How much confidence should you have in the findings published in the top strategic management journals? Less than you might think, according to new research. In this issue of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, host Jeff Salkin sits down with Brent Goldfarb to talk about his new research, that estimates that 24 to 40 percent of the findings in five top strategic management journals are likely the result of chance.

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SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- As a small business owner, clearly you cannot compete with the big box stores on price. Instead, customers come to you for personalized and knowledgeable customer service.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- The way songwriters and performers get paid in the United States is a mess, shaped to a surprising degree by government regulation. Some of the basic rules, in fact, are so old they were originally crafted to prevent a monopoly in the player-piano industry. This month the U.S.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- How much confidence should you have in the findings published in the top strategic management journals? Less than you might think, according to new research from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Smith Professor Brent Goldfarb and coauthor Andrew King of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business estimate that 24 to 40 percent of the findings in five top journals are likely the result of chance.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Nov. 17, 2014 - The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has appointed Brent Goldfarb as academic director of the school’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. 

College Park, Md. – April 6, 2009 — A business plan has zero value as a fundraising tool according to new research from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Entrepreneurs should be perfecting their business, not spending hours refining how their plan looks on paper, say researchers.

Broadcast Dates: Feb. 5, 2009, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 8, 2009, 7:30 a.m.; Feb. 9, 2009, 4:30 a.m.   Big news for entrepreneurs: Don’t waste your time on a business plan.

College Park, MD November 8, 2006 New research on the dot-com era from the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business reveals despite significant losses suffered by investors, nearly 50 percent of 1990s dot-com startups survived at least five years. This success rate is better than or on par with other emerging industries, contradicting the traditional view that the majority of Internet companies landed belly up.

A new paper says management researchers should show more data and use a simple graphical tool.