Northrop Grumman Case Competition Get Smith MBAs into Gear at Orientation
As part of the final week of orientation for full-time MBAs, members of the Robert H. School of Business Class of 2017 took part in the Northrop Grumman case competition. According to a press release on the school website, many first-year MBA students called the activity “a great way to prepare for the rigors of a full-time program and job search.” Continue reading…
Five Semifinalists Enter Championship Round of Pitch Dingman Competition
On December 3, 2015 the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted the semifinal round of the annual Pitch Dingman Competition. The competition is a three-round process where startup companies compete against one another to secure $15,000 in seed money.
The presentations were evaluated on the following criteria: how they will use the funds, potential revenue streams and growth, competitive advantage provided by their service or product, and how they have identified a viable target segment to go after in the market. Continue reading…
Smith School International Education Week Kicks Off With Global Competence in Business Panel
According to a news story on the university’s website, The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business kicked off International Education Week with a panel discussion on Global Competence in Business. The panelists reflected on the way that global security, sustainability, environmental performance and supply chain security are all modern day issues that impact all multinational companies.
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Novartis CEO Talks Health Care Industry At Carey Leaders + Legends Series
Joseph Jimenez, CEO of pharmaceutical giant Novartis, spoke at a Q&A session at the Carey Business School last month as part of the school’s Leaders + Legends speaker series. The talk was entitled “A Time for Change: The Future of Healthcare” Continue reading…
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Ingrid West, Sellinger MBA ’08, Wins Excellence Award
Ingrid West, MBA ’08 — an alumni of the Sellinger School of Business and president of Acton Mobile Industries, has been named the recipient of SmartCEO’s Circle of Excellence Award for top large technology companies.
According to her company bio, West has full responsibility for strategic and administrative management activities at Acton Mobile Industries, a Baltimore, MD-based provider of modular space rental services to the construction, commercial, industrial, education, healthcare and government markets. She joined Acton in July 2012 as CFO and was promoted to President in December 2013. Prior to Acton Mobile, her most recent role was as VP & CFO of Davis Calibration, a Private Equity owned service provider. Continue reading…
JHU Carey Team Wins Biopharma Case Competition
According to a press release on the school website, students from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School took home the $6,000 first prize at the 4th Annual Biopharmaceutical Case Competition.
Teams were made up of three to five students MBA and Healthcare Management programs representing top business schools such as the Wharton School of Business, MIT Sloan School of Management and Yale School of Management. Continue reading…
