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March 16, 2016
Finding Business Partners, Not Rivals

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Some people think business is all about crushing the competition. But Anil K. Gupta, the Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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March 16, 2016
The Stock Market Causes Herd Behavior — Among Managers

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Does the stock market encourage corporate conformity? Yes, according to new research from the Robert H.

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March 16, 2016
Investing in the Smith Journey

Undergraduate students have access to new programs and opportunities at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business as a result of differential tuition. Funds generated from the policy, adopted in fall 2015, have allowed the school to ramp up its investments in four key areas related to the undergraduate experience and the Smith Journey.

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March 16, 2016
George Bradford ’97 – Businessman, Golfer

People know about Tiger Woods, who stormed the 1997 Masters Tournament and dominated the PGA Tour for the next several years. “It was a truly seismic moment in the tour,” ESPN sportscaster and University of Maryland alumnus Scott Van Pelt said March 4, 2016, during a daylong symposium on race, social class and professional golf. “Galleries started looking more like America.”

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March 16, 2016
Smith’s Part-time MBA Climbs into U.S. News Top 20

The part-time MBA program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business climbed into the top 20 in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, released March 16, 2016. The program is No. 19 overall and No.

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March 11, 2016
Smith Terps Explore the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

On Feb. 16, 2016, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted an extraordinary event designed specifically for Smith’s professional community.

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March 11, 2016
Invest in the Long Term – Social Enterprise Symposium Highlights

“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.

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March 11, 2016
Women Leading Women Event, March 31

[April 4, 2016: Event Highlights]

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March 10, 2016
Smith MBAs Consult on Technology Commercialization in DC I-Corps

MBA students at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business research cutting-edge technologies from the U.S. federal lab system in a course called Fed Tech, part of the UMD-led DC I-Corps program.

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March 10, 2016
Brazil’s Economy

Brazil’s economy is undergoing the worst recession since 1901, just as the country gears up for this summer’s Rio Olympics. The games face deep cuts, and now the mosquito-born Zika virus creates another threat.

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