Wedad J. Elmaghraby is a Professor of Operations Management and Management Science at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park. Her research interests are at the interface of operations management, economics and behavioral decision making. Her current research includes (1) online auctions in business-to-business secondary markets, (2) online platforms to promote sustainable business paradigms, (3) the role of returns in learning demand and (4) behavioral factors in business-to-business contract design.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – The growing crop of clothing rental companies wants you to imagine yourself never buying clothes again. You’d be living with a largely empty closet and a fashion subscription service that would keep you looking up-to-date and smartly attired.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – “Infuriating” was how one Maryland Smith professor described the Forbes list of “America’s Most Innovative Leaders.”
The list, published Friday, received marquis design treatment on the Forbes website, with a big-font headline and an all-caps sub-headline that asked, urgently, provocatively, “Who Are The Most Creative And Successful Business Minds Of Today?"
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Sometimes, maybe the best way to explain a complex issue is to make it come alive as a comic book, set in outer space. At least that's the approach taken by the New York Fed, which recently published "The Story of Monetary Policy" in comic book format.
Smart machines do many things better than humans, but Deloitte executive Bill Eggers has good news for workers worried about a robot apocalypse.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – The burgeoning secondary market of online business-to-business (B2B) auction platforms connect retailers to deeper pools of buyers – often discount stores and wholesale liquidators – for their unsold or returned inventory.
Deloitte hosted seven faculty affiliates of the Smith Analytics Consortium for a meeting of the minds on Jan. 31, 2019, at the company’s Greenhouse in Washington, D.C.
Women Leading Research: Wedad J. Elmaghraby
Giving Outdated Tech a Second Life Away from Landfills
How to Beat Power Players at Their Own Game
With lenient return policies common, about 9 percent of purchases at brick-and-mortar stores are returned and 25 percent to 30 percent of online orders are sent back yearly in the United States. Where do these items end up? In many cases, retailers purchase the goods via online auctions and resell the merchandise. New research from Smith School professor Wedad J. Elmaghraby examines the influence of bidder experience and savvy on the process. Read more...
