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The lifeblood of a business school is its faculty, and at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business our faculty members are inspiring, supportive and world-class. We are attuned to a marketplace that values innovation, entrepreneurialism, analytical thinking and hard work. Our teaching and research equips students with the wisdom of business scholarship rooted in the experiential lessons of the marketplace.
December 8, 2022
Student Loan Forgiveness in Limbo: What Borrowers Should Know
With the proposed student debt relief program mired and stalled in legal battles, it’s now revealed that erroneous notices of student debt forgiveness application approvals were emailed to about 9 million Americans. At this point, says Smith’s Samuel Handwerger, “the Biden administration might be…
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Student Loan Forgiveness in Limbo: What Borrowers Should Know
December 7, 2022
Risk Lessons from FTX
FTX postmortems have included Axios describing the cryptocurrency exchange as a “house of cards” comparable to Enron, Theranos, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Madoff Investment Securities. Plus, Moody’s writes the collapse “will radically transform the crypto ecosystem, further shaking trust and…
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Risk Lessons from FTX
December 2, 2022
Study Helps Retailers Figure Out What Consumers Want Next
Retailers are constantly trying to figure out not just how to sell their current inventory, but also what to offer to consumers for the next season. Thanks to new research from a University of Maryland marketing professor, predicting what consumers want could get easier.
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Study Helps Retailers Figure Out What Consumers Want Next
December 1, 2022
Knowing “Who Likes You” Changes the Online Dating Game
Dating is not immune to inflation. The cost of eating out, going for a drink, taking in a show, not to mention paying for the gas to drive to meet or pick up your date have all gone up significantly.
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Knowing “Who Likes You” Changes the Online Dating Game
November 22, 2022
Feeling Burned Out at Work? Here’s How to Fix It
Burnout. It’s the reason 40% of professionals have sought new career opportunities recently, according to a 2021 Limeade survey.
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Feeling Burned Out at Work? Here’s How to Fix It
November 22, 2022
Housing Market: Do Clouds on the Horizon Signal Storm or Steady Rain?
Inflation, soaring interest rates and massive financial market volatility have dampened end-of-year projections for the U.S. economy. But housing, in a historically low mortgage-rate environment, has been an outlier amid the disorder – until recently. Now, clouds are on the horizon, says Smith’s…
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Housing Market: Do Clouds on the Horizon Signal Storm or Steady Rain?
November 22, 2022
Getting Back Out There: Networking In-person Again
You’ve heard it before: networking is critical for building professional relationships and finding out about new job opportunities, says Rachel Loock, a career and leadership coach in Maryland Smith’s Office of Career Services.
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Getting Back Out There: Networking In-person Again
November 22, 2022
How to Pick the Right New Team and Avoid Joining One With a Bad Boss
So you’ve made it to the final round interview for a new job. Just as you conduct due diligence with any other big step to determine if it’s the best fit, the same should be true when interviewing for a new job, says Rachel Loock, writing in USA Today.
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How to Pick the Right New Team and Avoid Joining One With a Bad Boss
November 17, 2022
Airlines Failing in Customer Service: Smith Experts Explain its Roots and Strategies for Passengers
AAA’s prediction for 54.6 million Thanksgiving weekend travelers would push travel in the United States to 98 percent of pre-pandemic volume. But it may not be enough to reserve airport parking spaces beforehand or allocate extra time for TSA lines.
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Airlines Failing in Customer Service: Smith Experts Explain its Roots and Strategies for Passengers
November 17, 2022
Smith Professor’s Research Leads to Newly Passed Bill to Curb Workplace Sexual Harassment
Congress has just passed a bipartisan bill to limit nondisclosure agreements. The Speak Out Act, having cleared both the Senate and House, is expected to be signed into law by President Biden. And, as Axios reports, it “comes slightly more than five years after the resurgence of #MeToo captured the…
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Smith Professor’s Research Leads to Newly Passed Bill to Curb Workplace Sexual Harassment