@SniderCenter

Research and education fostering our understanding of institutions that promote innovation and enterprise.

 Smith School of Business
edsnidercenter.org/
Joined January 2015
  • Tweets1.2K
  • Following461
  • Followers371
283Media
Help us congratulate #Maryland Smith's Lemma Senbet on being inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of International #Business! Senbet, “has come from Ethiopia to reach the heights of the finance profession in academia.” Read more: rhsmith.umd.edu/news/smiths-…
1
1
Ed Snider Center retweeted
Forbes
@Forbes29 Jun 2022
DeepFake Epidemic Is Looming—And Adobe Is Preparing For The Worst trib.al/rz51Zv0
21
15
5
57
With the highest #inflation in 40 years and rising #InterestRates, what in the world should you #invest in right now? rhsmith.umd.edu/research/mid…
1
1
Ed Snider Center retweeted
Forbes
@Forbes28 Jun 2022
NASA’s CAPSTONE Launch Heralds A Future Of Cost-Effective Travel To The Moon trib.al/IzvTere
3
8
30
Is #inflation causing consumers to cut back or are they just taking the hit to their wallet? We asked #Maryland Smith's P.K. Kannan. rhsmith.umd.edu/research/swa…
1
2
Ed Snider Center retweeted
CNBC
@CNBC17 Jun 2022
A huge offshore wind farm is jumping on a growing industry trend — recyclable turbine blades cnb.cx/3b8ZcXW

A huge offshore wind farm is jumping on a growing industry trend — recyclable turbine blades

Swedish energy firm Vattenfall is one of several companies looking into recycling wind turbine blades to address an industry headache.

cnbc.com
3
6
3
24
Ed Snider Center retweeted
Forbes
@Forbes16 Jun 2022
Boston Beer Company, the Massachusetts-based maker of Samuel Adams, is releasing a line of THC-infused iced tea. trib.al/5fzyOAR
3
8
1
37
Ed Snider Center retweeted
Forbes
@Forbes10 Jun 2022
Paying outside hackers to identify vulnerabilities in federal systems is worth every penny on.forbes.com/6019zXg8b Sponsored by @ServiceNow
1
2
2
12
This afternoon at 2:30, watch Smith professor Michael Faulkender, who helped create the PPP to provide #SmallBusinesses with money during the COVID pandemic, testify before the #Senate on the small business workforce challenge. Watch here: sbc.senate.gov/public/index.…
1
3
Ed Snider Center retweeted
CNBC
@CNBC8 Jun 2022
The U.S. electric grid is an impressive but outdated system. Here’s what it will take to make a 100% clean grid a reality. Watch the full video here: cnb.cx/3ch7fk3

How the U.S. can build a 100% clean grid

Designed for a world that runs on fossil fuels, our grid needs some major tech upgrades in order to transition to a more distributed, all-renewable system.

1
8
2
27
Ed Snider Center retweeted
Forbes
@Forbes7 Jun 2022
Introducing the #Fintech50 2022: The year's most Innovative startups in personal finance, investing, payments and crypto trib.al/Uz2wViM
23
16
17
73
.@SniderCenter researchers/#UMD grads Christina Elson and Kylie King have released initial findings from their research into what GenZs and millennials expect from business and government: fal.cn/3pd4r

Study Affirms Gen Z, Millennial Belief in Competition, Individual Responsibility and Earned Success...

edsnidercenter.org
1
Professor Brent Goldfarb says "Two things could happen if you increase wages for the gig worker in #Uber or #Lyft." What are they? How does this impact the consumer? observer.com/2022/06/seattle… @brentdg2

Seattle’s New Law Makes Gig Work Pay More Like Regular Employment

Seattle’s new law requires companies to pay gig workers at least $17.75, part of a larger movement to make flexible work more secure.

observer.com
Ed Snider Center retweeted
The Economist
@TheEconomist3 Jun 2022
Intermediaries such as Amazon or Walmart have acquired a lot of power in the modern economy, argues a Columbia Law School professor in a new book econ.st/3xbxYbN
5
13
32
"While it’s clear the average worker benefits from being part of a union, some individual workers might be hurt by unionization." Read more from Evan Starr @evanpstarr observer.com/2022/05/as-appl…

As Apple Store Workers Organize, the Company Pushes an Anti-Union Message

Workers at four Apple stores are in the process of organizing while the tech giant urges employees to reject unions, with an argument experts say doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

observer.com
#Maryland Smith Dean Prabhudev Konana explains how #blockchain “can creatively destroy the old ways, while offering new ways of doing #business with potentially new value, done faster, better and cheaper.” #Bitcoin #Crypto Read here: go.umd.edu/smithbusiness
1
Ed Snider Center retweeted
The Economist
@TheEconomist27 May 2022
And why China’s economic might lacks political clout econ.st/3a0UCKR
6
11
24
Ed Snider Center retweeted
Forbes
@Forbes26 May 2022
Are you a recent graduate? Here are America's best employers for new graduates: trib.al/XCN1VWy
2
8
1
27
Ed Snider Center retweeted
CNBC
@CNBC25 May 2022
Booster is making renewable fuels accessible in ways a gas station cannot cnb.cx/3PFsgG9

Booster is making renewable fuels accessible in ways a gas station cannot

Booster CEO Frank Mycroft says it has ramped up its business refueling commercial vehicle fleets so drivers are ready to go the moment they start a shift.

cnbc.com
7
20
Ed Snider Center retweeted
The Economist
@TheEconomist24 May 2022
For now, governments will have to shell out to keep public-transport systems from collapsing. But another source of money will eventually have to be found to replace lost fare revenue econ.st/3NrUpP6
3
3
14
Load more