Smith Global Ventures, a program of The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, is engaged in business school development projects in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Central Africa. Each project is government or foundation sponsored and involves the creation of a new business school – either as a stand-alone entity or as part of a new university initiative.

Smith uses three primary criteria in choosing global ventures:

1. The project must enhance the University of Maryland’s global reputation, expand the Smith School’s global footprint in a unique and differentiable manner, and engage local and regional business, academic and government organizations in mutually beneficial ways;
2. The project must have the potential to make a dramatic positive impact on the region in line with smith’s global social value creation vision; and,
3. The project must be financially and operationally sustainable.

The Smith School looks forward to working with the Global Business School Network on these and future global ventures.