Thought Leadership
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.
August 16, 2018
Back-to-School Marketing Games
Back-to-school shoppers want discounts. Manufacturers want high profit margins. The tension feeds a paradox of sorts at retail outlets where buyers and sellers meet: Stores increasingly emphasize pricey, innovative and fun products in a bargain-shopping season.
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Back-to-School Marketing Games
August 14, 2018
Pitching Novel Ideas to the Boss
Have an amazing idea that could have a big impact for your organization? Now it’s up to you to really sell it to your boss. Maryland Smith professors explain how to make that happen.
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Pitching Novel Ideas to the Boss
August 9, 2018
Speed Dating Your Way to Your Dream Job
If you have your sights set on a dream job or you’re considering a career switch, make sure you talk to a lot of people before you’re married to a particular path.
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Speed Dating Your Way to Your Dream Job
August 2, 2018
Surviving the Open Floor Plan Office
Open floor plans invite collaboration, but they also leave everyone with less privacy and more distractions. Here's how to cope if you prefer walls and doors.
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Surviving the Open Floor Plan Office
July 31, 2018
How a 4-Day Workweek Story Went Viral
A recent four-day workweek trial program at a small New Zealand company drew a disproportionately large amount of outside interest. This is why.
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How a 4-Day Workweek Story Went Viral
July 31, 2018
How Boxes Are Changing How You Shop
If it’s starting to seem like every consumer category now has a subscription services you could belong to, that’s no illusion.
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How Boxes Are Changing How You Shop
July 26, 2018
Facebook's Day of Reckoning
You know you're having a bad day when you lose $150 billion in two hours. That's what happened to Facebook. Maryland Smith professor David A. Kirsch explains what went wrong.
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Facebook's Day of Reckoning
July 25, 2018
Can Robots Create Better Movie Trailers?
Maryland Smith's Michel Wedel has helped produce the first known research that develops a model for editing trailers to produce short — and effective — promo clips.
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Can Robots Create Better Movie Trailers?
July 25, 2018
What Is a Poison Pill, Anyway?
It's not often that a company's board of directors employs a poison pill to fend off a hostile takeover. Even rarer is the way it's being used at Papa John's.
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What Is a Poison Pill, Anyway?
July 25, 2018
Thinking of Ghosting the Job Interview? Don’t.
Ghosting is risky – and unnecessary. Instead, be upfront. It might be awkward, but life is full of awkward conversations. Here are some tips to follow.
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Thinking of Ghosting the Job Interview? Don’t.