Center for Global Business News

December 13, 2016
Girl Scout Cookie College Comes to Smith

More than 200 Girl Scouts came to Cookie College and learned about the business of selling cookies on Dec. 10, 2016, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. “The girls learned life skills like goal setting and money management that will help them in all aspects of life,” said Sara Tyler, program specialist at the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital.

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December 7, 2016
UMD’s Smith School to Offer Export Workshops

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (DEC. 6, 2016) — Business leaders with global aspirations can learn cross-border trade strategies in a five-part workshop series from the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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December 5, 2016
Smith Creates a Passport to a Global Mindset

Smith student Philip Peker ’18 writes about the Global Young Professionals Institute on Nov. 11, 2016, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. 

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December 1, 2016
How India's Currency Crisis Could Shape its Economy

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — What is it like when 86 percent of the banknotes in circulation in a country are rendered worthless overnight?&

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November 21, 2016
Smith Students Celebrate International Education Week

Students at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business spent last week exploring global education and career opportunities during International Education Week, Nov.14-18, 2016.

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November 8, 2016
Panel Explores Post-Olympics Brazil

Post-Olympics Brazil faces challenges, but panelists were cautiously optimistic about the country’s future during a Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) forum on Nov. 1, 2016, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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November 8, 2016
International Education Week is Nov 14-18

It is sometimes said that you cannot truly know another culture without knowing its language. In fact, culture informs the business environment of every country and knowledge of a foreign language is among the most immediately recognizable signs of a global mindset.

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November 1, 2016
The Economist Ranks Smith Faculty No. 1 in World

Professors at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business placed No. 1 in the world for "faculty quality" in The Economist's 2016 full-time MBA rankings, marking the third consecutive year atop the category.

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October 10, 2016
The Science of Contracts Behind the 2016 Economics Nobel

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Contracts help human beings do what at times seems impossible. They help us cooperate and trust each other.

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October 5, 2016
5th Annual Smith School Business Summit, Oct. 28

Success in a VUCA World: Leading in Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous Times

Friday, October 28, 2016 • 2-6:30 p.m. Omni Shoreham Hotel 2500 Calvert Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008

We are living in a VUCA world - and no business or industry is exempt.

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