College Park, Md. – Aug. 30, 2010 — The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business will launch a new Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change (CLIC) on Oct. 1 with a daylong event in Washington, D.C. Lockheed Martin Chairman and CEO Bob Stevens will keynote the event. The new center is focused on producing vanguard research and programs to foster effective leadership, build organizational capabilities for innovation and change, and promote social stewardship in organizations.

Senior supply chain management major Ryan Brown took the Robert H. Smith School of Business’ mission of “connecting in the Nation’s Capital” very seriously. He took the spring 2010 semester off to take advantage of the University of Maryland, College Park’s, close proximity to Washington, D.C., by working as an intern in the White House Travel Office.

In a renewal of good faith and a commitment to intercultural learning, Burapha Universit

The Center for Financial Policy held its spring roundtable, “Revitalizing the U.S. Mortgage Market” on May 24, which explored the issues leading to the conservatorship of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The roundtable provided an opportunity for exchange of views on the diagnosis and policy reforms of the government sponsored enterprises (GSEs). The panelists included leading policy and academic experts, and the keynote address was delivered by Mark Zandi, Chief Economist, Moody’s Economy.com

The Center for Social Value Creation (CSVC) at the Robert H. Smith School of Business organized the final presentations for the spring term of this year’s Social Venture Consulting Program on Thursday, May 6.

Per capita, Israel is one of the most prolific places in the world for technology development, and ripe for new business growth. The University of Maryland is embarking on a new partnership with the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology – to harness these technological innovations and create new businesses that will ultimately drive economic development both in Israel and in the state of Maryland.

HANOVER, MD, May 13, 2010 – Contrary to public assertions, IT professionals in the U.S. who are not citizens actually earned more than their American colleagues from 2000-2005 and therefore did not depress the salaries of American citizens, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®).

HANOVER, MD, May 13, 2010 – Contrary to public assertions, IT professionals in the U.S. who are not citizens actually earned more than their American colleagues from 2000-2005 and therefore did not depress the salaries of American citizens, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®).

Each day, Google Maps transfers so much data it is measured in petabytes (that’s a digit with 15 zeros behind it). And that’s just the Maps platform of the Internet giant. With all of this data being transferred through cyberspace, security is a big issue. According to experts the focus should be on securing entire platforms, rather than individual servers with applications, to really secure the flow of data in the cyber supply chain. How to tackle this issue was the topic of discussion at the May 26 CyberMaryland Forum, held at the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

The seventh annual Joseph M. Wikler Finance Case Competition took place on April 16, 2010, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. The competition, which is open to juniors and seniors from the BMGT 440 Advanced Financial Management class, began with nine teams selected by the instructors of the Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 sections.