The PhD program at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park, is No. 11 in the world and No. 8 in the U.S., according to new rankings by The Financial Times.  The rankings are based off data collected in 2013 and can be found in the fields of the Global MBA Ranking on the Financial Times business education website. 

All faculty, program directors, deans, department chairs, alumni, and students of the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business are invited to nominate deserving Smith School faculty members (i.e., tenured, tenure-track, Tyser Teaching Fellow, lecturer, adjunct, or Ph.D. student) for one of several Krowe Teaching Awards in areas of general excellence. 

1.  Be Entertained MBA Monte Carlo Night February 22, 2014 Ritz Carlton, Washington, D.C. 2. Be Inspired Social Enterprise Symposium March 7, 2014 Stamp Student Union

A recent scandal in the NFL’s Miami Dolphins organization brought to light the havoc bullying can create in the workplace – whether it’s the locker room or the boardroom. Bullies classify as “difficult” co-workers, and they can have big effects on job performance.  

PhD Candidate Tracks Rise of Peer-to-peer Online Lending in China “Welcome from Prestigious American University Bryan Stroube to share his expert knowledge.”  This was the banner that greeted 2015 PhD candidate, Bryan Stroube, as he arrived at a school in rural China, three hours by train from where he was based in Beijing. 

First it was The New York Times. Then The Baltimore Sun. Now The Washington Post has followed suit, requiring online readers to buy a subscription.

Anil K. Gupta has been named to Thinkers50 — widely recognized as the world’s first, and definitive, ranking of the top 50 business thinkers. Gupta, the Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship for the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, is among 14 newcomers to the bi-yearly ranking. He enters the list at No. 44. 

How to increase innovation in any organization Entrepreneurship goes beyond starting and running new businesses. All organizations need people who think like entrepreneurs to innovate, move forward and stay ahead.

In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, host Jeff Salkin sits down with Elana Fine, managing director of the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, to talk about startups, innovation and the University of Maryland’s community of entrepreneurs. 

Nov. 12, 2013 - Update: Anil K. Gupta has been named to Thinkers50 – widely recognized as the world’s first, and definitive, ranking of the top 50 business thinkers. Full Story.