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Herd Behavior in Voluntary Disclosure of Capital Expenditure Forecasts Highly reputable firms set the standard for voluntary disclosure; many other firms just follow the crowd

Mid-life Transition Decision Processes and Career Successes Understanding the process of mid-life career transition may help employers keep their employees

Research by Holly Slay

Lawrence A. Gordon, Ernst & Young Alumni Professor of Managerial Accounting and director of the PhD program at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, gives an overview of the Smith School’s PhD program.

The following books authored by Smith faculty members were recently published.

G. Anandalingam and H. Lucas, Beware the Winner's Curse: Victories that Can Sink You and Your Company, New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Research by Nerrisa Brown

Research by April M. Knill

The Smith School would like to offer congratulations to the following Smith PhD Candidates

Nerissa Brown, Accounting and Information AssuranceBest Paper Presentation Award“Herd Behavior in the Voluntary Disclosure of Capital Expenditure Forecasts”Center for Corporate Reporting and Governance ConferenceCosta Mesa, CA, September 2004

The MBA program at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland ranked No. 20 among all U.S. MBA programs in the Financial Times MBA 2005 rankings, published January 24th. The influential rankings place Smiths MBA program No. 6 among all U.S. public business schools and No. 30 in the world.

Singapore & College Park Md., November 30, 2004 - The University of Maryland's Robert H.

The Robert H. Smith School of Business kicks off an exciting new year in 2005, with the start of its fourth Executive MBA class in College Park, new Executive MBA programs in China and a host of campus activities planned for the spring semester.