Space Economy on the Rise: Assessing Lunar Investment, SpaceX Growth and Orbital Computing
A Deloitte analysis projects the lunar economy could reach $566 billion by 2050. Smith professor Jon Crocker says investors should prioritize transportation, energy and communications, pursue government contracts and dual-use technologies, and build partnerships balancing scale with innovation.
Smith’s Anil Gupta Pushes Back on Bill Gates’ AI Job‑Loss Warnings
Bill Gates warns artificial intelligence incentives could displace workers and backs a token tax to fund retraining. UMD-Smith professor Anil K. Gupta counters that hiring and entry-level data show no disruption, advocating a four-day workweek if displacement grows.
From Hypothesis Testing Towards Inference to Best Explanation: A PEEBI Testimonial Structure for Abductive Studies in Strategy
Though scholars employ abduction, there is no agreed-upon structure to reporting their findings. Moreover, the traditional hypo-deductive reasoning structure does not align with the epistemology of abduction.
An Unattainable Emotional Advantage? Supervisors' Perceptual Biases in the Relationship Between Emotional Understanding Ability and Performance Ratings for Female Employees
Empathy is increasingly valued at workplaces as it facilitates interpersonal relationships, collaboration, and team functioning. Accordingly, organizations increasingly observe and recognize employees' emotional understanding (EU) ability—a key foundation of empathy—as an important dimension of individual merit in performance evaluations. We note that, however, supervisors' gender stereotypes may constrain whether EU ability is recognized properly, particularly for female employees.
Meet the Marketing Graduate Who Kept UMD’s Biggest Secret for Four Years
Luke Hanson ’26 secretly portrayed the University of Maryland mascot Testudo for four years while studying management and marketing. He applied classroom lessons to Testudo’s social media strategy and, after graduation, became Talon, Major League Soccer club D.C. United’s mascot.
In Memoriam: M. Susan Taylor, Professor Emerita
M. Susan Taylor, a University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business professor emerita and former senior associate dean whose influential research, teaching and academic leadership shaped organizational behavior scholarship, died July 25 from Alzheimer's disease complications at 74.