SELF, LEAD Programs Cater to Underrepresented Groups COLLEGE PARK, Md. (March 2, 2015) -- About 90 high school students from underrepresented groups will study entrepreneurship and leadership this summer in two programs at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Both programs, offered jointly by The Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets and the Smith Undergraduate Office, will introduce participants to college life and potential business careers.

The Snider Center announces the first lecture of the Justice & Markets lecture series, designed to introduce student and the public to topics in philosophy, ethics, and business. 

University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh has appointed the director of the Snider Center, Dr. Rajshree Agarwal, to chair a commission to “chart a road map to competitive excellence” for the future.

We all are members of communities, citizens of nations and participants in a global economic and cultural conversation. As members of these complex and overlapping systems, how do we define our rights as individuals and our responsibilities to society? How we answer these questions is likely fundamental to our outlook on economic inequality and how it should be addressed today. 

Should increasing inequality in outcomes within and across nations be of primary concern to business and society today? Does economic progress and growth depend on reducing inequality of outcomes? 

Foundation Led by Alumnus Ed Snider Pledges Support for Study of Free Enterprise

When it comes to a company’s success, is it better to have one strong leader at the top or several leaders sharing responsibilities? The early Japanese cotton spinning industry might have the answer.

Researchers who scrambled to fight infections during World War II discovered more than the power of penicillin. They also learned lessons about human enterprise that can guide efforts today to stop COVID-19.

Some startups bet everything on a single visionary founder. But organizations with stable shared leadership are more likely to grow and emerge as industry anchors.

People love stories about determined entrepreneurs who work alone until they achieve success. But an isolationist mindset tends to backfire in the real world.