Smith Brain Trust

It’s the lazy days of summer. And in many offices, deadlines, projects and even hiring will be stalled by the vacation days of key stakeholders. Why look for a new job now?

It was a kind of corporate whiplash last week when Barnes & Noble announced that its CEO had been fired without severance. Here's what the ailing bookseller must do now.

It takes just a few seconds for a movie or series trailer to grab you – or to lose you. New model makes most of each second.

Finding more pleasure in your time off boils down to some simple steps, Maryland Smith professor Nicole M. Coomber says.

Before you walk out of the office on vacation, there are some important tasks you must attend to, Maryland Smith professor Cynthia Kay Stevens says.

First it was book selling, and then it was retail of all kinds. Later came cloud storage services, streaming entertainment and online advertising. Now with three big moves, Amazon is disrupting healthcare.

The U.S. treasury yield curve has economists and market watchers feeling uneasy and warning that a recession may be on the horizon.

Bragging rights go to David Kass. He predicted months ago that Kraft Heinz might look to acquire Campbell’s Soup. 

The fact is, manufacturing overseas isn’t even new for Harley-Davidson. Here's why it does it and what might happen now.

If your organization relies on PowerPoint or similar software, it doesn’t mean your presentation is destined to leave your audience bored or surfing their smartphones for a distraction.