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June 2, 2016
When Do Service Amenities Pay for Themselves?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Say you're a hotel manager trying to decide whether to build a pool: Will the additional reservations you bring in from that amenity offset the cost of

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June 2, 2016
Abolish the Gender-Based 'Pink Tax'?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — P.K.

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May 26, 2016
Millennials Get Their Own Spectator Sport

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Video gaming, as eSports, is drawing a marketing bonanza thanks to Millennials, who also make any ‘Is it a legit sport?’ debate moot, says marketing prof

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May 17, 2016
Making Sense of Berkshire’s Bite of Apple

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Berkshire Hathaway’s small but much-discussed bite of Apple suggests a vote of confidence for a tech giant that had been sliding in the stock market.

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May 11, 2016
Good move? Budweiser is now ‘America’

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Social media is buzzing about Budweiser. Just in time for the Summer Olympics and Trump v.

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May 10, 2016
The Opportunities and Challenges of Doing Business with India

Participants at the Robert H. Smith School of Business's 2016 Emerging Markets Forum agreed that India's rapid growth offered opportunities for both local and U.S. businesses, but they disagreed about whether the Indian government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is moving quickly enough to cut red tape.  

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May 4, 2016
Restaurants Fight Back Against No-Shows

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Online services such as OpenTable make it easy for consumers to make restaurant reservations — and not show up. But higher-end restaurants are countering this, and the trend is global:

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April 28, 2016
The 'Echoverse': A New Way to Think About Brand-Consumer Interactions

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Most studies of the interactions between companies and consumers look at one piece of the puzzle: Advertising or social media or news coverage o

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April 28, 2016
Smith Undergrads Take Second in Wake Forest Marketing Analytics Summit

A team of five undergraduates from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business took home second place in this year’s Wake Forest Marketing Analytics Summit, a case competition held annually at WFU’s campus in Winston-Salem, N.C.

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April 21, 2016
National Technology Readiness Survey Results Featured in Harvard Business Review

The results of the latest National Technology Readiness Survey (NTRS), which shows the on-demand economy continuing to flourish, were featured in the April 14, 2016 Harvard Business Review.

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