Promise, Peril and a Role for Businesses
The race to quantum computing, rises in water dislocation and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) going mainstream may not seem like typical business concerns. But businesses will have an important role to play in managing these global trends, says Erik Peterson, partner and managing director at Kearney.
Smith for a Semester: Students Arrive for Study Abroad
This spring, 19 exchange students from seven of Maryland Smith’s partner universities are in College Park for their semester-long study abroad experience. "Through Maryland Smith's business exchange programs, visiting students from around the world have the opportunity to study here in Van Munching Hall,'' says Greg Rafal, assistant director of the Center for Global Business. “These students not only learn from our esteemed faculty, but they enrich our classrooms with diverse perspectives on business and culture.”
Seeing Classroom Lessons Take Shape in the Real World
At Maryland Smith, impactful learning isn’t confined to the classroom – it’s happening everywhere. During the 2021 fall semester, undergraduate student teams from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business’ BMGT466 Global Business Strategy course worked with entrepreneur Naa Nyanin to develop a strategic marketing plan for her pre-revenue portable hand washing device.
The Conference on Health IT and Analytics is an annual health IT and analytics research summit, including a doctoral consortium that each year gathers prominent scholars from more than 40 research institutes, and leading policy and practitioner attendees in a vibrant setting to discuss opportunities and challenges in the design, implementation and management of health information technology and analytics.
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Learn how to gain hands-on experience and earn credit while interning in Sydney, Singapore, Auckland, Madrid, or Dublin. Students begin with a 1-credit pre-internship cross-cultural practicum in spring 2022 and then travel abroad for a 6-credit internship.
Application deadline: February 13, 2022
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Learn about the Positive Impact Internship from former interns and staff in Brazil. The Positive Impact Internship is a way to learn from companies in Brazil that strive to make a positive impact on the world. Students are placed on multicultural teams to work on a real business problem focused on social impact. The Center for Global Business is providing a full scholarship to UMD students who identify as underrepresented students.
Application deadline: February 14.
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Embassy Day is a Maryland Smith students’ first introduction to a global mindset and the launching point for their self-guided discovery of the competencies that make up a global mindset. Embassy Day is a two-part event of Smith Start, a year-long orientation program for first-year business students.
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The Center for Global Business invites you to the 4th Annual Forum with the author of “The Resilient Society,” Markus Brunnermeier. Come to this springtime event to hear from Brunnermeier about how to build resilience and invest in mechanisms to bounce back and protect our social and economic institutions from climate change, cyberattacks, and other shocks to come. The discussion will be led by Academic Director Kislaya Prasad.
Please note the first 100 participants to register and attend in person will receive a copy of “The Resilient Society.”
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MBA Students Help Maryland Companies Go Global
In the fall of 2021, Maryland Smith’s Center for Global Business partnered with three Maryland companies on the Maryland Global Consulting Program. This program is an opportunity that offers Maryland-based companies the chance to work with a team of the school’s MBA or undergraduate students to address challenges companies are facing in entering the international market.