The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business is pleased to welcome the following new faculty members for fall 2009. Accounting and Information Assurance Carolyn Levine, assistant professor; PhD, Carnegie Mellon University James Staihar- Assistant Professor; PhD, University of Michigan Decision, Operations and Information Technologies Karen Gold, Tyser Teaching Fellow of statistics, UCLA Canan Savaskan-Ebert, visiting assistant professor; PhD, INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France Finance

College Park, Md. – August 26, 2009 — University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced Ken G. Smith, Dean’s Chaired Professor of Business Strategy, was elected as a fellow of the Strategic Management Society. He is among only 44 fellows in the history of the society and the first Smith School faculty member to receive the honor.

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business was recognized for top entrepreneurship research at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Chicago, August 7-11. The Smith School’s department of management and organization and Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship co-hosted a reception in Chicago during the conference to celebrate the faculty and PhD student research achievements. The following were honored:

Broadcast Dates: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28, 2009, 7:30 a.m. Monday, June 29, 2009, 4:30 a.m. If it seems like you and everyone you know is looking for a job, it might actually help your search if your friends have success landing a position.

Broadcast Dates:  Thursday, May 28, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 31, 7:30 a.m. Monday, June 1, 4:30 a.m.

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.

Broadcast Dates: Feb. 5, 2009, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 8, 2009, 7:30 a.m.; Feb. 9, 2009, 4:30 a.m.   Big news for entrepreneurs: Don’t waste your time on a business plan.

Many global companies have entered China and India, but only a few have gotten it right. Frequently they miss growth opportunities while focusing on offshoring and cost reduction. They tap the wealthy urban market but don’t know how to profit from the masses in second and third tier cities. And few have a clear plan for addressing competition from players from within China and India such as Lenovo, Chery Automobile, Haier, Infosys and Tata.

mith School faculty are doing more than leading the way with their research, they are also making an impact on corporate best practices. Case in point -- business intelligence and quotes from Smith faculty were recently highlighted in publications from McKinsey & Company, a leading source of business management consulting services and insight.

Andrew J. Sherman has been an adjunct professor of business management, strategy and planning at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business for over 20 years now. Sherman has been a keynote speaker on business growth topics in over 35 countries at thousands of conferences around the globe. Whether a professor, speaker, advisor or a senior partner in Jones Day in Washington, D.C., he has spent his entire career helping companies grow.