Digital Technologies, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Mobile and Social Platforms are dramatically changing the business landscape around us. However, the ability to innovate and harness these new technologies requires vision and strong leadership. DIGITS, the Center for Digital Innovation Technology and Strategy at the Robert H.

College Park, Md. – September 12, 2013 – Michel Wedel, the Pepsico Professor of Consumer Science at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, was named a 2013-2014 Distinguished Scholar-Teacher by the University of Maryland.

College Park, Md. – September 10, 2013 – The undergraduate business program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business jumped to No. 18 in the nation in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges,” published today. The Smith School placed 8th among public universities and again ranked highly in a number of business specialty categories.

This summer, academic experts and business leaders from 28 countries gathered in Taiwan for the 22nd annual Frontiers in Service Conference, sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Service (CES) at the University of Maryland, College Park.

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has announced the appointment of Cliff Rossi as Professor of the Practice in finance. 

The 5th annual conference on complexity in business will be held in downtown Washington, DC on November 7 and 8, 2013.  This conference, sponsored by the Center for Complexity in Business at the Robert H. Smith School of Business is the premier meeting to discuss research at the intersection of complex systems and business.  The conference will be a 1.5 day event and will include talks by thought leaders and an audience blend of academics and industry practitioners.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $200,000 to the Supply Chain Management Center (SCMC) at the Robert H. Smith School of Business for research and development of enterprise tools and technologies for managing risk in the cyber supply chain.

Jared Watson was pumping gas at a Costco near Seattle when he read the email that he gotten into the PhD program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. “I almost fainted,” he recalls. Watson’s dream of becoming a marketing professor was about to begin. He moved to the East Coast to begin the fall 2013 semester with Smith’s new cohort of 18 PhD students.

Six top researchers and teachers joined the full-time faculty at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business to start the fall 2013 semester. They earned their PhDs at some of the top universities. Two new adjunct instructors will also be teaching courses this fall.  The Accounting and Information Assurance department welcomed Emanuel Zur, a new assistant professor who earned his PhD from New York University’s Stern School of Business. 

Air dates: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, September 1, 2013, 7:30 a.m. Hedge funds have been characterized as an investment vehicle exclusively for the wealthy. What makes these elusive funds so lucrative and can an average investor get in on them?