Addressing tomorrow’s grand business challenges begins with preparation in the classroom today. And that’s what students at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business have been doing through the Smith Business Leadership Fellows Program.

N5 Sensors, a leading Maryland-based company specializing in environmental hazard detection, worked with a team of six graduate students from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business this past spring to tackle the challenge of expanding its wildfire and air quality monitoring solutions into European markets.

The Center for Global Business (CGB) announces that Abhay Grover, PhD candidate in supply chain management (Logistics, Business & Public Policy), has been awarded the 2023 PhD International Research Award for “A Study of the Impact of the United States’ Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) on a Domestic Firm’s Global Trade.” Now in its tenth year, this award supports doctoral candidates performing research on international topics.

For the second time, a team from the Robert H. Smith School of Business won the 2023 NASBITE International Graduate Student Case Competition. Steve Baker, President and CEO of this year’s case company, Procedural Technologies, thought the team of Tamekia Graham, Melissa Simpson, Keshav Gupta, and Shiv Jethi, presented the best analysis.

“National Small Business Week celebrates the resilience, innovation, and economic contributions of the country’s small businesses and startups,” says Rebecca Bellinger, CGB’s executive director. “While this is a week dedicated specifically to these small enterprises, we at the center recognize the vital role that SMEs play in Maryland's economy every day.”

The Center for Global Business (CGB) at Maryland Smith hosted Careers Crossing Borders: A Dinner Networking Conversation. The event was the first of a two-part opportunity for students to explore and navigate career paths in international business, gain perspective from professionals about their career experiences and leverage their global mindset in their career exploration.

The Center for Global Business (CGB) at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business announces that Paul Shapiro, PhD, a senior lecturer in information systems, systems analysis and design, and project management, has been awarded the #KeepGlobalSmith grant for his proposed Global Project Management Simulation.

This spring, the Center for Global Business welcomed 35 incoming exchange students to the Robert H. Smith School of Business, while 24 Smith undergraduate students have been settling into business schools abroad. The Center for Global Business has over 20 exchange programs with business schools worldwide.

The Center for Global Business (CGB) offered the first iteration of BMGT499I, the Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP) Student Pathways in International Business course during Winter Term 2022-23. The CGBP credential is a nationally recognized certification awarded by the National Association of Small Business International Trade Educators (NASBITE), the leading organization in setting standards for global business education and trade credentialing.

For the first time since 2020, undergraduate and MBA students at the Robert H. Smith School of Business spent the winter 2023 term participating in faculty-led, short-term study abroad programs. The Center for Global Business (CGB) organized and held five winter programs with destinations across Europe, South Africa, Singapore, Vietnam, and Brazil, focusing on a variety of topics like social entrepreneurship, supply chain, and emerging technology in global contexts.