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September 24, 2015
Google Yourself: Rebranding lessons

Google recently unveiled an update to its familiar colorful logo, part of the rebranding of the internet behemoth that does so much more than search these days. The logo refresh is a reminder that even the most successful can use an update from time to time.

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September 15, 2015
The Myth of 'Disruptive Innovation'

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Is the influential theory of "disruptive innovation" bunk? Or to put it in a less specific and blunt way: Are businesses — and business professors — too qu

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September 10, 2015
Wind Energy, Uber behind Green Trends in China, India

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- China is poised to drive a projected global surge in wind energy, while a looming Uber stake in India could make that country’s taxi industry more carbon friend

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September 3, 2015
Four Success-or-Fail Factors for Retailers in China

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Some foreign retailers in China are stumbling. Others are thriving. Count Home Depot and Best Buy among recent failures.

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September 2, 2015
China Turmoil Spreads; Volatility the New Norm

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- After August marked the Dow’s worst month,&nbsp

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September 1, 2015
Smith Freshmen Attend Day of Service

More than 70 freshmen in the College Park Scholars’ Business, Society & the Economy program (BSE) began their college life by completing a day of community service. On Friday, August 28, one day after having moved onto campus, the BSE students fanned out to several sites across Montgomery County dedicated to helping the homeless.

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August 19, 2015
The Amazon Controversy: Exploring Workplace Justice

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- In a much-discussed piece in The New York Times, which drew on interviews with more than 100 people, Amazon comes off as a rough place to work.

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August 12, 2015
The Renaming — and Reinvention? — of Google

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Google set the business world abuzz Monday by announcing a reorganization: Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, will now head a new entity called Alphabe

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August 11, 2015
Smith Welcomes New Faculty Members

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is happy to welcome nine new faculty members for the 2015-2016 academic year. New faculty joined the Smith School in August in following areas:

Accounting and Information Assurance

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August 10, 2015
Smith Professor Leads Academy of Management

Professor Debra Shapiro from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business started a one-year term as president of the Academy of Management during the professional association’s annual meeting Aug. 7-11, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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