Center for Global Business News

Mark Wellman, clinical professor and director of the College Park Scholars Business, Society & Economy (BSE) program, was presented with the “The Face of Their Field” Award at the Sixth Annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation ceremony organized by students and st

James Sanders, adjunct professor in the management and organization department at the Robert H.

Please join us for our sixth annual Emerging Markets Forum, presented by the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Doing Business with India: The Promise and the PerilsFriday, April 29, 20168:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center - Rotunda Room1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20004

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and the Tata Group of Companies hosted the Tata Dialogue on Innovation luncheon on April 1, 2016, at the College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. The featured speaker was Shankar Venkateswaran, chief of Tata Sustainability Group, who discussed the challenges of taking sustainability from policy to practice.

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted the Second Annual Emerging Markets Case Competition, April 1-2, 2016. Through two rounds of presentations and Q&A, the team from the Smith School emerged victorious capturing the event’s $2,500 first prize. The runner-up prize of $1,500 went to the University of Washington, Foster School of Business.

An integral part of the College Park Scholars Business, Society & the Economy program (BSE) is an emphasis on real-world immersion experiences. BSE students learn through high impact experiential learning opportunities such as the Silicon Valley immersion experience.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Businesses flourish in the right climate, President Obama told entrepreneurs this week during his visit to Cuba.

“The Social Enterprise Symposium has become the University of Maryland’s premiere event on social enterprise and social entrepreneurship, and we are dedicated to exploring the connection between economic prosperity and lasting social and environmental change,” said Christine Beckman, director of the Center for Social Value Creation at the Robert H.

Students at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business have traveled near and far throughout the 2015-16 academic year. From Vietnam to Brazil and numerous countries in between, they are broadening their global mindset, embracing cultural diversity and improving their knowledge of global business practices.

Smith student Philip Peker ’18 writes about a Smith Start event on global perspective and diversity for freshmen at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business on Feb. 18, 2016.