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Kirsch's Dot-Com Research Is Highlighted in the New York Times
Read how Associate Professor David Kirsch started his Dot-Com Archive and how he and others are using company data from approximately 6.4 million e-mail messages, memos, slide presentations, photographs, marketing materials, and databases to reveal interesting insights into the dot-com bubble.

President Bush Recognizes Robert H. Smith for Philanthropy Supporting Humanities
President George W. Bush awarded Robert H. Smith, a key benefactor and namesake of the Robert H. Smith School of Business, with the prestigious National Humanities Medal for 2008 on Nov. 17.

Morici Testifies at Senate Hearing on State of U.S. Auto Industry
Peter Morici, professor of international business at Smith, joined execs from the “big three” domestic automakers as an expert witness on Nov. 18 at a U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing examining the challenges facing the automotive industry. video

BusinessWeek Ranks Smith Among Top MBA Programs in the Nation
The MBA program at the Smith School emerges as the best in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore region and an impressive No. 3 in the U.S. for research in BusinessWeek’s 2008 survey of “The Best B-schools.”

  Thought Leadership
 

Managing Employee Silence
Research by Subrahmaniam Tangirala

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Employees remain silent about conflicts with co-workers, disagreements about organizational decisions, potential weaknesses in work processes, illegal or dangerous behaviors, and individual grievances. Their silence keeps management from receiving critical information that would allow their organizations to improve or address problems before they have adverse effects. Read more

Subrahmaniam Tangirala