Why Are Corporate Boardrooms Still Overwhelmingly Male?
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – How close are the Fortune 500 companies to achieving gender equality on their corporate boards? They've got a long way to go, baby.
A Better Mate for Kraft Heinz?
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – It was a brief courtship, and then an amicable parting of ways. But for Kraft Heinz, there may be other fish in the sea.
UMD-Smith Names Michael Faulkender Associate Dean of Master’s Programs
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Associate Professor of Finance Michael Faulkender has been named Associate Dean for Masters Programs at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
The Quirk in the IRS’s Tuition-Reporting Rules
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – College-tuition-paying tax filers should be extra careful when claiming that tax credit – at least for one more year. In the following piece, lecturer Samuel Handwerger at the University of Maryland's Robert H.
Could This Be the Key To a Better Sharing Economy?
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – The car you rented as part of your auto-share club reeked of cigarette smoke and a cross-country roadtrip worth of crumbs littered the seats and floor. There was a slight and mysterious stickiness on the gear shift. It made you wonder: Why are some of the vehicles in the car-sharing club kept meticulously tidy while others arrive icky?
C-BERC Meets about Business Ethics & Academic Integrity
In Dec. 2016, Gideon Mark, associate director of the Center for the Study of Business Ethics, Regulation and Crime (C-BERC), met with the University of Maryland Undergraduate Studies Faculty Fellows to discuss the relevance of business ethics to academic integrity issues at their weekly meeting. The discussion focused on (1) deterrence of misconduct in the business environment and deterrence of academic misconduct and (2) the university's academic integrity process.
Why Snapchat’s OMG IPO Is Raising Eyebrows
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – When Jonathan Aberman thinks about Snap Inc.
Mischief or Monotony? Why Employees Break Rules
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – When employees break the rules at work, it might not be mischief. It might be monotony.
The Trouble with Trump’s Executive Order on New Regulations
By SAM HANDWERGER SMITH BRAIN TRUST - “OK, tell me what to do.” “I can't tell you.” “Why not?” “Well, the president told me not to.” “But I need you to explain to me the law so I can understand how to apply the law.”
Should the NFL Worry As Super Bowl Ad Buying Lags?
SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Fox was unexpectedly scrambling this week to sell the last remaining in-game commercial spots for the Feb.