A lot can change in a year, but imagine what can happen in 10 years.

The Center for Global Business (CGB) hosted its annual conversation with Eric Peterson, partner and managing director, Global Business Policy Council, Kearney, on Monday, February 8, as part of the Distinguished Speakers in International Business Series (DSS).

The Center for Global Business (CGB) hosted a conversation with Javier Lopez Gonzalez, senior trade policy analyst at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and William Reinsch, senior adviser and Scholl Chair in International Business at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), on Thursday, January 14, 2021, as part of the Distinguished Speakers in International Business Series (

The Center for Global Business (CGB) at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business will feature five Maryland-based exporting firms for their best practices in COVID perseverance, via a “Maryland Business Adapts” roundtable event forthcoming this spring.

The Center for Global Business (CGB) and Academic Director Kislaya Prasad hosted a conversation with Catherine Mann, global chief economist at Citibank, on Thursday, October 15, 2020, as part of the Distinguished Speakers in International Business Series (DSS).

In a special summer edition of the Distinguished Speakers in International Business Series (DSS), the Center for Global Business and academic director, Kislaya Prasad hosted a conversation with Emmanuelle Ganne, senior analyst in the economic research and statistics division of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday, July 27, 2020.

Ha Le, a second-year MBA student at Maryland Smith, writes about the Center for Global Business Annual Forum.

The Center for Global Business at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland announces the release of the new book The Rise of New Economic Powers and America’s Future by Kislaya Prasad, academic director of the center and research professor at Maryland Smith. The volume is a commemorative record and culmination of the center’s Emerging Markets Forum (EMF) series that was held annually from 2011 to 2018.

Kearney partner, speaking at Maryland Smith, outlines 10 predictions for the year ahead. This year, you can expect new, innovative solutions to environmental crises, as well as a vigorous race, to get 5G up and running, Erik Peterson told an audience this week at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.