Rhonda K. Reger, associate professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, was appointed the 2013 associate program chair of the newly formed Behavioral Strategy interest group within the Strategic Management Society (SMS).

As the 2012 presidential race accelerates toward Election Day, campaign strategy in both camps has negative messages flying fast, with sounds bites and ads traveling far and wide. In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Hank Boyd talks about how the presidential candidates are – or should be – building their brands on the campaign trail.

September 27, 2012 & September 30, 2012 According to data published earlier this year, 70 U.S. companies hold $1.2 trillion in untaxed (by the United States) profits around the world, an 18-percent increase from a year earlier. Those firms and others unsuccessfully lobbied Congress in 2011 for a tax repatriation holiday — similar to the one enacted seven years ago within the 2004 American Jobs Creation Act.

The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association partner to present: PRMIA DC 4th Annual Risk Management and Regulatory Summit Implementation Issues of Regulatory Reform

Rhonda K. Reger, associate professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, was appointed the 2013 associate program chair of the newly formed Behavioral Strategy interest group within the Strategic Management Society (SMS).

Sandor Boyson, PhD, research professor for the Robert H. Smith School of Business’ Department of Logistics, Business and Public Policy, is among 40 experts selected by the U.S. Department of Commerce to provide insight into supply chain strategy to spur U.S. exports and global competitiveness. The new Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness convenes on Oct. 19 with Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank to begin work on issues requested for study by White House and federal agencies.

September 27, 2012 & September 30, 2012

College Park, Md. - Oct. 1, 2012 - Leading researchers representing 40 institutions worldwide will present and discuss their work in the third Workshop on Health IT and Economics (WHITE) on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5-6 at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Va.