Facebook’s ‘Benevolent Dictator’

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — In a move Inc. calls a “Wall Street magic trick,” Facebook’s annual shareholders meeting on Monday yielded passage of a measure to issue 5.7 million shares of a nonvoting C Class stock.

Why Tesla's SolarCity Bid Will Fail

Smith Brain Trust — Electric car maker Tesla Motors describes its bid to acquire full-service solar power systems provider SolarCity as a move destined to create the “world’s only vertically integrated energy company offering end-to-end clean energy products to our customers.”  But management professor Br

10 Business Books for your Summer Reading

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is excited to announce some favorite books in the "13th Annual Top-10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders" for 2016, as recommended by members of its faculty and administrators.

Mark Wellman Receives CIBER Award for Teaching Innovation in Global Learning

The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is pleased to announce that Mark Wellman, clinical professor of management and organization, is the recipient of the inaugural CIBER Award for Teaching Innovation in Global Learning. The award aims to recognize a Smith faculty member who has demonstrated a commitment to teaching for a global mindset, meaning an openness to and awareness of diversity across cultures and markets.

The Role of Innovation in Battling Climate Change

Experts at a recent University of Maryland event said innovation will play a key yet unpredictable role as the United States moves toward meeting the goals set forth in the Paris Agreement on climate change, namely keeping the global temperature rise to significantly below 2 degrees Celsius. Current projections about slowing climate change may be pessimistic, but such pessimism involves extrapolating from current sociological and technological trends. Human ingenuity "is not in the models," said David A.

Sketchy Growth Prospects in China

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Does China’s first quarter GDP growth of 6.7 percent signal that the country is solidly on course for growth between 6.5 and 7 percent per year by 2020 — a key benchmark to its recently adopted five-year plan? “Let’s be cauti

Smith Professor Creates Entrepreneurship Program for Software & Mobile Apps Business in Belarus

James Sanders, adjunct professor in the management and organization department at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, recently conducted an action research project in Belarus, which was developed through the Smith School’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER).

Cadillac Expands in China — at the Wrong Time?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Cadillac has just opened a state-of-the-art $1.3 billion plant outside Shanghai, and it plans to open another $1 billion factory in Wuhan next year.

The Big Bet Taking Cvent Private

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Experts from the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

Smith Terps Learn to Make the Perfect Pitch with Bill McGowan

The Center for Leadership, Innovation, and Change (CLIC) at the Robert H.

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