GM Bets on Lyft

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — American car companies sold more vehicles in 2015 than ever before, with sales boosted by low gas pric

In a Driverless Future, Which Companies Will Thrive (or Die)?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- In Tokyo this week, Toyota put journalists in a modified Lexus GS equipped with self-driving technology. On its own, the car entered a highway, drove for a bit and navigated an off-ramp.

Hot Topics: What the experts are saying

MEDIA ALERT: February 3, 2010 Attention: automotive, technology, and green living reporters/editors ELECTRIC CAR HISTORIAN, BUSINESS PROFESSOR AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT  ON CHEVY VOLT, AUTO INDUSTRY

New Research Finds Business Plans Are Virtually Useless

College Park, Md. – April 6, 2009 — A business plan has zero value as a fundraising tool according to new research from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Entrepreneurs should be perfecting their business, not spending hours refining how their plan looks on paper, say researchers.

Faculty Research Profile: David Kirsch

Entrepreneurial entry in an emerging industry is like exploring uncharted territory. Understanding what happened in the emerging Internet industry has also been something of a mystery—a mystery being unraveled with patience and meticulous care by David Kirsch, associate professor of management and entrepreneurship.

What's Up With GameStop?

Few would have guessed that GameStop would be Wall Street’s most eye-popping stock to watch. Our experts explain the frenzy.

Are We There Yet: What Happened to the Driverless Revolution?

Just a few years ago, the driverless car revolution seemed inevitable. But time passed and drivers are no closer than they were then to sitting in fully driverless vehicles. Maryland Smith's David Kirsch shares the roadmap for what happened to the driverless car dream and where it's going.

Will 2021 Be the Year of the Electric Vehicle?

For decades, the electric vehicle has been seen as the car of tomorrow but never quite the car of today. Is that about to change?

History’s Top Innovators: Genius or Luck?

In the early automobile industry, what separated the greats, like Henry Ford, was quite a bit of luck,

What Investors Can Learn as Luckin Loses Its Buzz

Successful entrepreneurs are good storytellers. Sometimes, their stories are more fiction than non-fiction.

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