender Gap
A new viral TikTok trend is music to the ears of women fighting against the gender gap in the music industry.
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Facing the Music: How TikTok is Helping Close the Music Industry Gender Gap
March 2, 2023
The Rise in Four-figure Car Loan Payments Could Mean a Recession Is Coming
In the fourth quarter of last year, the number of Americans paying $1,000 a month or more for a vehicle hit a record high of 15.7%.
March 2, 2023
Navigating the Debt Ceiling
Treasury payments towards the interest on the debt represent the federal government’s largest spending increase so far this year. As the Wall Street Journal reports, it’s contributing to a deficit for the first four months of this fiscal year that has widened to $460 billion, up 78% from $259…
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Navigating the Debt Ceiling
February 23, 2023
Is South Africa Taking a Financial Risk by Conducting Naval Exercises with Russia?
“If I were advising, I would think that it would be unwise for South Africa to conduct this exercise, especially in the vicinity of the anniversary.” That’s University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business William E. Mayer Chair Professor of Finance, Lemma Senbet reacting to South Africa’s…
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Is South Africa Taking a Financial Risk by Conducting Naval Exercises with Russia?
February 23, 2023
Are C-Suites Any More Diverse Than When a Racial Reckoning Began Three Years Ago?
When asked if she would issue the same call to action to corporations she gave them in 2020, Professor Rachelle Sampson said “I would.”