Coming to a business near you: 3D printing

Although 3D printing has been around since the 1980s, the technology is getting plenty of attention lately and soon could spread to a multitude of businesses.

3D printing involves taking computer-aided design files and rendering them as fully 3D models or even as products themselves in some cases, using materials like polymers or resins to fabricate the items. It is being applied to manufacturing but could even have a big impact in customized retail. Earlier this year, President Barack Obama touted 3D printing as something that could revive U.S. manufacturing, and the technology was highlighted at this week's 3D Printing Conference & Expo in Silicon Valley.

Next up for 3D printing could be the enterprise, according to Accenture Technology Labs. The top three enterprise applications for 3D printing are prototyping; supply chain optimization, in which parts are created on had as they are needed; and mass customization and long-tail products, said Sunny Webb, a manager at Accenture. 3D printing will change how businesses conduct product design, marketing, sales, customer service, and business development, but concerns remain, including creating repeatable processes, integrating with existing processes, and controlling intellectual property, she said.

"In recent years, there has been a sudden spike in both interest and technology maturation of 3D printing," Accenture said in a report. "While the platform technologies of 3D printing are more than 30 years old, 2012 was the first year in which 3D printers became inexpensive enough to be used by hobbyists and smaller businesses to craft physical objects."

In the retail space, artist and designer Isaac Katz envisions retailers leveraging 3D printing for customized items for each customer. Products possibly could be made on the spot. "This is a vision right now. It's not a reality, but we're working on making it a reality."

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Image is everything: A buyer's guide to business projectors

Computerworld - Whether you're presenting the quarter's sales results to the board or pitching the company's latest widgets to a skeptical customer, there's no substitute for a good projector for putting your best business foot forward. By the same token, there's no easier way to lose an audience's attention -- and likely their business -- than by forcing them to sit in a dark room squinting at a dim, poorly focused or distorted image.

The good news is that there is an extraordinary variety of projectors available today that can put a sharp and bright image onto a screen to get your company's message across. From miniature marvels not much bigger than a smartphone to 90-lb. monsters that can light up an auditorium's screen, there's a business projector for every purpose and budget.

The bad news is that, with all these models to choose from, it's never been harder to decide which one is right for a particular business situation. This buyer's guide can help by cutting through the hype, technical jargon and marketing mumbo-jumbo.

Computerworld - Whether you're presenting the quarter's sales results to the board or pitching the company's latest widgets to a skeptical customer, there's no substitute for a good projector for putting your best business foot forward. By the same token, there's no easier way to lose an audience's attention -- and likely their business -- than by forcing them to sit in a dark room squinting at a dim, poorly focused or distorted image.

The good news is that there is an extraordinary variety of projectors available today that can put a sharp and bright image onto a screen to get your company's message across. From miniature marvels not much bigger than a smartphone to 90-lb. monsters that can light up an auditorium's screen, there's a business projector for every purpose and budget.

The bad news is that, with all these models to choose from, it's never been harder to decide which one is right for a particular business situation. This buyer's guide can help by cutting through the hype, technical jargon and marketing mumbo-jumbo.

We've divided this crowded market into five categories that reflect how the devices are likely to be used, starting with Lilliputian pocket projectors and moving through portable, short-throw and boardroom devices all the way up to large-venue devices. Each class has a distinct mix of resolution, brightness, features and best uses.

That said, there are no hard and fast rules, and many projectors exist at the margins of these categories or ignore them altogether. It's safe to say, though, that as they get bigger, the projectors get brighter, more sophisticated and more loaded with features. (They also get much more expensive.)

For example, many pocket models lack basic vertical keystone correction, so you're stuck with the trapezoidal image that results from aiming the projector up toward the screen. Move a step or two up the projector ladder, and portable and short-throw products usually have vertical keystone correction, with some automatically correcting for distortion based on the projector's angle.

When you get to the boardroom category, horizontal keystone correction and mechanical lens shifting are often included so the image can be optimized even if the projector isn't installed perpendicular to the screen. At the top, large-venue projectors have interchangeable lenses to choose from so that the optics produce the right-sized image on the screen, regardless of how far away the projector is.

As we tour the five categories, we'll show you 24 projectors that fit a range of different ways of doing business. (Note: Because this buyer's guide is all about using imaging workhorses to help tell -- and sell -- a business's story, we won't be covering consumer or home theater projectors.)

Whether you're looking for a small device you can slip out of a jacket pocket for a quick presentation or a ceiling-mounted system that can dazzle clients in the company's largest meeting room, one of these projectors could light up your business life. After all, when you strip a business down to its core, all you have is your image.

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There's one thing that all projectors have in common: They are complicated devices that have dozens of attributes to compare and consider. While brightness, resolution, portability and the other features remain the most important considerations, here's a checklist of other items to look at.

Bulbs: Unless you get an LED model, which has a lifetime lighting source, chances are that you'll need a new lamp every couple of years. While some enlightened manufacturers, like NEC and Epson, sell lamps for many of their models for less than $100, most lamps still cost an exorbitant $200 to $400. Be sure to find out how much replacement lamps cost for any model you're considering.

Power use: For many projectors, the power bill over the product's lifetime can dwarf the purchase price. That's why LED projectors, which use as little as 4 watts, compared to several hundred watts, are so economical.

Contrast ratio: Projector manufacturers frequently tout a device's contrast ratio, but vendors measure contrast ratio in such different ways and get such widely varying results that comparisons among models become meaningless. Not to worry: Today's projectors generally produce more than enough contrast for business purposes.

Warranty: Shop carefully when it comes to the projector's warranty. Most projectors include a two- or three-year warranty; however, many models from NEC and Epson offer five years of coverage. Unfortunately, the lamp is generally covered for only about a year.

Remote control: Few people think about the handheld remote when shopping for a projector, but it should be a key consideration in the decision-making process. It should reliably link with the projector, turn the system on and off, move slides back and forth, and let you fine-tune the image. Adding a laser pointer is a bonus.

Tablet and smartphone apps: Many projector makers have free iOS and Android apps that let you not only control the projector but also wirelessly project items directly from your tablet or smartphone. If you want to emphasize a point, just circle it with your finger and it shows up on the screen.

Mounting brackets: While any of these projectors can be set up on a table or shelf, most have threaded mounting holes underneath for mounting upside-down from the ceiling. Most vendors sell their own brackets and hardware, but if you shop around you can likely find less expensive ones that exactly fit your needs from sources like Premier Mounts or Peerless-AV; just check to make sure they can handle the weight involved.

Screens: Sure, you can project onto a blank wall, but that doesn't mean you should. For anything beyond impromptu pocket-projector shows, a good screen is key to a professional presentation. There are screens that automatically come out of a ceiling with the press of a button, translucent ones for back projection, portable screens that you set up for a quick show, and everything in between. Da-Lite and Elite Screen are two reliable vendors that offer a full range of screens.

-- Brian Nadel

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Business Objects update adds stability, data source support

IDG News Service - SAP has unveiled a new version of its Business Objects BI (business intelligence) software suite that features support for more than 140 data sources and the promise of more stable deployments.

Business Objects 4.1, which was announced Monday, follows the 2011 release of version 4.0. That product slipped well past its original release date, but even with the additional time, many users reported stability issues.

"It wasn't where we wanted it to be," said Jason Rose, vice president of BI product marketing, in an interview. But in the intervening period, SAP made "some significant changes" in the Business Objects development organization with a focus on improving quality and stability, he said.

Along with a number of feature packs, those changes have helped increase customer satisfaction, Rose said.

Now SAP is hoping that with the arrival of 4.1, customers still running version 3.1 will make the leap and upgrade. Most of Business Objects' customers remain on earlier versions, with some 6,500 on 4.0, according to Rose.

New features in 4.1 include support for more than 140 data sources, including Amazon Web Services' Elastic MapReduce and Hadoop Hive. "We're really making the platform big data-ready," Rose said.

The release also brings new SDK (software development kits) and APIs (application programming interfaces) for partners, including one that allows them to create more advanced visualizations. "It's going to be huge for the partner community," Rose said.

Adoption of 4.1 may also be helped by a feature that supports the use of Desktop Intelligence, or DeskI, a popular tool among some users, but for which SAP is no longer providing new updates. While that policy remains in effect, release 4.1 of the Business Objects suite includes a Desktop Intelligence Compatibility Pack that allows users to view DeskI documents.

The update also features a range of improvements for viewing reports and dashboards on mobile devices; connectivity with SAP's HANA in-memory database; and integration with Jam, SAP's social collaboration software.

SAP is expected to discuss the Business Objects release further during the ASUG SAP Business Objects User conference this week in Anaheim, California.

Chris Kanaracus covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Chris' email address is Chris_Kanaracus@idg.com

Reprinted with permission from IDG.net. Story copyright 2012 International Data Group. All rights reserved.

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Sept. 23 deadline looms for business compliance with HITECH Act on patient privacy

Organizations handling protected health information (PHI) have until Sept. 23 to comply with new security and privacy requirements that were included in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009.

After that date, all covered entities, including online storage vendors and cloud service providers, will be subject to new breach notification standards and limitations on how they can use and disclose PHI. They will also be required to ensure that their business associates and subcontractors are compliant with the privacy and security requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The HITECH Act amended portions of HIPAA by adding new security and privacy provisions on patient information.

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In addition, covered entities will be required to have updated patient privacy notices in place that state the patient's rights over the data and how the data can be used and shared.

Unlike the original HIPAA privacy and security rules, which primarily applied to healthcare organizations and insurance companies, the new HIPAA Omnibus rules apply to business associates and their subcontractors. Under the omnibus rules, a business associate of a healthcare provider, such as a cloud service provider, is directly liable for protecting any patient data it handles, even if the vendor is just storing the data.

Business associates are also liable for ensuring that any subcontractor it hires, such as a document-shredding company, is similarly protecting PHI.

The new rules for safeguarding PHI create a complex liability chain, said Peter MacKoul, president of consulting firm HIPAA Solutions LC. A covered entity or a business associate could face stiff civil penalties for a breach by a subcontractor, regardless of how far down the chain the subcontractor might be, he said.

Under Omnibus HIPAA rules, covered entities and business associates are directly responsible for protecting against the use of PHI by employees, contract workers, trainees and even unpaid volunteers and interns, MacKoul noted.

The rules also give healthcare organizations and business associates less latitude to determine when to make a breach notification, he said.

Previously, a healthcare organization needed to notify individuals of a data breach only if there was a serious risk of financial or reputational harm. Under the new requirements, covered entities and business associates will be required to issue a breach notification in most cases, unless they can specifically show there is a "low probability" of the breached data being misused, MacKoul said.

Healthcare companies will be required to consider four specific factors, including the nature of the data that was breached and whether PHI was acquired or viewed only, to determine the seriousness of a breach. Importantly, breach notification requirements can be triggered even if an employee, contractor or unpaid volunteer uses PHI in an impermissible manner, he said.

Healthcare entities need to identify all their business associates, especially newly covered entities such as data storage companies, and ensure they have proper business associate agreements with them by Sept. 23, said William Maruca, a partner with Fox Rothschild LLP.

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Google Chrome for Business

Pros Provides centralized deployment and configuration of the Chrome browser. Free. Integrates well with Windows Server's Group Policy.

Cons Policy-installed Chrome browser doesn't remove cleanly from Windows registry after manual uninstall. Bottom Line IT teams needing to install Google's Chrome browser to a significant number of users on a network, will find no more efficient way to deploy and manage the job than with Chrome for Business.

By Samara Lynn

Google Chrome for Business (Free) was first launched in 2010 to provide IT administrators a way to centrally deploy pre-configured Chrome browsers throughout an organization. Chrome for Business was updated in April 2013, and Google added a number of new policies to configure Chrome (there are now 100), implement legacy browser support, and use cloud-based IT admin tools for organizations using Google Apps.

The update makes configuring and pushing out Chrome to clients in a Windows domain quite easy because it integrates with Group Policy (GP), although Google's instructive documentation is rather pitiful. However, if you want and need Chrome deployed to a significant number of users on a network, there is no more efficient way to deploy and manage it than with Chrome for Business.

How to Get Google Chrome for Business
You can download Google Chrome for Business from the Chrome for Business site. Google's documentation instructs you to download the Windows Installer package—the .MSI file for installing the Chrome browser and placing it in a network share, accessible to users.

The instructions then outline how to import Google templates into Group Policy, but leave out an important step: you must download the Chrome .ADM or .ADMX templates files. The instructions also don't tell you where to download them from, but a quick Google search points you to the right location.

The Install and Deployment Process
I installed Chrome for Business on two Windows domains: one a Server 2008 R2-level domain, the other a Windows Server 2012-level domain.

I placed the downloaded .MSI file in a network share within each domain; the share accessible to authenticated domain users. I then downloaded the Chrome .ADMX template files (in a zipped folder) to use with Group Policy. Of course, if you are not working within a Windows domain and are using Google Apps, you will want to use the cloud-based IT tools supported in Google Apps environments and not Group Policy.

Once I downloaded the templates, I went into Group Policy Management and created a Group Policy Object which I named "Chrome." I linked that object to my domain. I edited the new object and under "Software Settings" defined the UNC path to the .MSI file. You must use the UNC path in this scenario, a drive-letter path will not work.

Google instructs to then use the Add/Remove templates feature in Group Policy to browse to the .ADMX files for setting up the Chrome policies you want to push to clients. If you follow Google's documentation for doing so to the letter, you may end up frustrated. The documentation is sloppy and shows adding the templates just to a local machine, and not the entire domain.

When working with GP templates, I prefer dropping them into %systemroot%\PolicyDefintions folder. The Chrome .ADMX files when unzipped, reveal a language pack folder (en-US for US English). When copying ADMX files into the PolicyDefinition you will want to create that en-US folder as a sub-folder under PolicyDefinitions and drop in the accompanying .ADML file that is part of the zipped package.

Once you've finished setup, you then go into Group Policy Edit. Under Administrative Templates you will now see a Google object. This is where you set myriad configuration options and policies for Chrome client installs.

Some of the policy settings include setting a default home page; preventing the New Tab window from opening; specifying how Google Frame handles various content; managing extensions; configuring Password Manager; and much more.

I specified a default home page and to not allow a new tab to open when the user launches Chrome, and also enabled Password Manager for users. First, I checked to ensure each client automatically received the Chrome browser upon restart. I tested on a physical Windows 7 client in the Server 2008 R2 domain and a virtual Windows 8 guest running on Hyper-V R2 in the Server 2012 domain. Everything worked as expected. Both clients received the Chrome browser and the appropriate settings.

When uninstalling Chrome from a client, I discovered that performing an uninstall prevents Chrome from being automatically installed again when the client is rebooted. I had to go into the client's Registry and delete any keys related to the Chrome deployment policy. Once I did, Chrome was pushed out again to the clients. This may be fine in some cases where Chrome is no longer wanted on the client, but it's kind of a pain, in case an admin has to uninstall and reinstall Chrome for troubleshooting purposes. I would prefer that the uninstall removed Chrome cleanly from the Windows registry.

Chrome at Work
There are obviously other ways to automate an install in a Windows domain—using scripting and batch files are typical methods. However the ability to push out an install and pre-configure some very granular Chrome settings including managing updates (the quick update cycle of Chrome can sometimes frustrate IT managers) is invaluable with Chrome for Business. By all means, if Chrome is in heavy use in an organization, give Chrome for Business a try. One plus is that it works wonderfully with Windows domains. Google Chrome for Business gets four out of five stars for IT management software.

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Univ. of Maryland’s Smith School of Business and Maryland Bankers Association to Offer Program for Community Bank Board Members

Univ. of Maryland’s Smith School of Business and Maryland Bankers Association to Offer Program for Community Bank Board Members

College Park, Md. – December 7, 2010 – The Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and the Maryland Bankers Association are partnering to deliver a Bank Director Training Program. Targeted to business leaders who serve on the boards of community banks in Maryland, the series of short courses will lead participants through new regulations in the wake of the financial crisis and leverage Smith’s world-class faculty and research from the Center for Financial Policy.

Courses will give board members the financial skills and understanding to work more effectively with their banks and better navigate complex decisions, even though many are not professionals in the industry. The program will be offered in six, four-hour modules, beginning in January 2011. The Smith School’s finance faculty, in conjunction with the Office of Executive Programs, will teach the courses at the school’s College Park, Md. campus, with one module to be held in June in conjunction with the Maryland Bankers Association annual meeting.

“As we’re emerging from the financial crisis, there is no better time for a formal program for community bank board members,” said Clifford Rossi, executive-in-residence at the Center for Financial Policy and academic director of the Board Director Training Program. “Having board directors who understand the new state and federal regulatory reforms is critical to the ongoing stability of the banking sector in Maryland.”

Rossi, a 25-year banking industry veteran, will teach the first course on credit risk management in January 2011. Rossi will bring his experience as chief risk officer, most recently with Citigroup, to give board members an overview of credit risks faced by banks, what to look for and how banks can better control these exposures. Subsequent courses will cover asset liability, deposit insurance, capital management, corporate governance and strategic planning.

“We are excited to be partnering with the Smith School on this program,” said Kathleen Murphy, president and CEO of the Maryland Bankers Association. “With more than 700 business leaders currently serving on the boards of Maryland’s community banks, this program will provide an ongoing resource with some of the premier educational financial faculty in the country. This will be a wonderful added benefit for our members.”

Launched in 2009, the Center for Financial Policy offers an unbiased source of expertise on complex policy issues related to financial institutions, financial markets and public companies through cutting-edge research, outreach and executive education. Center leaders interact with policymakers to provide impartial help in steering and influencing policy, and provide thought leadership to industry executives in the public and private sectors. The center also offers the Directors’ Institute, an intensive, three-day program for corporate board members held in April in Washington.

The Smith School is widely recognized as a world-leading source of business management education and research, consistently ranking among the world’s best for faculty research. It was recently ranked No. 15 in the United States for its executive MBA program and No. 1 in corporate strategy by the Financial Times.

About the Maryland Bankers Association
Founded in 1896, MBA’s member banks have more than 25,000 employees and hold
97 percent of the FDIC insured deposits in Maryland in more than 1,800 branch offices. MBA serves member banks and thrifts as a legislative and regulatory advocate at all levels of government, as the public relations voice for the industry, as a provider of professional education to members and a promoter of consumer financial education to adults and students.   

About the Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, MS in business, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.

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Univ. of Maryland’s Smith School of Business EMBA Program Ranks No. 15 in the U.S.

Univ. of Maryland’s Smith School of Business
EMBA Program Ranks No. 15 in the U.S.

Financial Times Executive Education Ranking Places Smith School No. 1 in Corporate Strategy Worldwide; No. 9 for Faculty Research, Entrepreneurship

College Park, Md. – October 25, 2010 – The executive MBA program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is ranked No. 15 in the United States and No. 36 in world, according to the 2010 Financial Times executive education rankings published today. The influential rankings place the Smith School's EMBA No. 1 in the world for corporate strategy and No. 9 globally for entrepreneurship and for faculty research, an area of strength for which the school is consistently recognized as a leader.

“We are proud to be the No. 1 program in the world for corporate strategy – a recognition we’ve worked hard to achieve since starting our EMBA program less than 10 years ago,” said G. “Anand” Anandalingam, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business. “We are the highest ranked program in the Baltimore-Washington region, following a previous great ranking by the Wall Street Journal. This ranking is a testament to the strength of our faculty and the real-world leadership development and applied research they bring into the classroom. With our emphasis on action learning and entrepreneurial problem solving, our students emerge as leaders and innovators in their organizations.”

Smith’s EMBA program was ranked No. 22 in the world by the Wall Street Journal in September 2010, which also ranked Smith No. 15 for how well it imparts management skills to students and No. 16 according to alumni rating. In addition to the EMBA degree program, Smith’s top faculty share their expertise through the school’s several non-degree programs. Executives can take part in the recently launched miniMBA2.0 certificate program, which emphasizes practical skills development and professional networking for the increasingly technology- and analysis-focused business environment.

The Financial Times rankings are compiled from two questionnaires – one that focuses on business school and program information, the other that focuses on alumni achievement three years after graduation for the EMBA class of 2007. The corporate strategy and entrepreneurship program rankings are based on the alumni survey. The research ranking is calculated according to the number of faculty publications in 45 international academic and practitioner journals. Points are accrued by the business school at which the author is currently employed and the total is weighted for faculty size. 

About the Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, MS in business, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.

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University of Maryland Business Professor Honored with Prestigious Accounting Award

University of Maryland Business Professor
Honored with Prestigious Accounting Award

College Park, Md. – August 26, 2010 — The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced Stephen E. Loeb, the Ernst & Young Alumni Professor of Accounting and Business Ethics, was honored with the 2010 Accounting Exemplar Award for his notable contributions to professionalism and ethics in accounting education. The award is given by the Public Interest Section of the American Accounting Association. Loeb received the award at the Accounting Exemplar luncheon on August 1, during the association’s annual meeting in San Francisco.

The American Accounting Association’s Public Interest Section recognizes and honors an accounting educator or an accounting practitioner who has made notable contributions to professionalism and ethics in accounting education and/or practice. Previous winners of this prestigious award include two former comptroller generals of the United States and a former chairman of the SEC.

Loeb is an internationally known scholar in the area of accounting ethics. His authored and/or co-authored work has appeared in many journals, including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, The Journal of Accountancy, Issues in Accounting Education, The Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Business Ethics, and Accounting Horizons.

Loeb has served as a regional vice president of the American Accounting Association. He chaired several national committees of the American Accounting Association. Loeb chaired the accounting faculty from 1973-1982 and 1987-1995. 

About the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 13 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, executive MS, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.

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University of Maryland Ranks No. 16 in the World for Business, Economics Faculty and Research

University of Maryland Ranks No. 16 in the World
for Business, Economics Faculty and Research

College Park, Md. – November 11, 2009 – The University of Maryland was recognized as No. 16 in the world for the strength of its faculty and quality of research in business and economics in the 2009 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) released Nov. 4. The rankings are compiled by the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. The University of Maryland also ranked No. 17 in the broader field of social sciences, which includes business and economics.
The overall rankings identify the leading 500 universities around the world and are widely referenced by the global university community. Institutions and broad fields have been ranked since 2003. This year the organization introduced subject rankings in chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics and economics/business.

“We’re honored to be recognized in this influential ranking, and certainly share the credit with our colleagues in the department of economics at the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences” said G. “Anand” Anandalingam, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. “Our faculty are working on relevant, world-leading research that has big impact both in the classroom and in practice to tackle current issues in business and the economy.”

The Smith School has been widely recognized as a world leader in research and faculty strength, ranking No. 9 globally for faculty research in the 2009 Financial Times executive education rankings, published in October.

The ARWU ranks institutions according to their academic or research performance. Ranking indicators include alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes, Fields Medals and Turing Awards, highly cited researchers, papers indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), and the percentage of papers published in the top 20-percent academic journals in each field.

Beginning this year, the rankings were published by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. A complete list of the annually updated rankings can be found at the Academic Ranking of World Universities Web site. 

About the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 13 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, executive MS, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.

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University of Maryland Smith School of Business Faculty Named Top Scholar of Management

University of Maryland Smith School of Business Faculty
Named Top Scholar of Management

College Park, Md. – March 15, 2012 – Hui Liao, associate professor of management and organization at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, was honored with the 2012 Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award. The prestigious award is one of the highest professional honors in the field of organizational behavior, given annually by the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management to recognize outstanding early- to mid-career scholarly achievement.

Liao is a prolific researcher in the areas of organizational behavior, leadership and human resources. This is not the first time her work has been recognized – in 2010, she won the similar award “Scholarly Achievement Award” from the Academy of Management’s Human Resources Division, and in 2009 she was recognized with the “Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award” from the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology.

“Professor Liao has quickly become one of the top researchers in her field and a tremendous contributor to the strength of the management faculty at the Smith School,” said G. “Anand” Anandalingam, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business. “Our faculty are truly shaping the future of business with their research, which they translate to the classroom to help our students leave here to become leaders armed with the latest management knowledge.”

Liao’s work has appeared in the field’s top journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science, and Personnel Psychology. She has conducted field research with small businesses and multinational corporations in various cultural settings, including the United States, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Europe and the UAE.

Liao currently serves as an associate editor for Personnel Psychology, a top-tier journal in management and applied psychology. In addition to her research accomplishments, she has also been consistently recognized for her exemplary teaching by the Smith School.

Before joining the Smith School, Liao was on the faculties of the Rutgers University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her PhD with concentrations in organizational behavior and human resources from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, and her BA in international economics from the Renmin University of China.

About the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, executive MS, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.

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University of Maryland Smith School of Business MBA Program Ranked No. 24, No. 2 for Student Satisfaction, Teachers and Career Services

University of Maryland Smith School of Business MBA Program
Ranks Among Nation’s Best
No. 2 for Student Satisfaction, Teachers and Career Services

College Park, Md. – November 15, 2012 – The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business offers one of the best MBA programs in the nation and ranks No. 2 for the quality of its teachers, its career services and overall student satisfaction, according to a ranking published today by Bloomberg Businessweek magazine. The Smith School ranks No. 24 in the nation and No. 9 among public universities.

“We’re so pleased to see our commitment to our students and our investments in our programs recognized with this ranking,” said G. “Anand” Anandalingam, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business. “We have been focused on strengthening the learning experience for our students. We have some of the best researchers in the world who truly excel at translating their work in the classroom for our students. And we’ve made significant investments to transform our career services offerings to help our students develop as strong leaders.”

Students rated the Smith School “A+” across the board for career services offerings, the quality of teachers, leadership skills they acquired in the program and the caliber of their classmates.

The Smith School completed a multimillion-dollar revamp of its Office of Career Services in fall 2011, introducing a host of new student programs and a state-of-the-art physical space for interviews that have attracted many additional employers to campus. The office’s innovative offerings include a series of improvisation workshops led by a Broadway actor and soft-skills leadership training.

The MBA student experience is a top priority for the school, both in the classroom and through the six-credit, required Smith Experience program. Renowned researchers serve not only as top teachers, but as mentors and leaders for the experiential learning program’s consulting projects and global study trips.

The Bloomberg Businessweek rankings published November 15, 2012. The list appears every two years and is based on three main sources of data: a survey of MBA students, a survey of corporate recruiters, and an intellectual capital rating. The surveys are conducted online and ask students to rate their programs on teaching quality, career services, alumni network and recruiting efforts, among other things. The recruiter survey asks companies to rank top schools from which they recruit and hire MBAs. The intellectual capital score is determined by the number of faculty books published and articles published in the top 20 academic journals in the past five years. The magazine also evaluates programs on a range of statistical information submitted by the schools.

The complete rankings can be seen online. Additional information about the Smith School’s MBA program is available at http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/mba.

About the Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, MS in business, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.

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University of Maryland Smith School of Business Names Joyce E. A. Russell Vice Dean

University of Maryland Smith School of Business Names
Joyce E. A. Russell Vice Dean

College Park, Md. – July 9, 2012 – Joyce E. A. Russell was named Vice Dean for Programs at the Robert H. Smith School of Business. Russell is a Ralph J. Tyser Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Smith School and has been a major force in shaping the student experience at all levels. As vice dean, Russell’s duties include oversight of the school’s undergraduate, MBA, MS and executive programs, and the development of the school’s global, university and corporate partnerships. She assumes the role in July and succeeds Hugh Courtney, who was named dean of Northeastern University College of Business Administration.

“As vice dean, Joyce will be instrumental in championing Smith School initiatives,” said G. “Anand” Anandalingam, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business. “This role is critical to the operations of the school. Her leadership development and executive coaching expertise will be invaluable when working with students, faculty and staff.”

Russell is a Ralph J. Tyser Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Smith School. Russell teaches courses at all levels – undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, and executive MBA. Since joining the faculty in 1998, she has consistently been honored for being one of the school’s outstanding teachers. She has also been selected three times for the Allen J. Krowe Award for Teaching Excellence given for outstanding teaching among tenured, tenure-track, and teaching professors.

Russell is the director of the Executive Coaching and Leadership Development Program for Smith’s EMBA program in College Park and China, and has chaired the Executive Coaching Conference held at the Smith School and attended by coaches from across the United States.

She also has more than 25 years of experience consulting with both private and public sector organizations in the areas of leadership development, negotiation tactics, executive coaching, and career development. Some of her clients have included: Lockheed Martin, Marriott, Department of Defense, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, National Institute of Health, SAIC, Frito-Lay, Quaker Oats, M&M Mars, ALCOA, Entergy, Yodlee, Black & Decker, Boeing Corporation, Hughes Communications, McCormick, Sprint/Nextel, Tennessee Valley Authority, State of Tennessee, Bell-South, L.M. Berry & Company, and Bryce Corporation.

Russell writes a weekly “Career Coach” column and answers reader questions in a monthly online chat for The Washington Post’s Capital Business newspaper.

Prior to joining the Smith School, Russell was a tenured full professor in the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee. She has published more than 50 articles, books, or book chapters and has presented her research at national and regional conferences. She served as the associate editor for the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Resource Management Review, and Performance Improvement Quarterly.

She received her Ph.D and M.A. degrees in industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Akron, Ohio.

About the Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, MS in business, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.

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10th Annual Top-10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders

Jeff Kudisch, Assistant Dean of Corporate Relations and Managing Director of the Office of Career Services

Emotional Intelligence 2.0
by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves, 2009

“As bestselling author and thought leader Patrick Lencioni noted in the opening pages, Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves ‘can drastically change the way you think about success.’ I concur and strongly encourage those seeking leadership positions to read this book,” says Jeff Kudisch, assistant dean of corporate relations and managing director of the Office of Career Services. “Emotional Intelligence (EQ) continues to receive increasing attention in the workplace, especially given evidence that executives who possess strong EQ skills seem to emerge as the best performers relative to their counterparts who rely heavily on their strong IQ. There are plenty of brilliant people who have never made it because they lack the social savvy needed to develop strong relationships, build trust and inspire others,” says Kudisch. “In addition to being an easy read, Emotional Intelligence 2.0 includes access to a free online assessment tool, the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal, which will help you create a baseline against gauging self-improvements.”

P.K. Kannan, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Marketing Science

Who owns the future?
by Jaron Lanier, 2013

“Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier provides a contrarian’s view of the benefits of technology, digitization, and ‘big data,’ which is both provocative and controversial,” says P.K. Kannan, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Marketing Science. “Lanier’s main argument is that the riches derived from network connectivity, digitization and crowd-sourcing has benefited just a few major corporations (which he calls Siren Servers), concentrating wealth in the hands of a few, and decimating the middle-class over time. All of this may sound very socialistic, but the interesting ideas emerge when Lanier speculates how network technology can be leveraged to benefit all the network participants for their input. This is could mean customers getting payment for their online reviews, for their ‘Likes,’ their crowd-sourced ideas – all with the help of micro-payments. What implications this has for customer and citizen privacy and the market for information is a fascinating discourse. A must-read for all ‘big data’ fans!”

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Wouldn’t it be great if everything you needed to sort out your financial life was handed to you in a neat little kit? That’s what Greg Maged concluded after working in the finance industry, spending the past 10 years at Charles Schwab managing the company’s retail advice business. He worked with clients who took a great interest in their finances — but he knew they did not represent the majority of Americans, who feel overwhelmed and disinterested in finance. Finance just doesn’t appeal to everyone. But it is important to everyone — so Maged set out to make it easy.

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Maged

“We strive to radically simplify personal finance. We’re focused on the large portion of the population that doesn’t like to manage their financial life and has less than $250,000 in liquid assets. We package financial education and recommendations for people to make it easy for them. We eliminate all the noise and provide a solution for people who say: ‘Just tell me what I need to do.’ That’s why we started this business.

“Each Bicycle Financial Kit is based on an individual’s stage in life. We’re literally picking and packing insights and curating an experience that feels very personalized.

“We ask users a series of questions about where they are in life, their financial goals, and their current debt and savings levels. Then we match them up with one of our kits to get them started – for example, our ‘Babies & Bills’ kit for people with children in their late 20s to early 30s, or the ‘Second Life’ kit for retirees. The kit provides actionable advice on how they can meet their financial goals — for example, investing in money market accounts, retirement, college savings accounts, etc. Our kits also include educational content, such as articles on the costs of raising children or how much money you’ll really need in retirement.

“Our go-to-market strategy is to work with large employers that can offer our service as a benefit to employees. Our centralized dashboard can be a place where employees can interact with their financial benefits offered by the employer. Employers are increasingly concerned about the financial well being of employees and participation in financial benefits programs is often not as high as it should be. For employees, our prescriptive advice can take into account an individual’s goals and encourage them to participate in employer benefits that may be helpful to them or their family.

“Right now, we’re testing our product. We’re creating content and tools with a goal to pilot our product in the fall. As we gear up to market our product, we’re grappling with this challenge: How do you take something that is inherently not a draw — becoming savvier financially — and increase the appeal to get people willing to take the steps they need to? The topic of money is loaded with emotional baggage. Frankly, people will share more about their sex life than their financial life. How do you take a field like that and put people at ease enough to take the steps they need to? It’s a big marketing question. We can get a corporate benefits department interested, but when you’re doing a business-to-business sale that then requires employee participation, we need employees to avail themselves of this service. The more creative the advice, the better.”

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