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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Jan. 30, 2015) — Executive education activity at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business grew by more than 22 percent in 2014— eclipsing the 7 percent industrywide rate, according to the International Consortium for Executive Education (UNICON).

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Annapolis, Md., is the latest municipality to join the fight against Uber. But abiding by government regulations isn't part of the company's long-term strategy, says Smith Professor Brent Goldfarb.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Logistics Professor Philip T. Evers, who has taught sports business at the Smith School, tackles five Super Bowl questions: 1. Who will win? 2. What is the economic impact of hosting the game? 3.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Smith School professor Peter Morici says low-wage workers took the economic brunt of the Blizzard of 2015 along the East Coast.

Roland Rust, active with research and academic institutions in England and the Netherlands, is one of two people this year to be elected a Fellow of the European Marketing Academy (EMAC).

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, the judges of Smith’s Photo Contest had 199,000 to read through – that’s approximately a 633-page book, in case you are curious.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Jan. 26, 2015) — A new Financial Times ranking recognizes the full-time MBA program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business among the top 25 in the nation and top 50 in the world.

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This month, accounting undergraduates at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business took 10 days to visit 15 accounting destinations in Washington, D.C., as part of Jim McKinney's "Tax Avoidance, Tax Policy, and Tax Research Techniques" course. Students met with individuals, groups, and organizations that create, influence, interact, enforce, and adjudicate U.S.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Smith Professor Peter Morici says shifting European politics could have a depressing effect on U.S. interest rates.