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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.
March 19, 2020
How to work from home with kids (without losing it)
Step one: Don't try to pretend everything is normal.
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How to work from home with kids (without losing it)
March 19, 2020
3 Steps To Protect the Supply Chain
How government and industry can work together to protect the supply chain that provides food, medicine and other necessary goods.
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3 Steps To Protect the Supply Chain
March 19, 2020
When the coronavirus gets tough, the tough get stockpiling
Maryland Smith research explains what drives consumers to clear store shelves and to hoard goods in the face of risks, and explains how retailers should respond.
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When the coronavirus gets tough, the tough get stockpiling
March 18, 2020
Is the ETF Boom Stoking Market Volatility?
Do ETFs contribute to market volatility? New research may hold the answer.
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Is the ETF Boom Stoking Market Volatility?
March 17, 2020
What’s Your Personal VaR?
Managing your own investment risk like a bank can provide a way to quantify your appetite for risk under a wide range of outcomes in a consistent and easily understood manner.
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What’s Your Personal VaR?
March 12, 2020
Don't Touch Your Face. Or Your Stocks.
For investors concerned about market uncertainty invoked by the coronavirus: Don’t touch your face and certainly don’t touch those stocks.
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Don't Touch Your Face. Or Your Stocks.
March 12, 2020
In the Eurozone, a Familiar Worry Over a New Disease
What will the pandemic mean for the future of the eurozone? It’s a new fear with familiar echoes.
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In the Eurozone, a Familiar Worry Over a New Disease
March 11, 2020
Why QR Codes Are Coming Back In a Big Way
They used to seem so pointless. But here's why they matter now – for everything from concert tickets to Covid-19 tracking.
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Why QR Codes Are Coming Back In a Big Way
March 11, 2020
Working Remotely?
Want to perform like a highly effective virtual team during the Covid-19 crisis? Do these five things.
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Working Remotely?
March 5, 2020
Inside the Gender Data Divide
At a time when data can influence much of our lives, it turns out that the data that researchers collect, broadly speaking, tend to be based on men’s – more than women’s – experiences.
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Inside the Gender Data Divide