Maryland Smith finance professor Russ Wermers was selected by the Securities and Exchange Commission to serve on its new Asset Management Advisory Committee, formed to offer advice and recommendations to the SEC on how regulations and industry trends impact investors.   

Maryland Smith’s CHIDS Hosts Research Summit on Strategy, Policy and Systems Fostering Healthcare Decision-Making and Innovation

Marina Augoustidis, associate director for the Center for Global Business at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, writes about international business language program opportunities.

Maryland Smith marketing professor Michel Wedel was recognized for his contributions to the field of marketing with the American Marketing Association’s 2019 Robert J. Lavidge Global Marketing Research Award. The lifetime achievement award was presented during the 2019 AMA Marketing Week and comes on the heels of a string of prestigious awards and honors recognizing Wedel as a prolific researcher and educator.

As global supply chains integrate artificial intelligence at every level — from customer service chatbots to rapid product inspection — business and policy leaders must consider the government’s role in regulating the new technology. 

Two authors with opposing viewpoints focused on the concept of coercion during a socialism vs. capitalism debate on Sept. 17, 2019, at the University of Maryland. “Freedom means the absence of coercion,” said Yaron Brook, author of "Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government" and chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute. “Freedom means the absence of a gun put to your head, where you’re told what to do.”

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business welcomed eight new faculty members for the start of the fall 2019 semester. The new faculty joined three Smith academic departments to teach courses and focus on research. The Decision, Operations and Information Technologies Department added four faculty members: John Bono, associate clinical professor, has a PhD in information systems from Nova Southeastern University. Jui Ramaprasad, associate professor, has a PhD from the University of California at Irvine.

The University of Groningen in the Netherlands has awarded Maryland Smith marketing professor Michel Wedel the 2019 Ubbo Emmius Medal for science merits. Wedel, a native of the Netherlands, is recognized for his prolific research, particularly his work on eye tracking and visual marketing. He received the award at a ceremony at the University of Groningen on Monday, Sept. 2.

Michel Wedel, the PepsiCo Professor of Consumer Science at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, has won the 2019 Buck Weaver Award from the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science. The prize recognizes career achievement in marketing science. Earlier in 2019, Wedel received the Irwin/McGraw-Hill Distinguished Marketing Educator Award, which also recognizes sustained contributions to marketing.

Peng Huang, associate professor in the Decisions, Operations and Information Technologies Department at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, received the Best Conference Paper Award at the 2018 International Conference on Information Systems for his research paper, “Does One Size Fit All? Theorizing Governance Configurations for Digital Innovation.” His was selected out of more than 1,200 submissions.