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.
March 10, 2019
How Do We Drive Upward Mobility?
People who worry about income inequality “in and of itself” are focusing on the wrong question, professor Rajshree Agarwal argues in new resesarch.
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How Do We Drive Upward Mobility?
March 9, 2019
How Can We Learn From Others?
On the road to success, it can be helpful to be shown a speedier route or be warned of a traffic jam just ahead. But how do we do it?
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How Can We Learn From Others?
March 8, 2019
How Do Banks Finance the Unproven Startup?
Banks are the largest source of external financing for startups. Yet banks lack the expertise to monitor startups the way venture capital firms and angel investors do.
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How Do Banks Finance the Unproven Startup?
March 7, 2019
What Are the Risks of a Morally Murky Job Referral?
Hiring managers invite harsh moral judgments when they give jobs to friends and acquaintances referred by high-powered individuals within their organizations.
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What Are the Risks of a Morally Murky Job Referral?
March 7, 2019
Does Your Work Space Spark Joy?
Maryland Smith's Nicole M. Coomber shows you how to use Marie Kondo's KonMari method and other strategies to make your workplace more productive, and more joyful.
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Does Your Work Space Spark Joy?
March 6, 2019
How Kraft Heinz Reveals the Limits of 3G's Strategy
For a long time, it has seemed like 3G Capital was the batter who couldn’t help but hit home runs. A model of good management, the private equity firm seemed to just keep hitting them out of the park. But is it?
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How Kraft Heinz Reveals the Limits of 3G's Strategy
March 6, 2019
How Can Leaders Overcome Resistance to Change?
How do high-performing organizations learn and adapt their routines and procedures? Do they look to constantly bring new information into their processes?
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How Can Leaders Overcome Resistance to Change?
March 6, 2019
Can Marshalls Thrill Shoppers Online?
Marshalls has always been about the thrill of the hunt, even more so than it’s big-sister store, TJ Maxx. What happens when it goes online?
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Can Marshalls Thrill Shoppers Online?
March 5, 2019
The Evolution Of Applied Psychology
To mark its 100th anniversary in 2017, Maryland Smith's Gilad Chen explored the evolution of the research featured in the Journal of Applied Psychology.
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The Evolution Of Applied Psychology
March 5, 2019
How Do You Win in Online Auctions?
The burgeoning secondary market of online business-to-business (B2B) auction platforms connect retailers to deeper pools of buyers for their unsold or returned inventory.
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How Do You Win in Online Auctions?