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.

Alternative perspective shifts the focus from wealth distribution to wealth creation and upward mobility for the masses.

Teaching started as an act of defiance more than a career choice for Rajshree Agarwal, the Rudolph P. Lamone Chair and Professor in Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. “I grew up in a traditional Indian family,” Agarwal says. “Along with the promise of an arranged marriage came the expectation that I would never work outside the home.”

Firms worried about knowledge leakage should be careful what they wish for when they lobby lawmakers to boost enforceability of loyalty agreements.