UMD Students Tackle Real-World Supply Chain Challenges at ChainReaction Case Competition
The Center for Social Value Creation at the Smith School hosted the ChainReaction Case Competition, challenging students to develop solutions to real-world supply chain challenges. The competition encouraged participants to apply strategic thinking and problem-solving skills while considering financial, operational, and environmental impacts.
Turning Business Resources Into Social Impact
Pam Hacker explained how businesses can use their brands, expertise and employees to create social impact during a Center for Social Value Creation Lunch and Learn. She emphasized integrating social responsibility into business strategies to benefit companies and communities alike.
CSVC Hosts Spring Conscious Business Roundtable on Purpose-Driven Leadership
The Center for Social Value Creation at Maryland’s Smith School hosted its Spring Conscious Business Roundtable, bringing together business leaders to discuss values-driven leadership, responsible ownership, workplace trust and aligning organizational practices with purpose, stakeholder needs and long-term value creation.
Join the Center for Social Value Creation for a Brunch & Learn with Dara Ashley of The Dara Ashley Foundation. Explore how servant leadership builds stronger teams and businesses. Apply its principles in class, campus organizations and your future career.
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Join us for the inaugural competition as part of the Business Impact Challenge Series (BICs), presented by the Center for Social Value Creation (CSVC) and Hack4Impact. This event is open to all undergraduate UMD students.
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Join us for an impact-driven case competition presented by the Center for Social Value Creation (CSVC) and IBM. This event is open to all UMD master’s students, including Plus 1.
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CSVC, in partnership with KPMG and Smith’s National Business Fraternities, jointly hosts a case competition for newly initiated members (pledges). This experience introduces new fraternity members to the intersection of business strategy and social impact, allowing them to engage with real-world challenges faced by purpose-driven organizations. Through hands-on analysis and collaborative problem-solving, participants gain early exposure to how businesses integrate social and environmental responsibility into their operations at the very start of their Greek involvement at Smith.
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Join us for the inaugural ChainReaction challenge as part of the Business Impact Challenge Series (BICs), presented by the Center for Social Value Creation (CSVC) and the Supply Chain Management Society (SCMS). This event is open to all undergraduate and graduate UMD students.
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Join us for a Lunch & Learn as Pam shares how companies can move beyond traditional corporate giving to build authentic, strategic social impact that engages employees, strengthens communities and creates lasting change.
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Smith Sizzle
Smith Sizzle
Welcome to the Smith Sizzle by CSVC, the Center for Social Value Creation’s flagship student-driven thought leadership publication delivering “hot takes” on business strategies with a focus on long-term strategy, social responsibility, and sustainability. Via biweekly published case analyses, we aim to provide a window into the perspectives of the next generation of business leaders and change agents.