How can we, as a society, better endure crises of all varieties?This was the backdrop for the Center for Global Business’ Fourth Annual Forum at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. This year’s event featured a conversation with Markus Brunnermeier, author of “The Resilient Society,” and Maryland Smith’s Kislaya Prasad, CGB academic director and discussion moderator.

Banking Bans More Likely Than Oil, Vodka Boycotts to Influence Russia’s Ukraine Stance

With Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine intensifying, the United States and several key allies moved to cut Russia off from much of the global financial system – barring select Russian banks from participating the SWIFT global finance network.

Center for Global Business at UMD’s Robert H. Smith School of Business to Host Second Annual Event Recognizing Maryland-based Global Businesses for Innovative Pandemic-Era Pivots.

For the second year, the Center for Global Business at Maryland Smith, the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, and the Florida International University’s Center for International Business Education and Research partnered to facilitate the Ace the Case Global Business Challenge.

Embassy Day, a two-part event of the Smith Start experience and the first introduction to a global mindset as a Maryland Smith student, invites freshmen and transfer students to meet diplomatic representatives in embassies throughout Washington, D.C., and to learn more about the respective countries. This year, 15 countries participated and met virtually with over 100 students.

The race to quantum computing, rises in water dislocation and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) going mainstream may not seem like typical business concerns. But businesses will have an important role to play in managing these global trends, says Erik Peterson, partner and managing director at Kearney.

This spring, 19 exchange students from seven of Maryland Smith’s partner universities are in College Park for their semester-long study abroad experience. "Through Maryland Smith's business exchange programs, visiting students from around the world have the opportunity to study here in Van Munching Hall,'' says Greg Rafal, assistant director of the Center for Global Business. “These students not only learn from our esteemed faculty, but they enrich our classrooms with diverse perspectives on business and culture.”

At Maryland Smith, impactful learning isn’t confined to the classroom – it’s happening everywhere. During the 2021 fall semester, undergraduate student teams from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business’ BMGT466 Global Business Strategy course worked with entrepreneur Naa Nyanin to develop a strategic marketing plan for her pre-revenue portable hand washing device.

In the fall of 2021, Maryland Smith’s Center for Global Business partnered with three Maryland companies on the Maryland Global Consulting Program. This program is an opportunity that offers Maryland-based companies the chance to work with a team of the school’s MBA or undergraduate students to address challenges companies are facing in entering the international market.