Latest news from University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business on Newswise en-us Copyright 2025 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/risk-management-academy-forthcoming-from-smith-enterprise-risk-consortium/?sc=rsin /articles/risk-management-academy-forthcoming-from-smith-enterprise-risk-consortium/?sc=rsin Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:00:20 EST Registration is open for SERC Risk Academy, an intensive three-day workshop focused on risk management fundamentals and geared to early-to-mid career risk managers. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/ai-job-growth-includes-chatgpt-fueled-surge-amid-overall-employment-slowdowns/?sc=rsin /articles/ai-job-growth-includes-chatgpt-fueled-surge-amid-overall-employment-slowdowns/?sc=rsin Mon, 03 Feb 2025 19:15:43 EST Amid an overall employment slowdown, AI job postings in the United States have ramped up by 68 percent from Q4 2022 to Q4 2024, according to new analysis at UMD-LinkUp AI Maps, the world's first tool for mapping the creation of jobs requiring artificial intelligence skills. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/risk-matters-cyber-risk-and-ai-the-changing-landscape/?sc=rsin /articles/risk-matters-cyber-risk-and-ai-the-changing-landscape/?sc=rsin Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:00:51 EST Cyber risk is a top concern for organizations worldwide, intensified by AI's dual role in bolstering defenses and enhancing attacks. Professor Lawrence A. Gordon explains how his Gordon-Loeb Model offers a cost-benefit framework to optimize cybersecurity investments, emphasizing AI's evolving, game-theoretic complexities. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/a-new-model-for-investors-to-evaluate-equity-terms/?sc=rsin /articles/a-new-model-for-investors-to-evaluate-equity-terms/?sc=rsin Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:00:47 EST For evaluating risky investments, understanding the term structure of discount rates is critical. Discount rates account for the riskiness of an investment, the time value of the money invested, an... University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/influential-entrepreneurship-center-to-be-re-named-the-dingman-lamone-center-to-honor-longtime-dean-rudy-lamone/?sc=rsin /articles/influential-entrepreneurship-center-to-be-re-named-the-dingman-lamone-center-to-honor-longtime-dean-rudy-lamone/?sc=rsin Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:00:44 EST Thanks to a $3.8 million gift, the University of Maryland has renamed its prestigious entrepreneurship center to honor the legacy of longtime business dean Rudy Lamone. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/terptax-alert-unexpected-1-400-irs-payments-some-in-error-to-f-1-students/?sc=rsin /articles/terptax-alert-unexpected-1-400-irs-payments-some-in-error-to-f-1-students/?sc=rsin Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:35:44 EST Some F-1 visa students are receiving $1,400 IRS payments due to errors in stimulus eligibility. TerpTax at the University of Maryland, led by accounting lecturer Samuel Handwerger, advises returning these payments to avoid future tax and immigration complications. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/for-professional-investment-fund-managers-going-long-is-a-winning-strategy/?sc=rsin /articles/for-professional-investment-fund-managers-going-long-is-a-winning-strategy/?sc=rsin Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:15:40 EST UMD finance professor Russell Wermers introduces the Holding Horizon (H-H) measure, linking mutual fund managers' long-term stock holdings to superior risk-adjusted returns. The corresponding research offers insights for individual investors and retirement plans. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/risk-matters-killer-bees-black-swans-and-gray-rhinos/?sc=rsin /articles/risk-matters-killer-bees-black-swans-and-gray-rhinos/?sc=rsin Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:10:30 EST "Unprecedented" often is used to describe low-probability, severe-risk events - from the Los Angeles wildfires to the more benign. All of which should not catch us off guard. Yet they do, writes risk management expert Clifford Rossi. Organizations most susceptible to a major risk event would do well to think of these not as Black Swans or Gray Rhinos but as "Killer Bees." University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/vigilance-resilience-flexibility-as-keys-to-countering-evolving-cyber-threats/?sc=rsin /articles/vigilance-resilience-flexibility-as-keys-to-countering-evolving-cyber-threats/?sc=rsin Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:15:08 EST Various emerging technologies (from cloud and edge computing and applied AI to virtual reality and blockchain) increasingly complicate cyber risk management. And intensifying this dynamic are "risk entanglement," the "interconnectedness ('not Internet') of things" and, more simply, bad actors. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/moody-s-analytics-economist-delivers-keynote-at-serc-advisory-council-meeting/?sc=rsin /articles/moody-s-analytics-economist-delivers-keynote-at-serc-advisory-council-meeting/?sc=rsin Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:10:57 EST Cris deRitis' remarks to the Smith Enterprise Risk Consortium (SERC) Advisory Council included an impeccably detailed analysis of the economy, highlighting successes and potential pitfalls. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/study-examines-economic-consequences-for-pretrial-detainee-households/?sc=rsin /articles/study-examines-economic-consequences-for-pretrial-detainee-households/?sc=rsin Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:35:17 EST Researchers examine unintended consequences associated with pretrial detention that make it difficult for detainees and members of their households to meet their financial obligations. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/umd-alum-stephen-m-schanwald-endows-sports-business-management-program/?sc=rsin /articles/umd-alum-stephen-m-schanwald-endows-sports-business-management-program/?sc=rsin Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:40:10 EST Former Chicago Bulls Executive Vice President of Business Operations Steve Schanwald donates $8 million for UMD's Sports Management Program as part of an $18 million commitment supporting Maryland Athletics. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/risk-decision-making-where-models-and-cognitive-bias-collide/?sc=rsin /articles/risk-decision-making-where-models-and-cognitive-bias-collide/?sc=rsin Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:45:51 EST Risk decisions often falter due to cognitive biases, underdeveloped decision-making processes, and overreliance on models. Clifford Rossi argues that robust frameworks and balanced decision structures are essential to navigate uncertainty effectively and mitigate poor risk outcomes. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/smith-executive-education-opens-technology-leadership-government-online-course/?sc=rsin /articles/smith-executive-education-opens-technology-leadership-government-online-course/?sc=rsin Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:10:02 EST Adapted from Smith's existing 14-credit graduate certificate program, the self-paced new course is designed to prepare participants to "think like a chief technology officer, chief innovation officer or government technology program executive in any size organization." University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/smith-enterprise-risk-consortium-rolls-out-new-mortgage-risk-indexes/?sc=rsin /articles/smith-enterprise-risk-consortium-rolls-out-new-mortgage-risk-indexes/?sc=rsin Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:40:28 EST A UMD-Smith effort led by Clifford Rossi has produced a pair of mortgage credit risk indexes to guide lenders, servicers, credit investors, regulators and other market participants. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/umd-alumna-kim-rice-degross-joins-smith-as-office-of-career-services-assistant-dean/?sc=rsin /articles/umd-alumna-kim-rice-degross-joins-smith-as-office-of-career-services-assistant-dean/?sc=rsin Fri, 04 Oct 2024 10:05:33 EST Accomplished lawyer and litigator Kim Rice DeGross will lead the Office of Career Services at the Robert H. Smith School of Business. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/how-passion-drives-or-derails-team-innovation/?sc=rsin /articles/how-passion-drives-or-derails-team-innovation/?sc=rsin Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:05:53 EST How Passion Drives or Derails Team Innovation University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/solving-the-urban-air-mobility-problem/?sc=rsin /articles/solving-the-urban-air-mobility-problem/?sc=rsin Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:05:11 EST Solving the Urban Air Mobility Problem University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/dockworkers-strike-umd-supply-chain-experts-available/?sc=rsin /articles/dockworkers-strike-umd-supply-chain-experts-available/?sc=rsin Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:05:52 EST University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business /articles/will-banning-self-preferencing-in-digital-markets-help-or-hurt/?sc=rsin /articles/will-banning-self-preferencing-in-digital-markets-help-or-hurt/?sc=rsin Wed, 18 Sep 2024 11:05:10 EST Self-preferencing by large tech companies, like Amazon, faces scrutiny, with Congress considering the AICOA and OAMA bills to restrict the practice. A UMD Smith expert suggests these regulations could unintentionally raise consumer prices by reducing competition between sellers. University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business