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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.
November 29, 2021
How a New Life Cycle Variable Reveals the Big Picture
Analysis of product life cycles has been underutilized by the likes of research economists and financial analysts in examining firm investment policies.
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How a New Life Cycle Variable Reveals the Big Picture
November 18, 2021
For Maryland Taxpayers, a Tough Ruling
“All income is taxable unless the tax code says it’s not; all expenses are not deductible from that income unless the tax code says they can be deducted.”
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For Maryland Taxpayers, a Tough Ruling
November 17, 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Debt Problem, the Pandemic, And What Must Happen Next
Maryland Smith’s Lemma Senbet, along with Brookings co-authors, explores how the pandemic and the swift and preemptive lockdowns implemented around the world in March of 2020, “left significant scars on the fiscal position of sub-Saharan Africa and the market condition it faces.”
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Debt Problem, the Pandemic, And What Must Happen Next
November 17, 2021
The New Way To Buy: Shoppable TV
In the mood to indulge in some retail therapy? Take a seat on the couch.
See a mixer that you like in the "Great British Baking Show" or a favorable shade of lipstick on an actress? Shoppable TV is here to put those products in the hands of consumers. The latest marketing method to hit the small…
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The New Way To Buy: Shoppable TV
November 12, 2021
How Your Coworkers’ Morals Can Help You Do the Right Thing.
Highly moral people might always “do the right thing” when it comes to speaking up about wrongdoings and problems in the workplace. But even people who lack that moral compass become more likely to speak up when they see other employees displaying moral messages at work, finds new research from…
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How Your Coworkers’ Morals Can Help You Do the Right Thing.
November 10, 2021
How the Pandemic Shaped Economics
Traditional data sources couldn’t capture the whole economic picture during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading some to look to less-analyzed data sources – OpenTable reservations, TSA screenings, weekly credit-card transactions.
November 9, 2021
A New Way to Read Between the Lines of Investing
When it comes to investing, predicting stock return volatility is the name of the game. Traditional methods rely on stochastic models, but more recent models have turned to text-mining techniques. Now, research from Maryland Smith is taking those new methods even further.
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A New Way to Read Between the Lines of Investing
October 28, 2021
For Facebook’s Tarnished Brand, Fix the Business Model
Despite booming business, Facebook’s reputation has been in decline – from 2018’s Cambridge Analytica scandal through recent revelations of the platform’
October 27, 2021
What to Make of WeWork’s Second Market Entry Attempt
When WeWork saw its IPO bid come to an abrupt halt in 2019, the company was forced to take a hard look in the mirror. Now it’s made a second attempt to go public – this time via a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC).
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What to Make of WeWork’s Second Market Entry Attempt
October 26, 2021
How U.S. Immigration Policies Stifle Immigrant Entrepreneurship
Visa policies in the United States are holding immigrants back from starting new ventures and restricting their employment choices early in their careers, as well as shaping their entrepreneurship later, finds new research from Maryland Smith’s Rajshree Agarwal, director of the Ed Snider Center for…
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How U.S. Immigration Policies Stifle Immigrant Entrepreneurship