China’s fastest-growing luxury auto seller is not from Europe, Japan or the United States. The honor goes to Tata Motors from India. Meanwhile, Shanghai Electric earns its largest revenue outside China from India. Anil K. Gupta, the Michael Dingman Chair in Global Strategy and Entrepreneurship, shows how Indian and Chinese companies are winning in each other’s markets in his new book, “The Silk Road Rediscovered.” “They are whetting their appetite for further global expansion, ensuring that they will have two of the world’s four largest economies by 2025,” Gupta says.

Disease Diagnostic Group, maker of an inexpensive handheld device that can diagnose malaria in one minute, was named the winner of the 2014 Cupid’s Cup Business Competition.

It’s time to refresh Smith’s photo gallery that hangs in Van Munching Hall. The School’s previous contest boasted more than 500 entries. Do you have the next winning picture?  Submit your photos via email to smithphotocontest@rhsmith.umd.edu. Winning photos will be displayed in Van Munching Hall and featured in the spring 2015 issue of Smith Business. Entrants must be 18 or older, and deadline to enter is Nov.

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith, UMD ’10, and 14 other NFL players gathered in Baltimore for offseason training — but not for the gridiron. Instead, they worked on their business skills during a program designed by Smith’s Office of Executive Programs and NFL Player Engagement.

Recruiters and students will connect Oct. 10 during the 22nd annual Supply Chain Industry Day at Van Munching Hall. Organized by faculty and undergraduate students in the Supply Chain Management Society, the event promotes Smith’s top-ranked supply chain management major and fosters relationships among Smith students and employers. Industry Day features a career and networking fair and a student lunch with recruiters.

Smith will take center stage Oc. 9-11, 2014, when female business leaders and students from around the world gather for the MBA Women International Conference and Career Fair in Washington, D.C.

Women at Smith will have access to new scholarships, events and career opportunities through an alliance with the Forté Foundation, a consortium of corporations, business schools and nonprofit organizations that empowers women in the workplace. Smith was one of only six institutions accepted as a Forté Foundation sponsor in 2014, the first year the consortium invited U.S.-based business schools to apply since 2011. Overall, the network includes 48 member schools in the United States, Canada and Europe.