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UrduThe SAFE Banking Act was a big step toward removing barriers for cannabis businesses. But Maryland Smith accounting expert and CPA Samuel Handwerger says other obstacles loom. Among them, the tax code.
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What it Means to be Green in the Fund Management Industry
A Maryland Smith-hosted virtual panel discussion on May 17 will weigh ESG benchmark inconsistency on sustainable investing.
Webinar: Pitfalls of a Zero-Sum Mindset
Maryland Smith researcher Rellie Derfler-Rozin will discuss the impact of zero-sum thinking in the employment negotiation process.
Gary Gensler To Address Conference on Financial Market Regulation May 13-14, 2021
The SEC, Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Lehigh University’s CFS, and the CFA Institute jointly sponsor this event bringing together thought leaders from across academia, government, the financial sector, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Myths about Workplace Negotiations
In organizational hiring, negotiating and efforts to foster creativity, there often is a tendency to see things as “either-or” or “winner vs. losers.” Such zero-sum mindset tends to lead to errors and biases, says Maryland Smith’s Rellie Derfler-Rozin, whose recent research explores this dynamic and its implications.
Business Lessons From the Proposed, Quickly Scrapped Super League in European Soccer
A Super League in European soccer was an idea that was appealing to clubs because of the potential payout, but it ultimately lacked a major part of the equation – the fans, says Maryland Smith marketing professor Henry C. Boyd III.
‘Best White Paper’ Shows Potential Way to Harness AI for a More Equitable Workplace
New research that garnered a Best White Paper award at the 2021 Wharton Analytics Conference shows a way to harness artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to build a more equitable workforce.
AI Leadership for Healthcare: Virtual Information Sessions Set for March 31, April 12
Maryland Smith’s Office of Executive Education will detail in depth a one-of-a-kind professional certificate program is designed for healthcare administrators, clinical and hospital professionals, consultants and other professionals to effectively lead the future of AI-enabled healthcare.
Study Indicates Deliberate Hiring of Unethical Management Accountants
Dark personality traits — questionable ethical standards, narcissistic tendencies – are often framed as an accidental byproduct of selecting earnings managers who fit the stereotype of a strong leader. But new research in the Journal of Business Ethics finds this is often no accident.
Women Know Global: Closing the Gender Gap in the Global Economy
Panel discussion to draw insights from women leaders of global organizations noted for driving change, influencing policy, and creating programs to close the gender gap and support women in the workforce.
Climate Risk Management for Financial Organizations: Maryland Smith’s Rossi to Present Recommendations to FHFA
Maryland Smith’s Clifford Rossi recommends the FHFA integrate climate risk management governance and processes into its existing enterprise risk management work. He says the agency should determine how much credit risk exposure is associated with specific types of natural disasters and climate-related events.
Factors Driving Corporate Short-Termism and its Drag on the U.S. Economy
Research shows publicly traded companies under increasing shareholder pressure to deliver short-term returns, rather than planning for long-term success. Such dampens future sources of market and productivity growth, depresses wage growth and stunts economy-wide progress.
Business Leader Insights, Virtual Networking on Tap for Maryland Smith’s Women Inspire
Women business leaders — Deloitte’s Wendy Sanhai and Route One Apparel’s Ali von Paris — will share insights via a panel discussion followed by participants engaging in virtual networking, as the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business hosts “Women Inspire,” via Zoom, on March 4.
People Who Move Give More to Global Causes: New Study
A recent study shows residential mobility boosts global charitable giving. The findings, say the researchers, introduce residential mobility as a factor to be explored in business and marketing research for how it influences consumer behavior.
Payment Protection Program Reform: Maryland Smith Expert (Former U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy) Available
This week, President Biden is announcing changes to the Paycheck Protection Program that include a two-week window that allows only businesses with fewer than 20 employees to apply for loans. Michael Faulkender, professor of finance at the University of Maryland’s…
Texas Energy Debacle is a Risk Management Nightmare
Finance professor and risk management expert Clifford Rossi, who’s held senior executive roles in risk management at several of the largest financial services companies, is available to expand on his assertion that the “Texas energy debacle is a risk management…
How Tesla’s Bitcoin Play Fits Into Cryptocurrency Taxation
Maryland Smith tax expert Samuel Handwerger starts with Elon Musk’s stake in virtual currency and explores the implications for the future of finance – and the IRS.
Experts to Discuss the Impact of Finance on Society
Academics William N. Goetzmann (Yale) and Russell Wermers (University of Maryland) will explore the past, present and future of financial technologies and institutions affecting society in “Does Money Change Everything,” a free, Feb. 17 webinar hosted by Maryland Smith.
How D.C.-Maryland Restaurants are Adapting to COVID
Washington Post Food Columnist Tim Carman moderates a panel discussion by restaurateurs on how they have survived the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maryland Smith Unveils Flex MBA for Part-Time Students
The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has designed a Flex MBA program augmented with special topic seminars and completable within 24 months through the school’s Baltimore, Rockville and Washington, D.C. locations.
UMD Experts to Explore Climate Change Policy Implications for Financial Risk Managers
Experts Clifford Rossi and Leon Clarke at the University of Maryland lead a discussion on “Cracking the Code on Climate Change Economic Scenarios: Issues in Translating Physical to Financial Risks.”
Super Bowl Ads Critique: Maryland Smith Experts Available
Consumer behavior and advertising experts at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business are available to critique this year’s Super Bowl commercials. The experts are marketing professors Henry C. Boyd III, Amna Kirmani and Judy Frels. Boyd…
A Pandemic Playbook for Super Bowl Advertisers
With Super Bowl 55 less than two weeks away, marketers are geared up for this year’s batch of advertisements. But after a tumultuous year, what’s the right tone for advertisers to strike? Maryland Smith’s Henry C. Boyd III has an idea.
Free Retail Management Series from Maryland Smith Begins Jan. 27
Professor of Marketing Jie Zhang at Maryland Smith delivers a free, three-part online series for retail management professionals. It’s part of the broader Maryland Business: Rebooted initiative in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Feeling Economy: How AI is Creating the Era of Empathy
As machines are trained to “think,” many tasks that previously required human intelligence are becoming automated through artificial intelligence. However, human workers have a competitive advantage: It is more difficult to automate emotional intelligence.
Make Fannie, Freddie a Single Entity: Maryland Smith Expert
Finance professor Clifford Rossi at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business argues that the incoming Biden Administration should make Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a single utility. In a recent HousingWire op-ed, Making Freddie Mac and…
OECD and CSIS Experts to Discuss Global Trade in the New Year
Maryland Smith hosts global trade experts for a discussion on how the post-Covid environment, the Biden Administration and other factors will impact global trade in 2021.
Noncompetes Stifle Workers: Concluding Research Forthcoming in Multiple Publications
The debate over whether noncompete agreements help or hurt employees is addressed in four research papers forthcoming in top journals and co-authored by management professor Evan Starr at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. The results, he says,…
Webinar: Artificial Intelligence, Firm Growth and Industry Concentration
Research into the positive effects of artificial intelligence on firms will be discussed in a Dec. 2 webinar hosted by the Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Workplace Expert: COVID-Safe Company Holiday Party Ideas and Why Celebrating is Significant
Maryland Smith workplace expert Vijaya Venkataramani says Zoom fatigue notwithstanding, a COVID-safe staff or company holiday celebration is ideal for leaders and managers to give thanks to team members for their resilience in 2020.
AI Leadership for Healthcare Certificate Program Forthcoming from Maryland Smith
An 18-week-long AI Leadership for Healthcare certificate launches from the University of Maryland on Jan. 19, 2021. The fully online program requires no IT programming experience and is designed to provide a full perspective of the business of healthcare.
New Study: GAAP Earnings as Predictor of Job Gains, Layoffs
Analysts have long looked to aggregate earnings news to predict future economic growth, inflation, and even monetary policy. But given the increasing significance of forecasting labor market growth, can those GAAP earnings also predict the future path of the labor…
What Gamers Should Know About Playing with Stocks
Award-winning researcher and expert on economics and market structure Albert “Pete” Kyle says “don’t confuse luck for skill,” amid advice for ‘Animal Crossing’ fans who want to play the stock market.
Election Experts at Maryland Smith on Stock Market and Regulatory Policy Implications and Campaign Strategy Effects
The following faculty experts at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business are available during and after Election Day 2020. Financial-Economic Policy Implications Cliff Rossi , [email protected] Professor of the Practice and Executive-in-Residence, Rossi has insight…
DOJ Case Against Google ‘May Be Just a Start’
As the Justice Department’s antitrust suit against Google parent Alphabet Inc. heads to a Friday (10/30) hearing in U.S. District Court, Maryland Smith’s Kislaya Prasad is available to expand on his comments, excerpted from DOJ and Google: “Google’s search monopoly is too narrow,…
Webinar: Global Supply Chain Exposure and Vulnerability to Increasing Climate Extremes
Experts on climate change and supply chain risk at the University of Maryland will discuss their research into global supply chains’ exposure and vulnerability to increasing climate extremes.
Webinar: Pricing Climate Change Risk in the Markets at 9 a.m. Oct. 20
Maryland Smith’s Center for Financial Policy hosts a discussion of an NBR working paper on pricing climate change risk in markets.
Study Examines Media Outlets’ Strategic Maneuvering Behind Movie, Videogame Reviews
A recently published study in Strategic Management Journal examines two strategic behaviors behind media outlets publishing reviews for blockbuster movies and videogames.
The Pandemic is Pushing Women, People of Color Out of Their Careers; Maryland Smith Expert Describes How and Why Organizations Should Mitigate this Trend
A disproportionate share of women and people of color exiting the workforce poses a conundrum for diversity-focused organizations. But management professor and Assistant Dean for Full-Time MBA Programs Nicole M. Coomber at Maryland Smith explains strategies to mitigate this COVID-driven trend.
Webinar: The Pandemic and the Aviation Industry
Experts discuss impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic on air transportation, in an FAA-supported NEXTOR-III webinar.
Webinar Series: Investors and ESG
In ‘The Second Objective Function,’ Maryland Smith’s Center for Financial Policy, with USB, launches a free webinar series that explores the environmental, social and corporate governance questions that are most pressing for organizations and investors today.
Webinar: Do Investors Care About Carbon Risk?
Imperial College of London professors Marcin Kacperczyk and Patrick Bolton (also of Columbia University) discuss findings in their NBER working paper, “Do Investors Care About Carbon Risk?
Maryland Smith’s Conference on Health IT & Analytics Goes Virtual Oct. 8-10
Researchers, clinical executives and policymakers will share and discuss the latest findings and practices connected to the design, implementation and use of information technology and artificial intelligence in healthcare in this 11th annual event.
Webinar: Social Transmission Bias in Economics and Finance
Maryland Smith and UBS host a discussion on how social transmission bias in economics and finance and how it affects social processes shaping economic thinking and behavior.
Free Digital Marketing Series from Maryland Smith Begins Sept. 30
Marketing professor Mary Harms will cover key digital marketing strategies and tactics to create awareness and the best consumer experience and to resonate with target audiences, in a three-part, free webinar series from the University of Maryland.
WeChat, TikTok Ban ‘Signals U.S., Chinese Internets Drifting Apart,’ and this is Bad for the Global Economy
With the Trump administration ban of WeChat and TikTok, Research Professor Kislaya Prasad can explain why this signals “the U.S. and Chinese Internets are drifting apart” and why this “is bad for the world.” Prasad is Academic Director of the…
Maryland Smith to Continue to Waive GMAT/GRE Requirement
The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is extending, for full-time and part-time MBA applications, the option to bypass the GMAT/GRE requirement for the 2021-2022 academic year. Maryland Smith initially granted option in response to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
WTC Survivor/Maryland Smith Professor Available to Recount 9-11 at Ground Zero
Elinda Kiss, clinical associate professor of finance at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, escaped from WTC 1 then watched as United Airlines Flight 175 struck WTC 2. On hand for a conference at Marriott World Trade…
New Flood Risk Database for Homeowners Lacks Reliability: UMD Risk Expert
Professor of the Practice Clifford Rossi at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business can comment on the implications of First Street Foundation’s new, interactive website providing flood risk data on U.S. homes and properties. He says: “We have a firm providing scores…
Webinar: “Decomposing the Value of Corporate Culture” Aug. 18
Duke University’s Jillian Grennan gives insights into measuring corporate culture, as part of a webinar series presented by UBS and Maryland Smith’s Center for Financial Policy.