Fisher College of Business Annual Report 2005

Research & Business Partnerships

Maximizing Productivity

Douglas Lambert (top left), Raymond E. Mason Chair in Transportation and Logistics, and Michael Knemeyer (top right), assistant professor of logistics, published an article titled ”We’re in This Together” in the December 2004 issue of the Harvard Business Review. Their work with Wendy’s International and Tyson Foods to form a supply chain partnership model developed by Fisher College’s Global Supply Chain Forum aligned company expectations to ensure maximum productivity. Other companies that have benefited from the partnership model include Colgate-Palmolive, International Paper and Cargill.
Professor Walter Zinn
Fisher College research centers offer corporate partners the benefits of faculty expertise while providing students real-world examples of management challenges and solutions.

Charles A. Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics
Promotes high-quality research in financial economics
René M. Stulz, Academic Director
 

Center for Entrepreneurship
Facilitates research, education and community involvement in entrepreneurship
S. Michael Camp, Academic Director
Jay B. Barney, Bank One Chair for Excellence in Corporate Strategy
Sharon A. Alvarez, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Academic Summit Chair
 

Center for Excellence in Manufacturing Management (CEMM)
Studies significant problems to promote worldclass manufacturing effectiveness
William L. Berry and John Dix, Co-Directors
Peter T. Ward, Associate Director, Research and Communications
Nancy K. Lahmers, Administrative Director
 

Center for Information Technologies in Management (CITM)
Provides leadership in the study of management issues affected by information technologies
 

Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
Promotes excellence in international business education and research
Stephen M. Hills, Academic Director
Cheryl Ryan, Administrative Director
 

Center for Real Estate Education and Research (CREER)
Focuses on improving the quality of education and research for the Ohio real estate industry
Anthony B. Sanders, Academic Director
 

Global Supply Chain Forum
Pursues the critical issues related to customer satisfaction and operational excellence
Douglas M. Lambert, Academic Director
 

Initiative for Managing Services (IMS)
Addresses issues associated with building and managing effective service organizations
Neeli M. Bendapudi, Academic Director
David Greenberger, Faculty Fellow
 

Supply Chain Management Research Group
Promotes high-quality research and education in supply chain management and logistics
James L. Ginter and Bernard J. La Londe, Academic Directors

Competing Through Service

The Cullman Foundation, Fisher College’s Initiative for Managing Services (IMS) and xecutive Education partnered to present the 12th Biennial W. Arthur Cullman Symposium. This year’s symposium examined how top-performing organizations such as Limited Brands, NetJets and the Mayo Clinic compete through service. Industry experts and Fisher College faculty, including Marketing Professor and IMS Director Neeli Bendapudi (left), presented a framework for evaluating an organization’s service model. Named in honor of one of Fisher College’s most distinguished faculty members, the Cullman Symposium is a forum where some of the world’s best thought leaders and practitioners meet and share ideas.

Competing Through Service

The Cullman Foundation, Fisher College’s Initiative for Managing Services (IMS) and executive Education partnered to present the 12th Biennial W. Arthur Cullman Symposium. This year’s symposium examined how top-performing organizations such as Limited Brands, NetJets and the Mayo Clinic compete through service. Industry experts and Fisher College faculty, including Marketing Professor and IMS Director Neeli Bendapudi (right), presented a framework for evaluating an organization’s service model. Named in honor of one of Fisher College’s most distinguished faculty members, the Cullman Symposium is a forum where some of the world’s best thought leaders and practitioners meet and share ideas.

Lally–Darden–Fisher Retreat

Fisher College is becoming the premier incubator for training assistant professors in entrepreneurship. Last April, Management and Human Resource Professors Sharon Alvarez and Jay Barney partnered with the Center for Entrepreneurship to host the Lally–Darden–Fisher retreat. One of only a handful of similar conferences in the country, the retreat, entitled “Advances in Entrepreneurship Research and Theory,” was limited to under 45 guests from national and international schools including Wharton Business School; Singapore Management University; Ludwig Maximillan University, Munich; and Humboldt Universitat, Berlin. Participants’ papers not only served as the conference theme
but will also result in an upcoming Journal of Business Venturing special issue.