The world in changing. With a greater emphasis on all stakeholders around the global and the speed at which information flows digitally, companies are re-evaluating the way they do things. . In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Gaurav Bhalla, a executive education fellow at the Smith School and founder and CEO of Knowledge Kinectics, talks about rethinking marketing.

Barbara Chipman was pleasantly surprised when she received her staff excellence award from the Robert H. Smith School of Business earlier this year (Spring 2010). Chipman works as a coordinator for the department of management and organization and says felt honored to receive the award from the Smith School.

Amy Owens was very excited to receive her staff excellence award from the Robert H. Smith School of Business earlier this year (Spring 2010). Owens works as an admissions coordinator in the MBA/MS Admissions Office and says she finds her job to be extremely rewarding.

The Robert H. Smith School of Business, Office of Career Services hosted an Employer Appreciation Dinner on Thursday, July 22 in the nation’s capital to recognize the importance of the employer relationships that are created at the Smith School.

Sixty experts including computer scientists, finance professors and financial regulators will be meeting at a two-day Workshop on Knowledge Representation and Information Management for Financial Risk Management, July 21-22, 2010.

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.

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.

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 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.